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We are going to the zoo! Hilary is Zeb and Loma and Thalia’s au pair and she is looking after us while mummy and daddy are away. We arrived in the gates seeing all of those photos on the wall of other people’s experiences. There I was jolly excited and I think you could tell!Continue reading “NZ – going to the Zoo”

On Friday January 30th I went to Te Papa, the T- Rex exhibit with Mum, Zeb, Dad, and Gabriel.  We walked in and we saw the giant orc from Lord of the Rings. He was really big and he had had sword for a hand. We followed the dinosaur footsteps and ended up in aContinue reading “New Zealand -Te papa”

For those of you who don’t know what a glacier is it’s a big moving river of ice and this one moves 50-60 cms per day and 2.5cm per hr. We took a helicopter and flew over the glacier and landed at the top! It was spectacular we could see mountains and sea for asContinue reading “New Zealand – Fox Glacier”

Wellington Zoo Mummy and daddy have gone away for a few days, so Hilary took us to the zoo. When we went to the zoo we saw lots of animals at the reception. There was a real egg it was really cool, it was huge. When we went to the main zoo we saw penguins,Continue reading “New Zealand – I Love Animals”

the haka dance We hopped off the bus and arrived in the Maori village. Our bus driver told us who our chief was and we went to the front. There were three buses so three Chiefs. Our chiefs’ name was Morris. Cairo our bus driver told us “no smiling, laughing, or don’t poke your tongues out,Continue reading “New Zealand – No Laughing or Smiling”

Chiefs  When we went to see the Maori we got on a bus and started to drive. When we got there it was very exciting because at the start they did a dance where they stick their tongue at you so you get scared and you are not allowed to laugh because it is rude.Continue reading “New Zealand -Sticky Out Tongues”

It’s great to be back at Toby and Heather’s in Wellington and the children are all really thrilled to be back together again. The lego is out, as are the Elsa and Arna costumes, within minutes!  Fi and I have really been looking forward to the next instalment – Toby and Heather have very kindlyContinue reading “Abel Tasman – child free bliss!”

I went to Te Papa on February 3 2015. I went with Hilary, Jemima, and Millie, because mummy and daddy went and did a walk.  I saw a squid. It was at least a couple of meters. It was in a big glass case filled with some kind of liquid to keep it looking alive.Continue reading “NZ- Yucky Squid”

When I called Heather and Toby in May last year to tell them we were coming to NZ, Heather said, ” You and Mark will have spent 24/7 with your kids for 6 months and will need some time alone. We will look after the kids, while you go off and spend some time alone together. WhyContinue reading “New Zealand 8 – Precious time alone”