After Anzac to Party

Our duty on Wednesday has been to take Emily to 'Gymbaroo'.
Essentially, the point is tactile learning.
It takes place in the hall of the Methodist Church at Mission Bay.

The session starts with children and their parents/carers for mat-time activities.

After mat-time the children go into a well equipped gym.

Parachute games end the session.
Sharon, who runs the class, is pictured here.

After the session we wanted to go for coffee, but Emily preferred ice-cream. A chill wind had got and we sat in the car to eat our ice-creams. I had liquorice. While we sat in the car a bride and groom went out on the rocks for photographs. It was a lovely setting but the wrong weather. The bride had leggings and trainers hidden under her dress.

On Friday after Kindy we took Emily paint pottery. We went to a workshop called 'Crumbles' in Howick. She did very well; stencilling hearts and applying colour. I now wait for a text to tell us that glazed cupcake jar was ready.

On Saturday morning we all went to the indoor rock climbing  centre. Both girls are doing really well at this. Emily is consistently getting to the top of a climb.

Zoe has graduated from the auto-lower climbs to climbs where her mum is the anchor and responsible for carefully lowering her down at the end of the climb.

Zoe enjoys a game of air hockey especially when granddad ends the game with a losing, home goal.

Emily plays too. I think that her dad was being helpful.

After lunch Irene and I went with Sally hunting for kitchens.

The evening meal was a hot, tasty curry.

Party Day - Sunday 29th April
Already there are sounds of excitement in the camp. There are much goings on above us.


The party started at 10.00 at the 'Fairy Shop'. The chief fairy (the one in purple) led some games and took the party though in to the food area and then left.


Another helper was on hand and bought out and cut the cake.

I think that Emily thoroughly enjoyed her day.


On the way back Ian stopped off to pick up a Vietnamese take away and we had a good lunch. 

MOTAT and Fairy Weekend

On Saturday we took Zoe to MOTAT (Museum of Transport and Technology) http://www.motat.org.nz/  We took Zoe there on 1st February 2009 and it has become a favourite place.


The mirror maze is a favourite as were the other mirrors.

Where is Zoe?

Long Tall Zoe

Engine Detail

Little had changed since our first visit. The main interactive area is to do with light, lasers and such like.

At lunch time we sat at an area near stilts and a large draughts board. Somehow we managed to play a game of chess with them.

Chess?

The sun became too hot and we concluded with a game of hide and sink which took us back through the mirror maze and eventually on to the tram back to the car.


The journey back was slow and the beach at Mission looked like Southend beach on a good British holiday.


We had noticed a Coca Cola event on the green at St Heliers, but although we got free Colas we were a bit too tired to stay.

Pop Event at St Heliers

The evening meal was a tasty Thai take-away followed by raspberry sorbet. The main course was washed down by delicious Montieth's Single Source Lager Beer. http://singlesource.co.nz/ I collected it from the local liquor store. I was invited into the cold, beer store to find it.


On Sunday morning Zoe had her City Nippers activity on the beach.

Emily played fairy sand castles with Nanny.

Sand Throne

Zoe and Ian went off to a social event put on by his employer. The remaining three of us set off in search of fairy things. First we went to Wendy's (a burger place) for lunch because it was near the pool shop where Sally had to go to have their pool water analysed.


The Fairy Shop was in Ponsonby which is a city suburb. We purchased our fairy present for Zoe's birthday and then a kind fairy (shop assistant in fairy dress) offered me glass of water while I waited for Emily to try on a dress ready for her 5th birthday party in May.

Back home the pool water was clean again and Emily enjoyed a few minutes in the water alone while I sat and read my book. The pool temperature was only 25 degs which is too cold for me.