Tauranga (Whistle Stop) Tour

A cute triptych of The Frankstar, I say.

N.B. He keeps adding "I say" to the end of every sentence - not sure where that comes from!

But Arf spends all his time yelling, "AWAY!"

Still trying to get a decent photo of all four of us and this was Frank's idea. "Right everyone, we need a family photo outside, I say."

"Cheese, please."

Another attempt.

Another nose for his collection.

We've just had a few days in Tauranga madly racing around trying to catch up with people. It was so warm! Nice to go back - although we'll all be recovering from the car journey for the next week (especially Granny Ro). We are not going ANY WHERE in the car until the boys are at least eight and nine (please tell us it gets easier!).

Anyway, we caught up with 'Grandad MacBill' and Georgie who had all sorts of exciting things to show the boys in the garden, including chrysalisisssssss. Very fascinating for the wee men who call me (Libby) their "Beautiful Butterfly." Ohhhhhh...

Another highlight of the trip was going to Oscar's 4th birthday party and meeting his brand new sister, Julia. We're so stoked for you, Rach and Phil. She is amazing.

A BBQ with the Nijssen's, Roses, Stu and Bo was great too. Thanks for all the food and help - we weren't exactly organised. Talk about cute kids.

Libby also got an all-too-brief visit in with Toe-knee and Mia. We saw Glenis for about two seconds, and L and Pee for about three. We'll need to make it a month next time, eh?

"Surfing" at Omanu.

The sand wasn't exactly hot but it's a much better way of getting down to the water.

Cute, cute, cute, cute, cute, cute.

So they actually did eat something in amongst all the excitement - that's a relief.

Mia.

The obligatory walk around The Mount.

Great Aunty Glenis gets in a squeeze.

Hanging out with Oscar.

Julia's smiling!!!

Ro marvels at Julia.

Grandad MacBill with a very hungry caterpillar.

Grandad MacBill.

Mucking around

"So, everyone's been making a fuss of my curls lately, y'know..."

"Arf's decided to grow some, too. I think I might go for spikes next season."

"Give me the curls!"

Once again, the t-shirt says it all!

An exciting day : TWO concrete trucks visit us.

And so does Muck (the Melbourne-ite who lives in the UK).

Frank's foray into photography (of his own curls, of course).

Frank's self-portrait.

Arf wants a turn. Surprise.

Isla and Edie turn the concrete slab into their stage. They can really dance!!!

Just a quick update for our couple of loyal followers (we think there might be a few out there but no one leaves comments. Boo hoo!)...

1. Frank has started Big Kindy. It's a Big Deal. Three long days and having to leave a few friends behind. He didn't understand it was the same kindy, just different days until he arrived this morning: "Ooh, it's the same toys. Ooh, it's the same teachers. Ooh, it's the same PLACE!"
2. The building is going along nicely (although Pappy had a work-out-and-a-half today) with the concrete down now. The framing is the next step.
3. We've had Muck to stay and had a fantastic weekend, catching up with friends and rellies. Thanks Ro for babysitting.
4. Girl babies galore - a big welcome to Vesper, Niamh and Julia. Yay!
5. Arf's favourite words at the moment are: 'Naughty", "Bad," and "Away" - usually aimed at Mum.
6. Go away numbers
7. I don't want any more - 5 was enough
8. This is getting silly
9. Oh well
10. Done!