Wonderland

It's pretty rough going here in NZ when the weather is bad. There are only so many places you can go out of the howling wind and rain and that can come a bit tedious at times. Wellington is definitely geared up for more outdoor pursuits, and when the weather is rough it can become a tough time entertainment wise.

But the last week has just been amazing weather wise. We have had some beautiful days with temperatures reaching 18 degrees at 10am the other morning!!

On Wednesday Stef and I took the girls to Staglands. Definitely one of my most favourite places to go and I just had to share it with Stef and Daisy. Check out Smudgers UK-NZ for a video and heaps more photos!

Despite some worry over the weather we were delightfully treated to warmer temperatures with the odd peak of sunshine here and there. It was lovely, we had such a nice walk round. I did however get attacked by a magpie at one point and Daisy was butted by a deer - but other than that it was great fun!!

The weekend was a busy one. Saturday brought a birthday party for Bethany which luckily for us was a drop off, we were then able to turn our office into an actual office! Below are before and after photos!

Sunday we had another birthday party, Davey turned 5, who is my gorgeous friend Jo's little boy. We had a wonderful time at the Kilbirnie Rec Centre, part of the Treasure Hunt was to find the youngest Mother, I stood there waiting, and waiting, and waiting...till I had to flap my arms around and shout 'its meeeeee!!'. You can always trust children to be honest!

Sunday afternoon we made a trip up to Paekakariki. We stopped off at the stunning view point on the Paekakariki Hill, a place where you could sit for hours gazing at the totally breathtaking view.

The New Year celebrations this year are going to be amazing. We have organised for 7 families to go camping together! We have had some trouble finding somewhere, not only because everywhere was already getting booked but because most sites just have a 'show up and find a spot' policy, we couldn't risk not finding space enough for us all, so it had to be somewhere we could book.

We also wanted to make sure we were far away, but not too far away from home. So on Sunday we took a ride up to Paekakariki Holiday Park. It is absolutely lovely, we managed to find and book a spot that would house all 7 tents, and the park has all the usual needed amenities. If that wasn't good enough its a 3 minute walk to the beach!

We decided to check it out and we had a glorious LONG walk in the beautiful blazing sunshine. The beach was simply gorgeous, beautiful sand, amazing views and of course the obligatory tyre tree...

We could almost smell the sausages cooking on the BBQ, we could almost hear the laughter of everyone as we ran in the sand, and we can imagine that this New Year is going to be the best yet.

A wonderland. Our wonderland. New Zealand.