Just when you thought I'd given up blogging..

I'm not sure how the last two months have slipped away without a blog up-date. Time flies when you're racing around like a mad mama. What have we been up to? Highlights have included a ski trip to Wanaka, a visit to the farm in Makahu, playing rugby every weekend, and just spending time with the kids, and with their lovely grandparents, with friends and family. Skiing was a big adventure and this year the boys took to it like ducks to water. They are both skiing now, going up the chair lift, and the pommer lift. They loved the gear, and the freedom, racing off down the mountains weaving in and out of the skiers and generally giving their mother a heart attack. Big Brother is officially a faster skier than I am now, racing past me, seeking out the little jumps on the side of the piste, and flicking through his turns. He also discovered another passion - ice climbing - if he wasn't on his ski's he was up some snow covered ice face, kicking his boots into the hill like a pro, then sliding down at top speed. He didn't enjoy his last lesson much, as the instructor kept telling him to 'slow down, slow down'. It was just like skiing with Mum. As we drove out of Wanaka he looked out the window of the car at the beautiful southern alps, and said "I'm going to climb all those mountains one day". Little Brother was a star, his goal was to do the pommer independently, then the chairlift. He achieved it no sweat, and it was such a great buzz to be able to ski all together. Little Miss did not make it up the mountain this year, but had a wonderful time with her grandparents, charming them with her smiles, and games, and going on picnic lunches to one stunning lake side beach or another. With a few long car journeys we have some mammoth games of I- spy. We have a few variations on the game now - I-spy colours, and I-spy imaginary. Big Brother must have been listening at school after he won a few games with his new found knowledge - the first clue was something beginning with A. The second clue was we get something from it. Once we gave in the answer was AIR - we get oxygen from it. The other memorably long game was the clue something that was the colour red. After much guessing it turned out to be a thin ring of red gas that surrounds the sun. We didnt get that one either.