Embarassing Moment (for Brent)

Josh and Brent went to Bunnings (B&Q) today to take the borowed trailer back - Josh asked Dad "Do I have a big Winky??" Brent just didn't know what to say to that!

quote of the week

We were having Lunch at Jo and Ben's house after rugby in Saturday (Jo got player of the day! - a budding fly half if ever i saw one) - Josh and Ben were playing with power tools (the plastic/battery type) Josh came running up to me with a drill and politely asked "would you like me to screw you mum" What should I say to that???? I ask you. The table shook with laughter!

oops what a mess!!!!!

We drove home from Havelock on the Monday and tired from our relaxing trip - fell in to bed exhausted, only to be woken up at 2.50am by an almighty bang (louder than bunsfield going up!) Stunned, and more than a little miffed Brent went to investigate only to find that our glass shower door had quite literally exploded - for absolutely no reason.

It turns out that the glass was rubbing on a tiny piece of metal that once was covered by a millimetre of plastic, but the glass has over time worn it out!! Thank goodness we weren't in it that's all I can say!

Easter Holidays

Here is a view of the Beautiful Marlborough Sounds, where we spent a fantastic 4 days out fishing and relaxing. We drove up to Havelock on Thursday, driving through the beautiful Canterbury plains before hitting the stunning, rugged coastline around Kaikoura. Josh was an absolute star on the journey singing songs and telling dad to climb up the mountain with his carpet machine and clean the snow off!!!!!

We met Bruce and Susanne at the Foxy Lady and settled in for the night, Josh was so excited about sleeping on the boat and went to sleep immediately, thoughts of fishing filling his head! We all slept in the same cabin, me and Josh in the double bed and Brent up in the bunk above us. Josh thought that this was hilarious as Dad kept hitting his head on the roof!

We set sail early next morning for Paradise Bay and then out to the outer sounds and into the cook straight. We fished and relaxed and relaxed and fished, drank tea (and beer) read books, chatted and mucked about really. Our first haul of Cod was a good one and we caught some really big ones and well as some barracuda and a couple of Sharks (which we threw back).

While Brent and I were busy catching dinner Josh was busy learning how to be a ships captain. As you can well imagine he was a bit chuffed about having the chance to skipper the boat and every time Bruce left his chair Josh jumped straight in. I think almost every pic I have of Josh from the weekend is of him in that chair. Lots of buttons and monitors to look at, depth gauges and a ships bell!

We whiled away the entire weekend in much the same way! Bruce taught me how to fillet fish! and yes I did it - major mile stone in my life and I HATE fish. My fear of touching them (dead) now well and truly over (having gutted about 60 over the weekend) maybe next trip I will master how to take a live one off the hook.

We experienced a real magic moment on the way back towards Havelock - we sighted Dolphins. We all rushed up to the bow of the boat, there were hundreds of Bottle nosed dolphins swimming into the boat from every direction, leaping out of the water and riding on the bow waves. Just an incredible sight, babies and adults turning to look up at us. Unfortunately no pics as my camera ran out of batteries!
A truly wonderful weekend had by all.

quote of the week (quite probably the century!)

So we are sitting at the lunch table on Saturday, having eaten his sandwiches (including the crusts) I thought that Josh might like a treat - I asked him what he would like to which he answered "I'd like some cock porn please mum" well I tried to keep a straight face - can you imagine!
Just had to share.

Leeston A&P Show

Imagine that you are two and a half -Question: What could be better than a field full of Tracotrs? Answer: A field full of vintage, working, steam tractors! On sunday we went over to the Leeston Agriculture and Produce show, it was their 50th anniversary and they had displays of vintage tractors, trucks and cars and Josh was just in 7th heaven! you should have seen his little face. We watched sheep shearing and Josh went for a ride on a dinky tractor - he had a thoroughly fab time

The lyttleton Tug

Hey guys - we did this a little while ago but thought that you might like to see the pictures. the Lyttleton Tug is a tug boat built in Glasgow, it was sailed to NZ under its own steam at the beginning of the 19th C. It worked in the Harbour until it was retired. It now takes tourists and steam enthusiasts (and those of us with small children) out on afternoon cruises to the Godley heads and back. A small team of enthusiastic steam heads keep it in tip top shape and working order and they allow their passengers to (literally) climb all over the boat during the sailing - Josh and Annissa thoroughly enjoyed their maiden voyage.