Back home - almost

Back in New Zealand at least. After five weeks where the mercury hardly dropped below 20c day or night, we arrived in Christchurch to 15c and rain. It warmed up the following day, though and after a couple of nights with Brenda and Brian we set off north - this is Kaikoura, on the way.

We made it to Donna's mum's in two days, in time for the weather to take a turn for the worse. We've hardly been warm since. Here we are rugged up for an afternoon nap, although she's on the verge of giving them up we think, as she hasn't had one for the last four days.

Back to looking for indoor distractions, and a big box of toys was waiting at Nana's, but the box is just as attractive a proposition as they toys. We have of course ventured out to the playground a few times, and the (indoor) swimming pool once. Yesterday we went to a local school fete, where in a most rare display of inactivity Amy managed to sit still for long enough to get her face painted!