Wellington - Part 3

We went and visited my baby brother Andrew who lives in Wellington City.  He is so great with kids and makes them feel like they're the most important people in the room, which of course means they adore him.  Lani too.  She's usually pretty cautious of strangers, takes a while to warm up, but she went straight to him, snuggled in. I hadn't seen him for almost a year so it was nice to see that he's still alive.





 

 

 

  

Tui took the kids to the car museum, which was right up their alley.  Especially Vili who's OBSESSED with 'old cars'.  There was old school trucks, motorbikes, planes.  100's of vehicles, and they just had a ball.

 

One of our favourite parts of the visit was our trip to the local chocolate factory.  The kids spent about 20 minutes trying to decide which chocolate they wanted.  They were so super yummy.  And no one enjoyed it more then Lani, who had her first chocolate.

 

 

 

 

But at the end of the day, the very best part of the trip was being with family.  We miss that they're not close by, but it just makes us enjoy even more the time we get to spend with them. 

 

Wellington - part 2

We celebrated Hannah turning 4.  Her birthday wasn't actually for a few weeks but she didn't know that and we were glad they changed her birth date so we could celebrate with her.

 

One day we caught the train down to Porirua.  It was probably the highlight of the week for the boys.  We went to the swimming pools there, which were awesome.  I wish we lived closer so we could go every week!

 

 

 

 

 

 

  

 

 

And of course we went to the beach.  It wasn't warm enough to swim. Well. I didn't think so.  My kids thought otherwise.  And Vili, of course, ended up naked. Like always.

 

 

 

   

 

 

 

 

 

Wellington - Part 1

A few weeks ago  (which is now like a few MONTHS ago) we made the trip down to Wellington to visit my brothers that live there.  The boys favourite cousin Hannah moved there a little over a year ago and they miss her terribly.  It was so sweet seeing them reunite - distance means nothing to these kids!  They live in a little beach town, Raumati Beach, which was perfect, such a good place to live.  We hung out and played tourist and had such a good time with them.



The area is made for young families, so many awesome playgrounds, a splash pad.  That mixed with beautiful weather made it such a great place to visit.

   

 

 We went in and visited my brother's classroom at the highschool he teaches at.  The kids got to play with all his cool Japanese stuff like his samari swords, and he taught Vili how to juggle. Sort of.

 

 

 

We visited the Te Para museum.  We were there for about 3 hours, but could have easily spent the whole day.  They've done such a good job making it interesting for all ages, and every level had these great areas for kids with activities and hands on stuff. And the best part was, IT'S FREE!!