Mother's Day
Yesterday was a lovely day. The boy that gave me Mother's Day gifted me these creations.The card was made at after school care. He told me he made rock heart by rubbing it on concrete to create the shape. So fabulous! I love it.
Play date in the sky
On Saturday afternoon Kien went up to the Skytower will his friend, Arlene, and her parents. How lucky he is to have such a cool play date. Thanks, Manon, a.k.a. waldokiwi, for taking these awesome pics.![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEge6YabuiY07UqR6px7IYDD1NiKsQbqpW3Ds6gD2nYWXIcEwlG9JmDiKzsbb5iuB9U1nkFHqZtcmD42uRg5zEXp0npbquw-AZjiYNsftAkvqwV8S8Ym6SQT8jDH6Nu2Q8PI06sJFBQt45Hm/s700/st1.jpg)
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Te Arai beach
The previous weekend the weather forecast looked so good, and I really wanted to head north as a result. Jef had a number of things to work on, and Kien needed to get back early Sunday for a long overdue play date with 2 of his best buddies from school. So we took both cars and zoomed up to Mangawhai.On Saturday afternoon I took Kien to our local beach while Jef worked on the tractor. Initially Kien could not understand why I brought his wetsuit, let alone make him get into it. I told him I know him well and left it at that. We got onto the sand and he played around for a bit.
Then, of course, he just couldn't help himself. It went from testing the water, then jumping waves. He spent ages building a pool and testing whether he could build a barrier so the water couldn't get in - just like we did at Hot Water Beach.
I regretted not bringing my wetsuit as well!