This weekend sister Lucy and bro-in-law Jeff celebrating their 10th wedding anniversary with a trip to Waiheke Island for some kayaking and other things that can’t really be done with two toddlers in tow so we, being mum, step-dad Rupert and myself, came up to Auckland to look after Isobel and Spike.
Friday we went for a walk in the suburbs and generally chilled out.
They appear to be slipping into stereotypes – Iso loves the pink while Spike has a major Thomas addiction going on.
Saturday was a trip to the beach on the Tawharanui Peninsula. It was a nature reserve which here involved keeping the possums and rats out so the indigenous wildlife can thrive. This is achieved with a massive fence with an automatic gate surrounded by loads of traps, but it appears to work. Loads of birdlife.
We climbed a “mountain”
and I went into the sea and got my bollocks wet!
Next time I intend to go up to my neck…