Sophie was up at 06:40 today and she obviously thought this was a great time to be up, so she woke us up too. Thanks, Sophie! I was allowed to have a bit of a lie-in and Mum brought Sophie back to join me after she had breakfast - poor thing was tired - so we both slept until about 10:45.
The weather was great again, so we decided to go for a walk down at the bottom of the Hutt valley. After about 15 minutes of struggling to get the pushchair (stroller) down the narrow gravel path, we had to admit defeat and go back. We reckon if we had one of those rucksack style baby carriers, we would have been ok. It was a shame because it was such a quiet spot, it really felt like we were in the middle of nowhere when in reality we were only a couple of minutes away from civilisation.
After a spot of lunch, we went to the local (indoor, heated) swimming pool where Sophie had a great time bobbing around in her swimming costume with the floats in it. She has just started waving at everyone, so you can imagine how much splashing she was doing! There were loads of other kids with their mums there. She had a fantastic time and was pretty tired by the time we left.
Joe came home from work and took us to the Petone Club - a bit like a working mens’ club in the UK, but more modern. We all ordered steak which was really nice and fantastically cheap. Sophie came with us and stayed up past her bedtime, but she was really good and didn’t get cranky. Candi played the ‘pokies’ (fruit machines / one-armed bandits) and won $85, which was pretty good. What was even better was that she walked away and didn’t put it back in the machines. We came home and gave Sophie a bottle - she went straight to sleep and has been really good and slept soundly (so far!).
Tomorrow, Joe has the day off and we are all heading up the coast to another bach for the weekend. Should be good, hope the weather is nice! We probably won’t get a chance to update this blog for a few days, we will write about what we get up to when we get back. Keep checking for updates, or better still, subscribe to the RSS feed using an RSS reader and you will know when we are back online.
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February 16, 2007 at 4:34 am
iriot
Hi Ross and Candi again!
Sounds like sophie is in a routine all of her own sleeping with mum and dad and waking them up whenever she wakes up
S ounds like really good fun! For her anyway but maybe not for mum and dad eh?
And it sounds like she is getting all the exercise she wnats (and so are you) by going for walks and swimming (Takes after her Dad and Pops) and eating staek at night>
No wonder she sleeps early and wakes early!
Well done candi for walking away from the pokies maybe you could make a few extra dollars that way?
Thanks for the Skype chat Ross i really enjoyed communicating direct that way even if it was way past your bedtime! Good way to keep in touch though
Have a great time at the bach and enjoy everything
Looking forward to more photos
Maybe the bach is another opportunity to try and overcome your packing dilemma? (black bags?)
Love Nanna and Pops
February 16, 2007 at 10:20 pm
lou1
The pool looks amazing. That’s what I just love about NZ, the whole place is really well set-up for health and fitness and being out and about.
Another exciting day in sunny Reading. I am of course working very hard (ahem) and definitely not looking for new house bargains..