Catch up

So much to blog about and so little time to do it in! I keep writing new posts in my head, but they never make it anywhere near the computer.

Suffice to say that we had a great trip to Christchurch and we are now back home again. Still haven't finished unpacking, but the house is in a reasonable state (for a change) heading into the weekend, so that's all good.

We have pretty much stayed at home since our return, thanks in part to the terrible weather we have been having. We were very short on groceries by Thursday. I looked at the rain. I thought of hauling three children around the supermarket. I thought of hauling groceries down the steps in the rain, probably with at least two crying children waiting inside. I logged onto the computer and did an on-line shop. Four hours later our groceries arrived. Ahh! Lovely.

Today we went for a little walk to the playground. On the way home Isabelle collected up various treasures. In the afternoon she spent time in her room creating. I heard much sellotape being dispensed. An tonight, she distributed the gifts she had made. Grass twirled around twigs shaped into bracelets. A bottle cap attached to some vegetation (especially for Daddy "because he likes beer"). A twisty tie round and round some grass encircling a leaf. A twig with a stone sellotaped firmly to one end. Beautiful things.