The return

We are back from Christchurch after a quick trip to celebrate Isabelle's sixth birthday.

Approaching security on the way to our plane, Aidan cheerily announced to me "I've got a gun in my bag!". Cue brief talk on the merits of not saying such things around security staff. Funnily enough, I had made sure that his plastic pistol was packed in the suitcase on the way there, but had forgotten about this for the return journey. Well, sure enough, his bag caused a small flurry of excitement amongst the staff as it passed through the x-ray machine. We were called over to the naughty person area where the bag was inspected and pronounced as unsuitable for flying with. Aidan and Brendon returned to the main airport area to post the bag up to Wellington, where hopefully it will meet us in a couple of days.

Isabelle says her favourite thing in Christchurch was having her birthday there.
Aidan says his favourite thing was driving the thing over the water at the plane museum.
Orla says "ahh, blub".