Good morning on Mon, Mar 16

Hi,

What a glorious morning here in Wellington today. Not a breath of wind and it was like that yesterday evening too. Very nice.

What a weekend! Friday was a great day for Toby. Their team won in soccer and the score was 1 - 0. And I have verified this with Duncan and Emerson's mother (she takes Toby to soccer) - Toby scored the winning goal! Hooray! Well done, Toby.

Toby went to play with Duncan and Emerson after the soccer and young Isaac joined them. Mike and I went to Mum and Dad's place for dinner. Then collected wee Toby and took him home. Next morning was swimming and although Toby was very distracted during the lesson, he is still coming along with his swimming.

Then Toby and I went to McDonalds for lunch (I got sushi so I was happy) and then we bought Jonathan's birthday present. We hurtled home and then went to Karori Pool for the pool party. Toby absolutely loved it. He spent about 4 hours in a pool this day!

Then Toby and I went home and Mike had tidied up and packed. Toby and I were off to collect Mum for a weekend at Castlepoint. We drove out there and got in about 6.45pm. We found our motel unit (Motel 1) across the road from the sea and went out for dinner. Dinner was late and we all went to bed pretty soon after getting back.

Next morning was brilliant. The morning cloud burned off and we all walked up to the lighthouse. Toby spent loads of time looking at washed up jellyfish and burying them with sand (so no one can see them again). From the lighthouse we could see loads of jellyfish swimming in the bay, and lots of little fish. Then we saw huge fish chasing and eating the little fish. It was great fun.

We ate a pie on the beach - well, I did. Mum and Toby abandoned their pie and/or location when sandflies and one wasp turned up. I ate all the pies! Heheheheh.

A motorcycle posse turned up with very flash bikes and Toby thought his Grandad was going to appear.

We headed off to Riversdale to have a look on the way back home. I think we all liked Castlepoint more - the rugged aspect appeals to us.

When we got back to Wellington we had a BBQ at home. Mike had put up the new clothes line and it all looked great!

Ok. Time to get stuck in.
Have a great week.

Love,
Angela