Good morning on Mon, July 27

Hi,

What a wonderful weekend. The weather was superb and Mike had the best two days on Ruapehu ever! I am sure he will tell you all about it but I can't help being proud of him climbing to the summit and peering into Crater Lake.

Toby and I had a sleepover at Mum and Dad's place on Friday night. Toby watched his backlog of TMNT cartoons and then we had a good sleep. Up to get ready for swimming and Toby swam quite well but was restless at times and got whispered to by the instructor that she expected better listening from him next week. Ok.

We then popped into Sally and Andrew's place and dropped off some TV program that Sally is keen to see. Toby climbed a tree in their backyard and we had a lovely hot choc/cup of tea.

Back home to relax before heading off to the Sampson household for another sleepover. We took the Wii over so that was the highlight of the evening's activities. The kids played and then when they went to bed we all played - until midnight.

Sunday morning we were up early-ish as I had Kea training to attend from 10 - 3pm. I learned heaps but the Kea training tools session could have been a little more structured to facilitate actually learning some tools to help run Keas. Toby played at the Tabors while I was in training.

Then back to the Sampson's house for a wee while before heading home via the supermarket to get dinner. Vivienne rang to arrange Benjamin weekend dates with us (I think Benjamin will stay with us over the next two weekends - but Vivienne will confirm today). That'll be good fun - Toby will be chuffed. Mike rang while Toby and I were tucking into hot dogs and Toby and I did try to collect him. But the Corolla had a flat battery (Mike had left the lights on when he parked it on Friday morning) so we had to ring him back and say we were unable to collect him. Fortunately he got home on the 14 bus very quickly.

So, a great weekend. Busy though. I am quite tired.

Dad seems to be sick from some dodgy sausage sizzle. Oh dear. It's a shame for him. Hope he's better soon.

Love,
Angela