Good morning on Mon, Nov 16

 Hi,

Well, Mike has enjoyed two days in Sydney with the Kittos and his conference starts today so he'll be in town now.  I am sure he'll have a good time at the conference too.

Toby and I have had fun staying with Grandy and Gramps.  So much so, that I think we'll sleep there this week too.  Let's see how that works out.

Friday night was work quiz night for me and we had fun.  Our team came in 4th place (equal) so we didn't do too badly.

Saturday morning was swimming lessons and we have resorted to bribing Toby to concentrate.  Seems to be working quite well.  He gets a toy (Gogo Crazy Bones) if he does well.  Then we went shopping briefly and had lunch at Queensgate.  Back home to relax.

Dad and I were keen to watch the soccer - All Whites playing for a spot in the World Cup.  I had a message to run for Sally and Andrew first though, but it did mean the roads were very clear for the trip out to Lower Hutt.  The All Whites made it through!  Hooray!

Sunday Toby and I went out to the Santa Parade in town.  The place was heaving.  Dad even rang from work to say never mind bringing the car in.  So we took the bus.  And the whole of Lambton Quay and Willis St were lined three deep with kids and adults.  So Toby pushed in to the front and found himself standing right next to Zoe from his class.  He had a great time with her watching the parade.  The Ghostbusters were his favourites.

We went back to Grandy and Gramps house to stay the night (and have yummy dinner). 

We woke up this morning and got ready and had breakfast.  Then we drove home to make sure Merlot was ok and pick up some stuff.  I got Toby to brush his teeth and spit into our hedge.  As he did this, he reflected upon our antics thus far that morning and said "Today is a funny day, isn't it?".  Then we drove to school and waited for ages in the car before finally going to school.

It is Kea day so I drove in in order to collect wee Toby in time for Keas.  Phew!

Hope you all have a great weekend.
Love,
Angela