A very busy weekend

Poppa rang on Saturday Morning to ask if the river and the drains were flooding (the rain has been immense) and if we didn't know then we should know so we should drive over and have a look. So Bax, Izzie, Django and I climbed into the trucka nd drove down the road to Otane to have a look at water levels.

Izzie fell asleep in the car on the way back and Bax and I drove passed a fire station, there were men cleaning the engines out the front. We hopped out of the truck to have a look at the engines, even though it was raining. Bax was wearing his fire coat. One of the firemen saw us and came over to lift Bax up into the engine drivers seat. It was so exciting for him. He sat there really solemnly saying it was his fireengine. Then the firemen gave him some posters of fireengines. He examined them in great detail all the way home.

In the afternoon we left Iz with Sophie and took Bax to a movie. He's never been before - he is only three (nearly). We sat in the front row and there is a huge sweep of carpet infront before the screen. Bax sat on his seat for most of it, transfixed. Then he and G moved to the floor and Bax walked around on the carpetted bit with all the other little kids.

He slept really well that night, he was so pooped.

On Sunday, Bax and I took Django for a long walk in the park. We ran around and played on the playground and explored the formal gardens. Then we saw two guys racing their model airplanes. That was really cool. They kept buzzing Bax with them, flying them low over us.

Then we went to the farmers market and had a hot chocolate and bought a couple of yummy things and then we went home.

In the afternoon, the four of us drove over to Napier and happened upon one of those inside playgrounds. We went in and the kids spent the next hour and a hlaf climbing through tunnels and peddling little cars around and around. Bax is obsessed with making sure everyone's got petrol. He kept going up to other kids cars and pouring petrol. He fell in love when a little girl came over and did the same to him - you could see him think "Now there's a lady I could really love!"

All written out like this it sounds like a really over stimulating, slightly trashy weekend - but it was fun and relaxing. The weather here is just awful, we all have cabin fever. Can't wait to move into our house.

Oh and bad news on the carer front - I went to visit the woman and she was lovely but I decided against it for other reasons, so we're back to square one. Ho hum.