Saturday, September 12, 2015

The end of Winter...

It's been a long and tough Winter on this side of the world - thank goodness it's nearly over! New Zealand and Australia have been hit by a couple of really horrid flu bugs and I don't know a single family that's escaped it.

Alfie came down with it first in our family, followed by Molly.....we're in Week 7 of Term 3 now and I've just realised I haven't had a single week all term when no child has been off school for at least half a day. Thank goodness I work for myself! 


Apart from having flu-ey children, blankets & sick buckets all over the place at the moment, the other familiar sight around the house these days is sewing stuff piling up everywhere. If it's not Alfie earning another badge to sew onto his Keas uniform, it's Molly needing a button moved on her ballet skirt or a ribbon sewn on to something or some other dance-related sewing requirement.


That's right - the busy activity schedule shows no sign of slowing down. Alfie played in a tennis tournament last weekend - 6 games: he won 4 and lost 2. Great stuff Alfie!

His Winter Soccer season ends this weekend - and what a season it's been! His team, the Thatchers, went unbeaten all season, and other recent highlights have included a kids against parents game, and the Phoenix (Wellington's soccer team) coming to watch them play one week....


Of course the games always include some ridiculous silly-time too....



Molly, meanwhile, continues to compete in gymnastics most weekends at the moment. She's loving every second of it, but the countless hours of training each week is leading to a lot of aches and pains and strains, so I think it'll be a good thing when the competition season is over next month and she gets to give her body a bit of a rest!


Her ballet exam is coming up in a couple of weeks, so rehearsals have stepped up there too. And as if that wasn't enough, she's also been a member of a school dance group this term who performed at a big dance show - "ArtSplash" - last week. She enjoyed that a lot! 


Flippa ball has been great for Molly, as she gets to play a team sport once a week. She's been player of the day twice now - never for her ball skills but always for her team work and defence skills. We're really enjoying our Friday afternoons at the moment as after the Flippaball game all the kids have a swim and a spa, including Alfie, and it's a great way to round off the week. 

Here she is demonstrating her defence skills! 



We do sometimes get a break from the kids sporting activities though! Last weekend we had a fabulous day on the south coast walking along the cliff tops...


And the other day we spent hours on a beach on the Miramar Peninsula collecting bits of sea glass....(doesn't Molly look tiny in this picture?!)


But in general it may seem all busy busy at the moment in our family - and that's because it is! Except if your name is Bear or Ninja. These little guys like lazing around and sleeping so much but they have been a great distraction and great friends for the children in those short spaces of downtime! 



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