Goodbye Auckland

As you guessed, things have been fairly busy lately. What with the move to Sydney and so on.

In their usual 'let's play it by ear' fashion, my parents decided early July they'd ship our stuff across the Tasman by the end of July. Yeah right, as I knew all along, that proved to be easier said than done.

As is so often the case, it was lots of work for mum while dad was dandying overseas. We got help from serious chaps who did most of the packing...

...and dad was his usual helpful self.

We did manage to fill a container.

At which point my earthly possessions were fairly basic. I was pretty much down to my stroller.

We ended up in a hotel for a couple of nights. Time for me to kick back and do what boys do best.

WHERE'S THAT MILK?

Idol

Mum wanted to be a rock idol in the 80s. I am devastated.

Kitted up for action

Friend -

Good to see you here again.

It's official. I am a citizen of Aotearoa, according to Wikipedia 'an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean known as the Land of the Long White Cloud'. And I have the documents to prove it.

I'm not too sure how I feel about this, but so be it.

I'm living the Kiwi life. I wake up with my chums...

... endure the changing ritual with attitute ...

... then move over to the living room ...

... and chat with friends on Skype (in this case, granny and pop)

Chill out

...and - most importantly - stick it to the Spaniards.

See you soon for more adventures.

I like Mondays

Today is Queen's Birthday proper. In more ways than one: it's mum's birthday too! Happy birthday mum, then.

After a great night's sleep (10 hours, no less), I'm in a brilliant mood to celebrate.

The front-pack fashion turns out to be more sustainable than I thought. So off we go again, to St Heliers this time.

Wrapped and ready, here I come.

Small ears, big hands.

Nice but chilly

B-day girl, oozing pride

Queen's Birthday!

Hurray, a long weekend!

Things started well when dad returned from Asia. A couple of smiles and I had him wrapped around my finger again. This is too easy...

He and I had a bath in the big tub. I'm sure I'll learn to appreciate this in the fullness of time.

Flowers arrived for mum on Saturday morning. Either grand papa and grand maman think that mum likes colourful balloons, or they've been thinking about me. I have a hunch.

I went from fascination...

... to outright enjoyment (pardon the lousy photographer here).

Today was also the day of my first trip to Piha, on the West Coast. Mum was keen to try out the front pack, and boy did she like it. Just look at her!

The black sand is quite something. But then again, I haven't seen any other beach.

I hear these are sand tortoises. Cute, but a bit on the slow side if you ask me.

That's me there, on the right

Classic New Zealand colour scheme here

Zzzzzzzzzzzzzz

How's that for cool ears?