Well, not quite our first, there was that time back in February when Kikiwa and I went to the doctor in Stratford together about my hideous rash (possibly due to my thyroid) and left Atarangi asleep at Nana and Pop Pop's house... but our first night out together for sure.
We headed up to Wellington on Thursday on the ferry and caught up with Lawrence along Oriental Parade before heading out to Paekakariki. Oriental beach was awesome, sunny - and apparently warm enough for topless sunbathing....
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Showing Dad how to drive |
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Checking out the imported sand along Oriental |
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With Dad and Uncle Lawrence |
On Friday Atarangi and I went to Baby Sensory with Donna, Brendon and Abigail, it was great! After that the babies had lunch and a nap and the oldies had lunch and a laze in the sun :) Nana and PopPop came in the afternoon too for dancing, more eating and cuddles.
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There must be some more food around here somewhere |
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making music and practicing their bar leaning skills for the future |
We were staying at Nanny's house but Nanny was in Aussie having a fabulous holiday. Nana, PopPop, Donna, Brendon and Abigail all came up to the house on Saturday and brought a delicious lunch with them. Then late afternoon Anita and her clan came up to the house too.
Anyway the wedding was beautiful, it didn't rain too hard and Atarangi went to sleep without us no problem (apparently!) we didn't quite make it home by our self imposed curfew, and Atarangi woke up while we were away but didn't seem at all bothered when I got home! So it was a good night all round.