"I'M FLYING!"

“I’M FLYING!!! I’M FLYING!!!” Gideon shouts out as he experiences his first take off!
Two seconds later…. “WE”RE GOING DOWNNNNN! WE’RE GOING DOWN!!!” First comment, adorable, second comment probably sent some passengers into a panic attack. Thats kids for ya, one moment bliss, next pure and utter panic. Before we got on that aircraft, and were just traveling in an innocent, quiet, elevator at the airport. Gideon, the almost 4yr old, shouts out, while all was quiet…. “Ewww, whats that smell?? I FARTED! I FARTED!!!” I loved it. SO funny. I cant wait to be his future friend on FB… i’m gonna need to teach him to filter his thoughts before they exit his mouth.
SO, we landed. We made it. No one knows what day it is, or time, but they are STOKED we time traveled! Skipped all of February 9th. We can honestly say, we interacted with some amazing staff along the way. From check in, to security, TSA, customs, fellow passengers, to the Pilot himself, we were interacting with people of JOY! It was SUCH a blessing.
It was so cool to watch our children interact with strangers.  I don’t know if its from being in a big family, or just the fact of who my children are, but they held conversation initiated by themselves, asked questions without fear, and had people rolling with laughter.
Our first day we landed at around 9:30am local time, and were picked up by Bryces brother and his wife and children. It was raining as we left the airport, but it was HOT so it felt amazing! We loaded the van, and headed to get some groceries before we got to our first holiday home. The rest of the afternoon we played on the beach, in the rain, then ate fish and chips with the family!
That was yesterday, and today, Sunday, its still raining, BUT we’ve still played on the beach right across the road from our house, collected shells,(found tonsss of sand dollars and one shark tooth) hung laundry on the line,  got ice cream cones from the corner Dairy shop, hiked a MOUNTAIN, and ate FISH n CHIPS again!!! SO, No matter the weather, its STILL the best weather i’ve ever had in February!
Tomorrow we pack up this house, in Thames, and head up north to the coast of Coromandel to stay for 5 days. As much as we LOVE having a positive outlook on this rain, NO rain would be a much better reason to celebrate! Will post some great stuff from the boys ASAP!

One last laugh to send you with before I collapse into bed. On the way back from the hike, Ezra is yelling from the back of the van that Miles put a FISH in his water bottle! A fish!! Now, we obviously all believe that this is NOT true but Ezra was in hook line and sinker (pun intended) and not happy, a few moments later Ezra proceed to tell me that he just “farted for revenge” after Miles told him there was no fish. Boys and there infatuation with flatulence is something I will NEVER understand.

Photos pending

- Christina