Back in NZ!!

We are back in NZ, yay!

We arrived in Auckland late at night on the 31st Jan, after a pretty good flight thanks to a well-behaved Flynn and a new strategy of two-hour Flynn-shifts. We stayed in an airport hotel for the night and headed off to Nelson the following day.

Flynn navigates through Auckland Airport
Hard right dad...

In Nelson, we are staying in a hired home that overlooks Tahuna beach. The view is amazing and the beach provides hours of joy for the little fella. He does not spend much time on beaches in Singapore as there is only one nice one and it's not really ideal for kids.

Flynn goes nuts on the beach, has a good run, a good play with the sand, and every trip involves him sampling the sand, shells and even gnawing on the odd stick.

Sandpit heaven

Flynn takes Grandad Peter and Dad out for some wave action

He (literally) tries to catch a wave

He takes on a little more water than planned

Hmmm, much safer in this baby-sized sea puddle

We check out a local cafe on the quay

Grandma tries to steal Flynn's microphone
but he's on to her in a flash

A duet on the pier

Big Day Out

The other day we discovered a cool new place - actually several of them, when going on a walk at Mt Faber.

There is a 'park connector' route that enables you to walk from park to park across Singapore. We went to Mt Faber and walked through to Henderson Waves and then to Hort Park.

Henderson Waves is a huge pedestrian bridge that is built to look like a long breaking surf wave.

Flynn takes dad for a walk

Pausing to read the braille fence

He always insists on driving

Oh sorry, was that your water mum?

When we reached Hort Park, Flynn was delighted to find a wonderland of soft lawns, beautiful gardens, multiple playgrounds, two sandpits (one white sand, one black), a giant carp pond and a plunge pool - nearly more fun than a boy can bear. He got so filthy in the sandpits that he had to be stripped down to his nappy and washed in the bathroom sinks.

Borrrrrrrn free, free as the wind blows, free as the...



What do you mean we'll have to go home soon?