I know all of our family and friends back in NZ are gloating that summer is peeking over the shore line, but may I just brag a little here....ahem.....its officially autumn apparently and we still need to use the air con, and can go swimming in pools and the sea, and the weather on Saturday was devine...sorry but had to say...eat your heart out Aucklanders!!!
Yes, so yesterday being Saturday dawned with blue skies and a lovely warm breeze. The perfect day to have a hellish shopping excursion to Ikea!! No because no day is perfect for Ikea, Ikea was designed by some nasty Swede to make parents life hell. Whoever thought it would be a good idea to make poor parents traverse their way through the whole darn store just to buy a whisk, or a pillow - man it is the ultimate in torture for parents with kids to try to run that gauntlet without one of our darlings manhandling something off a shelf (we just always hope they choose the plastic or fabric things to topple...). Anyway Paul and I ended up being real angry with all of our kids (yes even a baby can have some bad feelings directed at it when it comes to a visit to Ikea, when they cry in the middle of the garden section you just know that backtracking for 5 mins to the cafe is going to cost you big time with your two toddlers!!! That just added at least 45 mins to our flying visit!) - but we did manage to get some pots and an outdoor multi tiered thingy to put our tomatoes and basil on - oh yes, thats right, I am gardening over here...wonder if plants cough when the haze is bad from China?
So I will keep you updated on my mini garden as I just know you are on the edge of your seats wondering what I will grow...I know I can barely sleep, well thats not true, I sleep like a comatose person because Bias keeps waking me up every 2 hours....but when I am awake I get excited when I think about those 4 shelves of opportunity....flowers or produce....hmmmm tough choice....
But this post is meant to be about our Saturday - now that I have vented all my bad feelings about Ikea I can get on with the good part of the day - kite flying!!! Because I am a woman (or maybe its because I am anal and a control freak, haven't really worked out which one to blame) I love to keep lists of potential things to do and I spotted this the other day when Paul gave me half an hour off from kid duty. Kite flying in Clearwater Bay Park. Well I thought, that sounds jolly fun. We have an unopened kite and 3 kids under 5, lets go out and discover Hong Kongs natural resources......
Well Paul agreed and off we sped to find this lovely place. The secret mustn't be that well kept because the car parks and the road were heaving with cars, but never fear, we own a people mover for a reason, it can mount any verge!!! So once we disembarked all 5 of us off we headed to find some english words that would tell us where to go. I like to follow instructions while Paul likes to just wander around and hopefully find something....so we sort of did his thing and it was good, found a great bbq site for future visits....and lovely views of the islands....and then we saw the kites!
We quickly walked up the hill and Noah jumped up and down until we had his kite out and ready for action. Paul promptly threw the instructions away and I quickly went and retrieved them from the rubbish. Thank goodness I did as this video proves, kite flying doesn't come naturally!!!
Once we read the instructions we were away, the kite soared and the kids just loved it (well Tobias had no idea as his mind is filled with only thoughts of milk). It was a total blast. So much fun to race around trying not to get clotheslined by other peoples kites, and you think an All Blacks game is nerve wracking, imagine one little kite and hundreds of dreaded trees for it to catch on, ohhhh my stomach was a mess!!!
Just as we were leaving this guy made up this huge star kite, it was beautiful!!!! Noah was so cute, he had his set of instructions in his hand and was watching anyone who seemed to be having trouble making their kite fly, at their first falter he would hurry over and show them his instructions explaining the process to them.....it was very kind of him....kind of embarassing for us
- so anyway this guy had this really expensive kite and Noah started telling him what he needed to do to make it fly, oh sort of hide in a hole stuff, gotta love 4 year olds, they aren't hung up on pride like us. Well the guy was very gracious and allowed us to help him try to launch his kite - unfortunately even Noah's instructions wouldn't get that kite going - he needed a typhoon to get it off the ground!!
It was a lovely day and the photos prove what a pretty place we found.
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