Got Wood?????

Simon got  a few trees that were getting cut down a couple of weekends ago. We spent all day Saturday splitting them and stacking them and this is the result.....

Hopefully it should last the Winter!!!!

I finally got Broadband

I finally convinced my husband to get broadband!!!!!

It's not like the states where you get unlimited.

we only get 10gigs a month, that includes uploads and downloads

but I don't care.

I am happy!!!!

yea!!!!!

My Thanksgiving

New Zealand doesn't celebrate Thanksgiving. Which surprises me, with how much they like to eat.....but that is another discussion.
I miss Thanksgiving.....
the huge newspaper with all the ads for Black Friday
watching Macy's Day Parade on TV
eating lots of Turkey, mashed potatoes and gravy
eating lots of pie
just relaxing
eating again
getting together with family
I even miss the leftover casserole that we would have the next day.

What did I do on Thanksgiving??????
I went to Isobella's and Joshua's Kapa Haka festival to watch them perform.

Joshua is awesome doing the Haka....I didn't get a good picture, as I was running in, after helping his group on stage, but here he is doing the Pukana

And here is Picture of Isobella

and one just for fun

OH!!!
and just to let you know,
we had homemade spaghetti for dinner

"Pineapple"

I don't know about you other mothers, but I am having problems with my children using negative words all the time.
You know calling each other names, etc.

So to help with the negativiy in our home, we have implemented a new word to replace any negative word.
That word ended up being "pineapple"

its really hard to be mad at your sibling for calling you a "pineapple",
and it is funny to thing that something is "pineapple"

we have been doing this for a week now, and it has helped a lot.
In fact we have had friends over, and they are now using the word "pineapple".

So I think we have started a new trend!!!!

When

So I haven't been blogging lately, its not like I don't have a lot to blog about, I do. It's just I keep on telling myself I will blog about that when we have broadband. Guess what?????
I still have no broadband.

its expensive here, it is not like the states where you can get unlimited broadband, here you have to get so many gigs and other things to factor in.

Sometimes I think New Zealand is a little backwards when it comes to technology.

One day I will get it

but only when I get a job to pay for it.

Lucky me!!!!

Joshua loses a tooth

Joshua with the help of Isobella pulled out his 1st tooth this week.
The tooth fairy even remembered to come, and brought him $1.90
He is getting to be so grown-up.

now the poor tooth fairy will be busy once again.

Wordless Wednesday