Happy birthday Riley!  “Wow!”, “Incredible!”, “Delicious!”. The Gypsy Bakers surprise was revealed! Lettie and I put a lot of effort into baking and decorating Riley’s 11th birthday Pac-man cake, He loved it!

Set up on Friday and trading on Saturday was a little bit tricky as Mum was in Queenstown M.C.ing Miss pole dance N.Z.  Dad and I managed beautifully. Luckily Mum came back Saturday night and everything was back to normal. Our new grounds at the Tauranga racecourse were good for us, hot , sunny and busy.

Monday we pit-stopped at Maclaren falls for a quick freezing cold dip in the waterfall then continued on to Little Waipa. Little Waipa is a lovely camping spot next to the very polluted  Waikato river (thanks a lot dairy farmers!). Jema, my Chihuahua casually wandered past our neighbors bus, an enraged little man leapt out shouting abuse about dogs having to be on leashes. After a moments stunned silence Mum let rip(not farting). That little man was barking up the wrong tree/Mum.

School work done, we quickly moved on to Cambridge, leaving our truck at a safe park over property(P.O.P) while we drove our car all the way to Auckland to see… Cirque du soleil’s new show KOOZA! Mind-blowing, fantastic, dramatic, hilarious, and overall inspiring! That was my second time going to Cirque du soliel and it was better than ever. We got home at 1am and collapsed into bed.

The next morning we hauled to Tongaparutu, an hour away from New Plymouth, where the boys carried out their need to fish. Its beautiful and wild there, a great place to rest and refresh the soul. Tiwai and Lettie arrived Thursday and we romped and roamed the beaches, wildings in the wilderness.

Time to set up in New Plymouth in the pouring rain, us kids snuggled down to watch movies for the day, bliss! Arrrrggggg!!!! A scream bought us scrambling down to the kitchen, Mum had chopped the tip of her finger off making pumpkin soup for us. It turned out she was crying because she couldn’t go pole dancing at the local studio, poor Mummy.

It was a long, grueling, loud three day weekend and we were pleased to leave on Tuesday morning. After stopping in at J-car for new remote control cars and a quick Op shop score, we lunched at Loving Hut, My worst nightmare! Mum and Dad are trying to open our minds to new, healthy(disgusting)foods.

That evening we snuggled down at Paratu rock centennial park. The huge rock loomed above us and I knew that tomorrow Dad would make us climb it. Sure enough Wednesday morning after school work, up we went in the wind and rain, vertigo almost swept me over the cliff, but the view was worth it even though it was shrouded in fog.

Into the car we tumbled and off to the New Plymouth Museum we went to see the new Illusion exhibition.

That night I made pancakes for dinner, a first! Pancakes for dinner I mean.

Thursday morning we headed off for Whanganui with a stop off at Kaupokanui for some schoolwork and fishing. We eased into the Whanganui  grounds late that night. Wow! That was a crazy busy few weeks, calm down Mum and Dad! I think we need some chill-out time. Tomorrow setup, this weekend Whanganui.

Bye!