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Dunedin and Invercargill

The three day Dunedin fair was very windy and cold, then hot, then cold, then hot…..very moody weather! We struggled a bit with the shows and the weather, but managed to perform four out of the six shows. On the Sunday night it was Summer’s punk themed birthday party, so we all dressed up in our most rebellious clothing and ate lolly cake, and cheese fondue! I was a bit tired so I retired early, and watched some Michael McIntyre with Mum, he is probably my favorite comedian!

My girls….
and Axel….
and Manu….
and Jaz!🤣

The Catlins, a stunning coastal stretch of native forest and rugged beaches, and our latest adventure!

Our first stop after Dunedin was at Earthlore Wildlife Gardens where we met Gordon and Janine Thompson. Gordon is otherwise known as Inspector Insector, the investigator for insects! Gordon and Janine are the founders of Earthlore they brought the land back in 2007 they have been cultivating an incredible buzzing garden of bugs, birds and native bush ever since.

While we where exploring the garden Dad offered to hold a very large nursery spider. Dad has always had light arachnophobia no matter how much he tries to deny it, so when this long legged hairy arachnid was placed on his hand and started crawling up his arm, he squealed at such a high pitch all the dogs in the area must have gone deaf, and quickly shook it off his arm!🤣

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The nursery spider😫

After Earthlore we drove to Papatowai NZMCA campground, and met up with my Aunt and Uncle, Sheryl and Pete. As we only see them once a year so it was nice catching up with them:). We went for some long walks along the beautiful beach and caught up on some schoolwork.

Invercargill was our next fair, and with it came the rain that is always hovering above that wonderfully gray and cold town. Honestly almost every single time we go there it grey, rainy or cold! I’m sure Invercargill is a nice town when its sunny and warm, but sadly I have yet to be proved wrong, it seems to be continuously dreary and bleak.

I spent all of Friday making Halloween themed party food for the boy’s 8th birthday on Saturday/Halloween. I made witch’s broom sticks out of pretzel sticks & Reese’s peanut butter cups, and witch’s hats out of Oreos, icing and Hershey’s kisses, soooooooooooooo good!!! I also made fairy wands, used cotton buds, meringue ghosts and mulled grape juice!

Saturday was a wash out, it rained all day, no shows for us. Luckily at around 5pm the rain slowly eased up then stopped all together, giving way to sunshine and big wind’s. Everyone dressed up in their Halloween costumes and ate all the spooky snacks.

The boys and their prezzies!
Me with the cake, after getting hit in the eye with a nerf bullet from Dad!😅
Happy Birthday Dallas and Jaz!!!
Cutting the cake.

We left the grounds on Sunday night and drove to Kingston. On Monday it was Dads Birthday! We got up and had our drinks in the sunshine beside lake Wakatipu, the Mum and Dad went for a run up the hill beside us, while the boys and I watched the rest of Harry Potter four; the goblet of fire. I’ve already finished the Harry Potter series but I enjoy watching them again with Dallas and Jaz.

Happy Birthday Dad!!!!! we love you soooooooo much, where would we be without you!❤❤❤❤
A birthday selfie!

That was my post for Dunedin & Invercargill, I hope you enjoyed it!

Love Dylan Daisy❤

Invercargill

The Gypsy bakers have baked yet another delicious delicacy to sell on Saturday! Lemon cupcakes filled with lemon curd(as you can see I love lemons).

Last year in Invercargill we had two 30 degree days, sooo hot and sunny! But unfortunately this year the weekend was cold and overcast. I just hoped it wouldn’t rain on the boys birthday party on Saturday night, yet as Murphys law abides it did rain but only slightly.

The boys had a pirate themed party so the entire fair dressed up as Halloween pirates. That night we played lots of rowdy party games and ate junk food. Then it was cake time and the boys eyes nearly popped out of their heads when they saw what I had created!

I am so proud of them. After the party the silent disco started. My favorite! I danced with my head phones on until midnight. So much fun!!

Monday morning saw us tired but happy heading for Queenstown. We stopped in Winton to search for Minnie Deans grave. Minnie Dean is the only woman to have ever been hung in New Zealand. Her crime was infanticide. Times were tough and Minnie Dean started taking in unwanted children for money. Eventually she was caught, in her back yard were found three tiny bodies. Gruesome!

 

That night we arrived late and even more tired at 12 mile delta just past Queenstown. After schooling on Tuesday morning the social times began. Our first destination was the pole studio and Raha of course! Raha is Mum’s bestie. We trained and played then tumbled out for dinner at the Bombay palace.

“Happy birthday to you! Happy birthday to you!” Today is Wednesday and it is the boys proper birthday. Presents, pancakes and a gorgeous 4 hour walk around Mt Creighton loop track (A.K.A Sam summers hut track). We find nature grounds us after every frenzied fun filled weekend.

 

\Now its trick or treat time! Oh yeah, have I said the boys birthday is on Halloween? Awesome! Guess what their birthday theme will be for the rest of their lives?

 

Dallas and Jaz looking pretty uneasy.

We invited ourselves to go trick or treating with my friend Mia. I was nervous about meeting all of her friends, but it turns out I knew all of them anyway. Lake Hayes is prone to migrant trick or treaters from all over Queenstown. The spooky decorations let the hordes of sugar crazed trick or treaters know which houses had lollies. My brothers got so scared at one particularly spooky house that they ran down the path scattering their lollies in the process! From then on they were super timid about knocking. I meanwhile was off in the neighborhood gathering a massive haul of sweets, my Mum’s worst nightmare!

Candy here we come!

Thursday greeted us with school-work. “Yay.” In the afternoon Raha took the boys and I for their birthday treat, The Odessy sensory maze. Odessy is not really a maze, it’s a series of rooms filled with a-maze-ing things you can touch, hear, smell, see and overall enjoy. My favorite room was filled with balloons far over my head. Even if a person was right in front of you , you wouldn’t be able to see them and the very loud rustling of the balloons masked any small sounds. Perfect for hide and seek!

That night we sneaked onto the grounds at warren park. We put up our awning ready for 100km/hr winds and torrential rain.

What an awesome fun-filled week! Bring on the weekend! (just not the rain or the wind!) Bye!