.: Grandpa's Stay In NZ

Monday, November 24, 2008

Grandpa's Stay In NZ

We had lots of fun with Grandpa coming to stay. He stayed for two weeks and enjoyed reconnecting with Hayden and Ashton and meeting Noah for the first time. He learned over the two weeks he was here that he has three VERY NOISY AND WILD grandsons who love to eat, eat and EAT. He nicknamed the three of them - particularly Noah - ‘little garbage disposals’. Our house was so noisy one morning with Ashton and Noah squealing and laughing (because Tony and Drago were swinging them) that we didn't even hear Grandma calling on the phone!

While Grandpa was here he did lots of things... he trimmed our trees, prunned our rose bushes, fixed things around the house, ate fish 'n chips (three times), tried some NZ wine, had a meat pie, ate lots of kiwi fruit and tried pavlova for the first time. He cooked snapper and squid, baked and BBQ'd lamp ribs, went on a bush walk, stopped at a honey factory in the county (because he makes his own honey too), changed lots of smelly poohey nappies (diapers) and went to the fish market. He tried 'toasties' with cheese and pineapple, went to dinner at a Brazilain restaurant, tried cream donuts, cooked schnitzel, bought lots of pastries from the bakery, made soup with lamb in it, saw lots and lots of cows and sheep and cooked bacon and eggs for breakfast. He went to the BMX track and got Hayden to start from the top (for the first time), got Noah out of bed nearly every morning, went to church with us, helped at Ashton's birthday party, picked Hayden up from school, bought Hayden Star Wars Lego and movies, swung Noah and Ashton over and over again and taught Noah lots of new words. Oh, and also climbed Rangitoto, went to Bethells beach and took a three day trip to Rotorua and Taupo. Grandpa even DROVE IN THE COUNTRY on the left hand side of the road with the steering wheel on the right! He did good too, although Hayden was nervous and says he was afraid he was going to die! We trusted Grandpa in our car out in the country, but he's not ready for roundabouts yet!!

Grandpa stayed in our guest room and Hayden and Ashton took turns each night sleeping with him. While Grandpa was with us we awarded him the trophy for being so helpful in the kitchen – for making us soup after church and cleaning up the dishes from Ashton’s birthday party. The following Sunday I got the trophy for being 'good' about the kitchen and not worrying about any messes.

We learned that Grandpa loves our bakeries here and really enjoys cream donuts, chocolate eclairs, custard slices....anything with cream and custard.

It was a busy, fun, crazy, exciting, noisy, two weeks, we just wish Grandma had been with us to join in the fun. We missed her, but we're fortunate that she's already been to stay with us twice.

For some strange reason Ashton is still confused about who is Grandma and who is Grandpa. He insisted on calling Grandpa 'Grandma' the whole time he was here.

Here are lots of photo's of the things we got up to and the things we saw:

Grandpa, Tony and Hayden go on the Hukafalls Jet Ride at Huka Falls in Taupo.

Grandpa, Hayden and Tony in the back row on the left.

Hayden and Ashton at Bethells beach having fun throwing sand at each other.

Grandpa, Daddy and boys at Bethells beach.

Grandpa and Daddy at Bethells beach.

All the boys having fun in the water.

Tony, Ashton and Hayden trying to slide down the sand dune on cardboard boxes. The boxes wouldn't slide, but they came in handy for standing on... the sand was so hot it was burning our feet.

The beautiful Huka Falls in Taupo.

Grandpa and Hayden in Rotorua going to the top of the mountain to ride the luge.

Father and Son at the luge outlook.

Me and Ashton and Grandpa and Noah coming down the mountain on the luge.

The Nizetich clan sitting on a bench outside the Rotorua Museum.

Ashton uses the 'out house' in the country on our way to Hamilton.

Grandpa and Noah snuggling on the couch

Grandpa trimming the trees.

The end!

1 comment:

Anonymous said...: o what fun! Funny Drago took a liking to the bakeries.

I love that outhouse picture - is it really real?! You should frame it hehehehe =D; December 16, 2008 at 10:04 PM

Funny Comments

Ashton walking into the supermarket quietly whispers to himself: "Please can I have macaroni and cheese, in the name of Jesus Christ, Amen."

Ashton: "I want to live with Jesus." Mummy: "Why?" Ashton: "Because he be nice to me and he gives me bread and water!"

Mummy, examining Ashton's legs, and thinking: My goodness, what hairy legs. Ashton, unimpressed with Mummy's examination, pulls away: "Don't touch them. I'm growing Daddy legs!"

Hayden gets upset at Ashton: "Right Ashton, that's it! I'm telling Jesus on you!"

Ashton with a cold: "I'm snotty as a piggy."

Hayden: "The sun is burning my eyeballs."

Hayden: "Mummy, how come your penis is missing?"

Hayden: "I get the bigger piece of cake because my skeleton is bigger."

Hayden (3yrs old) sees me get dressed in the morning and stares at my breasts with a confused look..."What thooooose be for???"

Hayden: "I don't want to finish my pizza, it's got blood all over it."

Hayden: "Ashton hit me in the heart."

Hayden learns the planets at Preschool: Mercury, Earth, Mars, Jupiter and Penus!

Hayden (shopping with me and whining): "My brain hurts forever because you haven't buyed me anything."

QUOTES

Like the changing leaves of fall...My little boy is now a man.
--Author Unknown

Boys are God's way of telling you that your house is too neat!
--Author Unknown

There never has been, nor will there ever be, anything quite so special as the love between a mother and a son.
--Author Unknown

Boys are found everywhere - on top of, underneath, inside of, climbing on, swinging from, running around or jumping to. Mothers love them, little girls hate them, older sisters and brothers tolerate them, adults ignore them and Heaven protects them. A boy is Truth with dirt on its face, Beauty with a cut on its finger, Wisdom with bubble gum in its hair and the Hope of the future with a frog in its pocket.
--Alan Marshall Beck

Something For A Giggle....

I Owe My Mother ....

My mother taught me TO APPRECIATE A JOB WELL DONE. "If you're going to kill each other, do it outside. I just finished cleaning."

My mother taught me RELIGION. "You better pray that will come out of the carpet."

My mother taught me about TIME TRAVEL. "If you don't straighten up, I'm going to knock you into the middle of next week!"

My mother taught me LOGIC. " Because I said so, that's why."

My mother taught me MORE LOGIC. "If you fall out of that swing and break your neck, you're not going to the store with me."

My mother taught me FORESIGHT. "Make sure you wear clean underwear, in case you're in an accident."

My mother taught me IRONY. "Keep crying, and I'll give you something to cry about."

My mother taught me about the science of OSMOSIS. "Shut your mouth and eat your supper."

My mother taught me about CONTORTIONISM. "Will you look at that dirt on the back of your neck!"

My mother taught me about STAMINA. "You'll sit there until all that spinach is gone."

My mother taught me about WEATHER. "This room of yours looks as if a tornado went through it."

My mother taught me about HYPOCRISY. "If I told you once, I've told you a million times. Don't exaggerate!"

My mother taught me the CIRCLE OF LIFE. "I brought you into this world, and I can take you out."

My mother taught me about BEHAVIOR MODIFICATION. "Stop acting like your father!"

My mother taught me about ENVY. "There are millions of less fortunate children in this world who don't have wonderful parents like you do."

My mother taught me about ANTICIPATION. "Just wait until we get home."

My mother taught me about RECEIVING. "You are going to get it when you get home!"

My mother taught me MEDICAL SCIENCE. "If you don't stop crossing your eyes, they are going to get stuck that way."

My mother taught me ESP. "Put your sweater on; don't you think I know when you are cold?"

My mother taught me HUMOR. "When that lawn mower cuts off your toes, don't come running to me."

My mother taught me HOW TO BECOME AN ADULT. "If you don't eat your vegetables, you'll never grow up."

My mother taught me GENETICS. "You're just like your father."

My mother taught me about my ROOTS. "Shut that door behind you. Do you think you were born in a barn?"

My mother taught me WISDOM. "When you get to be my age, you'll understand."

My mother taught me about JUSTICE. "One day you'll have kids, and I hope they turn out just like you!