.: Let the Summer Begin

Wednesday, December 15, 2010

Let the Summer Begin

For the past two months I have totally been loving 'the beauty all around.'

I think one has to experience a NZ winter to truly appreciate the spring and summer months. It truly is exciting and uplifting to have sunny days, with leaves on the trees and flowers blooming.

This is my favourite tree on our driveway. The leaves are such a bright green:

The trees at the front of our house form this neat arch way as we drive into our garage.

And our driveway has been blooming this beautiful flower for the past few weeks.

Summer in NZ is VERY beautiful and lots of fun. It's the reason most people live here.... Blooming pohutakawa trees, picnics and fish 'n' chips on some of the most beautiful beaches in the world, swimming in the ocean, Santa in shorts and jandals (flip flops), camping by beahes or amongst bush and rolling hills, hokey pokey ice-creams from the diary, pavlova and strawberries, bush walks, farmers markets, no school for 7 weeks.....

Our summer begins with our first camping trip to Tawharanui Regional Park.

There are 6 things I love about camping:

1. It brings you closer to your kids. You are together all the time and are all doing the same thing day and night. It really makes you feel connected to them in a special way.

2. There is no computer, no TV and no kitchen!!!!!!!!!!!!

3. It makes you feel connected to nature and the beauty God has provided for us. It makes you feel connected to what the world is really about as opposed to driving, shopping, spending, technology, etc

4. It forces you to go to bed early. Once it gets dark, it's pitch black and there is nothing else to do but go to sleep.

5. Coming out of your tent at 3am, breathing fresh, clean, crisp sea air and looking up at the sky to see hundreds of beautiful stars.

6. Spending the day under a beautiful pohutakawa tree while the boys happily swim in the ocean or spend hours playing in the sand and tidepools. The best relaxation in the world and very happy content boys.

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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!