Feb 21st - Day 52

Not so long ago Tyler brought this one home from his daycare program.  The teachers make their own playdough once a week and save the left overs for doing things like this.  It is made with plant parts - seeds, leaves and sticks etc.  A playdough garden.

This was an activity planned as a lead into the planting and growing of their own sunflowers, beans and watermelon along with flowers.  Tyler loves the garden and will often sit smelling the roses - literally!

Feb 20th - Day 51

This is one of our family - he is the friendliest cuddliest and one of the most tollerant puss cats I know.  Simba was originally one of two brothers (we owned both) - he has survived being an SPCA animal, 7 (soon to be 8) moves including living in Motueka, Nelson, Dunedin, Motueka and Wellington.  He has enjoyed adventures which have given me heart palpatations - rats, ducks, frogs, birds and mice being some of his most loved play things.  Simba thinks he is a dog and will come when called, sit, stay and chase sticks.  While he is not a huge lover of loud children and parties, he defends his family with love and a claws (as the vet bill shows).  Simba loves Tyler - he followed me everywhere (incl morning sickness attacks) while pregnant and spent hours sitting watching Tyler as a newborn and would never be far away when he was growing.  Now days he puts up with Tyler's love and cuddles and kisses and attempts to play with him, has never bitten or scratched him and has only once hissed at him.  

So this is my handsome "man-cat" - aint he the best?

 

Feb 19th - Day 50

Before we display the shocking photo for this day I must appologies for the quality of this shot, the subject kept moving in the wind and the windows are smudged with builders fingerprints.  Tyler called it a "walking stick"

 

This is the side door of our new house (moving day Saturday 27th).  The stick insect was on the outside of the door but the door was open so technically it was inside.

Feb 18th - Day 49

Just to prove that I did in fact win something - again i might add.  Now we dont normally buy things like M&M's for house hold use - generally it is a movie sneak in (shhh!).  But it was an impulse buy on the dash around the shops for milk, bread and toilet paper and it paid for itself.  Now before everyone gets excited I did not win a "big" prize, but hey who's gonna turn down a $100 gift card?

 

Not the clearest photo, but as you can see these M&M's are definitely naked.

 

Feb 17th - Day 48

Lot slack with updating again.  But have been shooting.

So here is last weeks effort for Wednesday.  It was a beautiful day with an amazing sunset.  Tyler pointed out that the sky was hot and it was and my little point and shoot doesn't really do it much justice.

 

Feb 16th - Day 47.

Today I thought that the collection of leaves in the pool had been there long enough and it was time to tip it all out.  After picking out a collection of toys I found this.......

 

It is a fully grown and dead male Tree Weta.  These insects are in huge numbers around our area and I am often fishing them alive and dead out of the cats water bowl and buckets etc.  They hiss and loudly and honestly I DO NOT LIKE THEM!!!!  No Sam-I-Am I do not like them here or there!  But in the interests of nuturing a healthy active male child I am brave and collected it in a sieve (I am NOT touching it - ICK!) and bottled it in a jar we had in the pantry for pickle (the jar is a large watties baby food jar filled with 50:50 water:white vinegar) so it can be taken to "school"/daycare tomorrow morning.  This specimen's body is about 4-5cm long.

Feb 15th - Day 46

Busy weekend and a lot of phone calls to follow up on yesterday (Monday).  During one call I look up when I hear "Cheese Mummy!".  Tyler had not only climbed on a chair to reach up and get down the digital camera but figured out how to open it and managed to not get his fingers in the way.  This is the second shot has taken - ever (the first was just really unflattering to poor unsuspecting Mummy).

Not too bad for a 3yr old - while he did manage to cut my head off in the first shot every shot after was pretty good!  With a computer geek for a dad (IT tech) and all the gadgets in our house it wont be long until i will be asking him to fix my laptop!