Work,Boxing Day Sale,Picnic at the beach,Surf and a BBQ

Started work this morning at 0430 did the one job and then pulled the pin to make it home by 0730......quiet breakfast by myself watching abit of TV until my little ray of sunshine came into the lounge.......Ohayooooo Daddy"

Keiko wanted to go and do the "Boxing Day Sale" thing and to tell you the truth I was dreading the whole idea of trying to find a car park and then packing a scrum down thru the crowds just for the sake of saving a few dollars......... to my surprise it wasn't too bad.....in fact quite good (althought Ill never admit it......)

Turnned up at 0850 found a park right outside where we wanted to go in the shopping centre most shops still had there doors closed and thru the windows I could see the floor staff receiving there "FINAL" instructions (almost like the CO giving his troops the "I know its hopeless but we have to take that hill" speech)

By 0859 we strolled into "The Pumpkin Patch" ....and get this we were out of there by 0930!!!!
I know "STOKED " or what.

"OK so now what?" I asked and K suggested that we go to the beach for a picnic.....once again I wasn't too keen as Boxing day is "Famous" for its packed beachs (I know I know I sound like an old grump)

Muriwai was...was empty and we had the WHOLE picnic area to ourselves so we sat under a Pohutukawa tree on a blanket aand had a yummy picnic.

The tide was coming in and there was a 2ft swell (bit messy but HEY any surf is a good surf) and I had a great time with a real good vibe out there.

Mana and K played on the beach and of course Mana ran and ran and ran up and down the beach from her sand castle to the waters edge and back again.....pausing every now and then to look out to the sea and wave to me and then it was back to running.

Keiko took heaps of photo's of me.......always good to see photo's of yourself

......well cause you never see yourself really,althought one of the pic's has got me doing a absolutely hiddious full on "Pooh Stance"

Packed up and left the crowds behind us and stopped off on the way home at a park in Kumeu for a play on the swings and a snack.

By the time we it just seemed like a good idea to fire up the BBQ..... can never go wrong with a BBQ dinner.
Gave Mana a shower and put her to bed and as soon as the light went out she did too.
K and I settled down to watch one of my favorite movies "The Shawshank Redemption" a beer in one hand,a chocolate in the other......Blissssssss.