Sunday, May 10, 2009

Catch-Up Two - Easter 2009

Ha ha - put your hands up if you believed we would be doing one catch-up per day as promised.  Well it didn't quite turn out as we planned either.  Nevermind, here is another.

For Easter (yes, Easter 2009) we returned to Whangamata to the same holiday home we rented with Jeff and Emellia (friends from Wellington) in 2008. It was a little different with a baby in tow, but we all had a great time, and Charlie enjoyed the change of scenery as much as anyone.

He especially enjoyed Jake (J&E's Jack Russell) who helped teach him how to crawl upstairs! He hadn't come across stairs before, but made pretty short work of them when he had the right motivation. We didn't get any photos of that, though I did catch some video footage on Jeff's video camera. I have no idea how to upload that and it is too big at the moment.  I will have to do some research.

Another highlight was chasing seagulls at the beach. We are not sure whether he actually thought he would be able to catch them (he didn't get close) but he certainly persisted for an admirable length of time.

The last few photos were taken at the park where we had a play. It is always good to get photos with Mum, Dad and Charlie together, as it is not often that Dad lets go of the camera.

Next update hopefully quicker than this one!