Twas the day before Christmas...so we did what all good families do, we went into the city?!
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| Uncle Josh meets his nephew |
Ok, so it is not the most traditional way to spend Christmas eve, but we really wanted to go up the sky tower and the weather was fantastic (I have lived in Auckland all my life and still never done this, typical local girl - I had to wait until I moved out of Auckland before I even wanted to!)
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| Poppa and the girls enjoy the view from the sky tower |
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| No fear at all! |
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| Daddy was a bit queasy - not such a fan of heights! |
We had such a good time, It was nice to have Uncle Josh (20) and Aunty Steph (17) hanging out with us, because they hadn't come down to the Bay since Easter, so hadn't met Luke before or seen us for a while, and we really love spending time with them. We went up the sky tower with Poppa first, something that Jaimee has been asking to do since she had a view of it from her Starship hospital window last year. It was fun watching the elevator rise up through the glass bottom of the lift - it made my legs feel a bit wobbly, and Marty (never a fan of heights) felt gross after the trip - but the girls thought it was awesome!
At the top we watched someone do the drop down the side of the tower - I was keen, but not at $220 for the 5 second thrill that it was! We posed for a funny photo of us 'pushing' Marty off the edge which was fun, although the girls were a bit unsure when i suggested the pose!
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| Falling off or a bug on the window. Some kind of Impersonation! |
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| Walking & scootering around the Viaduct Harbour |
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| Christmas Eve in downtown Auckland! |
Afterwards, we went down to the new viaduct basin to see all the improvements they made for the RWC. Jaimee and Poppa had great fun scootering around together! I had a go too, and I am now keen to get scooters for Marty and me once Luke is old enough to use one, they are so much fun and make going for a walk that much quicker with children! We all sat down at one of the flash bars by the water for a coffee and fries before continuing on over the new bridge that lets through the boats. We were lucky enough to see it in action, which Jaimee was fascinated by. Kate got tired from walking, so she ended up in the pushchair while we carried Luke the rest of the way. There was a phone booth with a 'hot line to Santa', so Jaimee listened to Santa asking her what she wanted for Christmas before handing me the phone and whispering "mum, can you tell him what I want?!". I asked Santa for headbands please...Jaimee mentioned the phone call when she found the headbands the next day so that was a bit of Christmas magic for her!
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| On the 'Santa line" asking for headbands (which she got!) |
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| Oma, Kate and Poppa |
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| Watching the new gate go up to let a boat through |
...all in all, it was the perfect way to spend the day with our family, and we finished it off in our usual traditional style with board games all evening. I love Christmas.
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