1. Raising $220 for Malawi by doing the 40 hour famine with rice only. We showed the girls this clip to help them understand why we were doing it: http://youtu.be/jVlcjsFc7Vo. All of us were stunned as we watched children happily eating a gluggy thick mixture of maize flour and water. That was all the food these kids knew. We felt very thankful for our rice after that. 
2. Using our new year pass to the aquarium for the first time, we took our minds off food by filling out the great fact find sheets available for kids. This is something we havent done before cause the kids Are normally busy seeing the displays, but having gone just weeks ago it was fun to do something different - and very educational...did you know NZ eels mate in Tonga?!
3. Blobbing out for a change! Saturday afternoon was card making and crossstitch while the kids watched a movie. On Monday I didn't get dressed until 11:30am...after doing the baking and some gardening (not much gardening when I realised the builder on the roof of the new house over the fence could see me in my flannelette PJs!
4. Movie nights with Marty. I love movie nights! This weekend we watched "three days later" and "last Vegas". They were both good...even If the only snack allowed was barley sugars.
5. Friends time. On Sunday afternoon we went to an engagement party. With lots of our church family in attendance, it was SO NICE to just "be" with our loved ones. No leadership or planning or schedule. Just friends time...catching up and hanging out and laughing. We were all enjoying the time so much we stayed until 7:30, just five hours!!!
6. Getting stuff done. We finally had the time to wash the car, prune back some trees,weed the garden and spread new compost for winter. The whole family got out there together to do this, it was a real team effort with the kids working hard and loving every minute. Family time PLUS jobs done. Bonus!
7. New friendships. We were invited over for lunch by the parents of Kate's school friend who lives up the road from us (literally - on our street). This lovely Indian family used to pastor at Bay City and are so warm and kind, we have had the odd coffee while the girls play but this was a real treat - a full Indian meal to enjoy as families. We chatted for hours about church, school and life.
8. Vomit. I paid little notice to Kate's lack of appetite today, she had been saying her tummy was sore for a couple of days, but had been otherwise totally normalin herself. I put it down to the 40 hours of rice and figured she would come right. I shouldn't have been surprised when she took her first mouthful of curry at her friends house and proceeded to vomit up everything in her gut. All over their carpet in front of us all. I had that awkward moment to deal with - do we leave now after they had slaved over this meal for us or stay and hope for the best? They were so reassuring, cleaning up my daughters vomit without even a blink and brushing away my apologies. They didn't want us to leave, but I was unsure about how Kate was feeling. We gambled and said we would stay and eat before leaving while Kate sat on the couch watching tv with a bowl. Well, gamble paid off - half an hour later Kate was laughing and chatting while building block towers with her buddy and siblings like nothing had even happened. This is typical of our Kate who is never knocked down by illness. She has been fine since, although didn't eat much today.
9. Temps. Our wee Luke fell asleep on our friends couch at the engagement party, something he just doesn't do. I put it down to a busy week with starting daycare (I'm not very good at taking my kids seriously am I?!). But when he woke half an hour later he was burning hot. We took him home and panel saw him right. But then again in the morning it shot back up high. Pamol got him through with him being happy and normal.... until later in the afternoon. Repeat this every 6 hours...I've just tucked him back up after waking still hot and grizzly, swallowing hard and with a snotty nose. Poor baby, let's hope it's just a virus passing through :(
10. And finally, family. We had Marty's mum over for dinner tonight, while her husband had been in Christchurch visiting his son and grandson. Marty is a good son thinking to invite her over! It was nice to spend time with her, chatting over our needles and sharing wine over dinner (Marty didn't even know his mother drunk wine! Hehe!). She helped Jaimee finish the first glove of the pair she has been knitting with her slowly ( I can't knit, Jaimee swears she is going to teach me!). Kate even got her first lesson this evening!
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