Welcome to the holidays, for the first time in a long time I'm on school holidays!
On, Monday 6th Isaac, Jesse, Tim and Carl decided we had had enough the city, and decided to
go prospecting, what for? I hear you ask. Well, Thuder Eggs I tell ye! Thunder Eggs are formed by volcanic gasses being trapped in the earth and over many many many years and become somewhat focilised, creating all sorts of wonderful patterns and sometime crystals inside.
On, Sunday we decided to have a BOMB! Fire, where we toasted marshmellow and ourselves, the dogs slobbered all over the place trying to get the marshmellows and generally had a great time trying to keep warm enough without burning our asses! Was great fun and boys had a great sleep afterwards.
Resident carer Carl, at your service.
Having now finished work, and the kids on holdidays, i thought i should give a bit of an update on what we have been up to recently, as i think that in no time at all I will be far too busy studying to be able to talk to anyone, let alone blog the details of our lives. Anyway.
Having now finished work, and the kids on holdidays, i thought i should give a bit of an update on what we have been up to recently, as i think that in no time at all I will be far too busy studying to be able to talk to anyone, let alone blog the details of our lives. Anyway.
So, it all started with a bit of a lazy day, sitting around in the dirt, enjoying the sunshine and good company.
Then, the sun started to go down, so we went out the front yard and waited to see what the sun would do once it went behind the bushes.
Well, it was certainly worth the wait.
On, Monday 6th Isaac, Jesse, Tim and Carl decided we had had enough the city, and decided to
go prospecting, what for? I hear you ask. Well, Thuder Eggs I tell ye! Thunder Eggs are formed by volcanic gasses being trapped in the earth and over many many many years and become somewhat focilised, creating all sorts of wonderful patterns and sometime crystals inside.Isaac, sat pawing at the ground hopeing something would mericulously appera in front of his eyes.
Tim, thought maybe if i bash the crap out of the ground, then they will tire of that and jump out at him yelling "stop enough already, just take me, leave the others in peace", but alas, to no avail.
Jesse manage to fing th biggest "rock" he could find, decided to call it a Thuder Egg and started excavating it, soon joined by the others, who were convinced dear old Dad would lug the thing 500 metres down the hill. Well, guess what. Many an hour spent excavating only to be advised, NO ! We are not taking that thing down!
So we went home with our buckets full of smaller samplings and resented our weary eyes for a time.
On, Sunday we decided to have a BOMB! Fire, where we toasted marshmellow and ourselves, the dogs slobbered all over the place trying to get the marshmellows and generally had a great time trying to keep warm enough without burning our asses! Was great fun and boys had a great sleep afterwards.
4 comments:
Ahh, what dreams are made of! Trust everyone slept well that night! Love the pics and the stories.
Great story Carl, love the photos but not a word about the spelling, whoops I wasn't going to mention the s... word. Enjoy the holidays while you can you will be working your butt off soon enough.
The boys look as if they are enjoying having you instead of vacation care.
Dad and I are in Auckland at Ian and Olga's and then on Monday off the Eureka just out of Hamilton to stay for two nights with John and Wendy and then off home.
Really enjoyed youe story. Looks like you are having a great time.
Hi Carl and Tanja, Dad here! Its cold and wet and windy in Auckland. Been talking with Tania and Sergei and their little 5 month old boy, Demyan - a lovely alert young person.
Your stories and photos are great! I'll bet Carl that you are looking forward to your studies and also enjoying time with the boys. Its great when parents play with the young ones. Some of my good memories are of bowling "steamers," flying kites, fires on the beach and all the rest.
Cheers, Evan the Dad
PS Started stocking the pantry in Pebbles - can't have enough fuel for Christmas!
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