Well New Years eve was a busy day - we were (I mean ME) franticly cleaning up for Rachels arrival, which was supposed to be 1pm but we got a call first thing in the morning to say that they had missed their connection - Auckland staff sent them to the wrong terminal, But they sorted it out for them and in the end they all arrived at Invercargill airport at 4.20pm......I did manage to RUN around the garden with the lawn mower in the extra 4 hrs I had! and I mean Run, its a huge garden and it was real long so it was hard to push/cut - I MUST SAVE UP FOR A SIT ON MOWER!!!!
I was so happy to see them walk out of that plane - I burst into tears.
They managed to stay awake till 12.15pm - bless them!
We got up on New years day - the sun was out, and we went for a drive around town to show them around. We went to Queens Park, which is a brilliant park, and as I work for the department that keeps it looking beautiful, I am proud of it.
heres some pics of the park..
Cole checking out the girl on the swing next to him!
The Waterplay section has all sorts of sprays and a paddling pool, He loved playing in that.....
you press the black square on the floor and the water sprays out of the floor.
here is a link to the video's I shot on my phone, Queens Park Videos : New Years Day
Because I work for Parks, I got us a behind the scenes tour of the animal and aviary sections, we went on the 26th Jan, Caroline who looks after them showed us around (and fell for Cole too)
This is inside the aviary, 
Caroline was impressed with cole as she said most kids cried when the birds screeched - 400decibles or something I think she said. this is a Cockatoo, it could talk as well.
To the Right is "Wobbly" the baby wallaby, there are now 3 at the park, but bless him - he had to have his "bits" chopped as its the law, they are considered a pest in NZ.
Below is "Wilbur" the KuneKune pig,
these are a native pig that the Maori brought over with them when they first came to NZ, Or so Caroline told us - he is a real softy, and the Deer were bullying him! Well they are big deer! 
Heres the link to the Aviary & Animals
where you can see the phone videos I took.... hope you like them,
I was so happy to see them walk out of that plane - I burst into tears.
They managed to stay awake till 12.15pm - bless them!
We got up on New years day - the sun was out, and we went for a drive around town to show them around. We went to Queens Park, which is a brilliant park, and as I work for the department that keeps it looking beautiful, I am proud of it.
heres some pics of the park..
Cole checking out the girl on the swing next to him!
The Waterplay section has all sorts of sprays and a paddling pool, He loved playing in that.....
you press the black square on the floor and the water sprays out of the floor.
here is a link to the video's I shot on my phone, Queens Park Videos : New Years Day
Because I work for Parks, I got us a behind the scenes tour of the animal and aviary sections, we went on the 26th Jan, Caroline who looks after them showed us around (and fell for Cole too)
This is inside the aviary, 
Caroline was impressed with cole as she said most kids cried when the birds screeched - 400decibles or something I think she said. this is a Cockatoo, it could talk as well.
To the Right is "Wobbly" the baby wallaby, there are now 3 at the park, but bless him - he had to have his "bits" chopped as its the law, they are considered a pest in NZ.
Below is "Wilbur" the KuneKune pig,
these are a native pig that the Maori brought over with them when they first came to NZ, Or so Caroline told us - he is a real softy, and the Deer were bullying him! Well they are big deer! 
Heres the link to the Aviary & Animals where you can see the phone videos I took.... hope you like them,
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