Saturday, March 25, 2017

All Of The Senses

Visiting:  Rotorua for the weekend 


Eating :  Pulled Pork and Coleslaw, picnic on the side of the road in Huntly
Drinking :  Cups of tea from the thermos 
Reading:  Listening to audio stories of Famous Five as we road trip to Rotorua
Pondering: Crazy Crazy Friday afternoon peak hour traffic 


Buying:  Gondola Rides and Luge rides x20 
Enjoying:  Watching the childrens confidence grow with each ride down the track 
Yelling: At the idiots on the chair lift in front who stood up and rocked the chairs until the luge fell off, thus freaking my wee girl to the point of no return and not continuing her rides - ggrrr  


Making :  Picnic lunches to eat lake side inbetween adventures 
Deciding: Whilst Rotorua is incredibly expensive with its tourist prices, it can be done economically 
Wanting:  To do all the things with these 3 gorgeous kids 


Admiring:  His braveness after being stung by a bee, whilst watching for any reaction 
Remembering:  My first visit here as a child and the memories of holidays in Rotorua
Wondering:  What they are getting from this ...


Smelling:  Like sulphur
Wearing:  A Smile and Mud
Needing: Absolutely nothing at this particular time, but maybe a shower after this experience


Feeling:  Absolutely petrified of heights, however, going up anyway
 Waiting:  Until dusk to experience 'tree tops' so as to get day and night without the children staying up too late 


Marvelling:  At this wonderful feat of engineering
Looking:  At the faeries once the sun set and the lights were on  


Noticing:  How she LOVES motorbikes
Watching:  Her smile and run towards the bikes
Remembering: the days before children when Mr B and I would spend every weekend on our bike


Laughing: 2 adults, 3 children, 1 weekend ... so much gear  
Hoping:  They had a good weekend full of memories
Missing:  My Mr B ... We had planned (and paid) this weekend away before we knew he was heading to America for work
Thankful:  Sara and Max were able to join us and enjoy a weekend away   

2 comments:

sunny said...

I'm guessing there will be a lot of great memories for everyone! How nice that you were still able to make the trip without your Mr. B. There will be others with him. :-)

Birdie said...

It looks like a fabulous time!

Who are the Famous Five where you live? Here in Canada they are 5 suffragettes who helped us get the vote.