So we have been here for a whole month now! Seems to have gone by pretty quickly. Definately starting to get summer fever though, ready to be done with the cold and back into the heat! :-)Maggie and Drew have been doing good. Potty training is coming along...rather slowly but he does a bit better every day.

Maggie is still spending time with her friend Portia, in fact her and her mom will be here in a couple hours to make gingerbread cookies! They are quite a nice family and its been fun to hang out with them on occasian. Maggie is excited because she is having her first sleepover with Portia on Saturday. (provided that all goes well and Portia decides to spend the whole night!)
Amanda gets here in two days so thats quite exciting. We have a lot to show her and do with her. Kids are very very excited to see her. Poor Drew keeps saying that Grandpa is coming with her! :-) Sorry I think everyone is second best to Grandpa. But when I tell him its just Amanda he seems happy enough, talks about Amanda reading books to him!

They have been having Queenstown's Winter Festival over the last week. Thats been quite fun. Kids have enjoyed parades, teddy bear picnics, and other fun things. Maggie's favorite was last night when they have a Masquerade Parade. There were lots of people that made masks and walked in the Parade. Her friend Portia had made a mask and her and her family walked in the parade. We went down to watch and somehow ended up walking in the Parade with them! Which made Maggie very proud! Drew and daddy stayed home cause Doug had to work and Drew needed some quality time away from Maggie. :-)

This weekend we will probably just chill out with Amanda and let her have time to get over jet lag! We are planning to take a trip to Milford Sound with her since that is a must do in New Zealand. If Doug has time we may be taking a short trip to Stewarts Island this month yet as well. Doug's buddy's parents have a B&B there that we could stay at for free. We will see if he has time though, been working pretty hard trying to make sure he gets done before we leave. There has been talk of him having to stay a bit longer but I am hoping and praying that won't happen - otherwise it means a trip home by myself with two munchkins! (Anyone want to come to New Zealand to fly home with me?? can't pay your ticket though...) :-)

We were sad this last week to miss Annette and Jonathan's wedding and seeing all the family. But glad our empty house was availabe to be used!

Well, I should probably get a few things done with the precious time I have while kids are napping!