We had a great weekend last week. On Saturday we headed over for a ride on the Gondola and took in the fantastic views over Christchurch and the Banks Peninsula.
After that we headed down to Sumner for a stroll along the beach and scramble over the rocks. It was a lovely sunny day and felt quite warm. It's got a great feel to the place - I think Maria would quite like to live out here!
On Sunday we headed into Christchurch to go to the theatre... It's been Arts Festival week in Christchurch and we all went to see the fantastic Slava Snow Show - go and see it yoursef if you ever get the chance - one of the funniest things I have ever seen. It is sure to put a smile on your face. We had been invited over for dinner at Diana, Geoff and Sighle's, post-theatre, and were treated to a lovely meal and fine company.
Monday saw Sarah at Heaton Intermediate for her first day of schooling NZ style. It seemed to go OK. The week has seem a few swings in emotions as different experiences have effected her, but despite her insisting she wants to return to the UK, I think she is starting to form a few friendships that will ultimately help her to settle in.
Chris had his second day at The Poly on his food safety course. It consisted of him cooking some beefburgers - though nothing found its way home for parent testing! He has to repeat it again next week under "test" conditions where he will be assessed - then that's him finished on that course. He has a barista course booked for September which will hopefully help him to get some part-time work in one of the many coffee shops in the town.
Maria's more or less recovered from her head cold and is feeling much better. She's had a run around Hagley Park again and is now considering joining a womens running group that meets weekly in the Park. I've had a few run outs myself and joined in with the Port Hill Running Club on Thursday evening. They seemed a nice crowd and I plan to meet up with them again. They run most evenings in the Park plus a few other times over in the Port Hills - I'll build myself up for those.
Chris attended rugby training for a second week with Christchurch Club and on Saturday made it onto the bench for the 3rd XI. Although he didn't "feature", he enjoyed the experience - in particular helping himself to a number of tins of beer from the chilly-bin in the dressing room after the match. Add to that a couple of pints that cousin Matt bought him in the bar afterwards and you can see why he had a smile on his face when I picked him up from the Club at 5pm! He's been told he will probably get some game time next week - stand-in for cousin Matt no-less - though I think he'd be just as happy to keep the bench warm again and be first in the queue for the tinnys!
Whilst Chris was doing his rugby thing, the rest of us had a very enjoyable time over at Taylor's Mistake with the Frodsham family.
It's a lovely part of the world indeed and the Nor'Westerly wind that's been blowing over the last couple of days pushed the temperature up to around 16 degrees - it was like a summer's day in the middle of winter! Confusing but very welcome indeed.
We finished the day off with some dinner at our place, with Steve and Viv bringing their girls around.
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