Day 95 - safely back in Hanmer Springs

After yesterday's exertions and not too much sleep to be had last night, it's been a pretty quiet day.  Pete had already arranged a Christchurch day-out for Morag to meet her mother for lunch so we were on watching-over-the-twins duty. The cold weather (15 degrees predicted for this week!! Unpack that jumper...) didn't lend itself to very much jumping about in the garden on the trampoline so we read a lot of stories and got covered with glitter while making Christmas decorations...

Decisions decisions - would madam like gold or silver?

Both? Excellent choice (if a rather wonky finished product. Any prospect of a career in pre-school education down the drain I fear) 

The other good news of the day is the revival of our mobile phone, despite inadvertent full-on immersion in the stream yesterday in D's shorts pocket. After careful drying out, we held our breath and pressed the on button... A little red light.  Hurrah.

"On the fifth day of Christmas, my true love gave to me : 

Five keas cackling, 

Four possums playing, 

Three cows a-cuddling, 

Two pavs a-cooking and 

A kiwi in a palm tree."