"four seasons in one day..."
Zak: Theo - viens la! Mama says we have to tell everyone about our trip to New Zealand to start the blog...
Theo: oh bah non!
Zak: oh bah si! So do you remember what happened in the beginning?
Theo: well in the beginning we were in the plane, or was it planes for a very long time. And while you got to watch videos and sit next to Mama, I had to make do with sitting on her lap and then sleeping in that bassinette thing with my feet hung out in the end....
Zak: hey at least you got to lie down straight, I spent most of my time upside down or getting cozy with the lady next door.
Theo: yeah that's right, I saw you with your legs draped all over her.....
Zak: hey don't even go there, alright? she was old enough to be our grandmother!
Theo: anyway as I was saying, the flight was actually pretty good cos we got those cool toy packs = got to love Qantas and everyone was very helpful
Zak: yeah well we were very good too, even though everyone kept asking Mama where Dada was... like, what do we look like? TROUBLE????
Theo: yeah, but at least I got that guy a good one in the nuts - did you see that?
Zak: oh yeah = he just walked straight into your fist... cool man, you sure know how to take someone three times your height..... right on dude......
Theo: high five
Zak: low five
Theo: on the back hand side......
Zak: shame about doudou though.....
Theo: yeah the little guy makes it all the way to Auckland and I leave him on the concourse. Mama says they tried to find him but to no avail.
Zak: they should have used those sniffer dogs, that would have worked.....
Theo: good point.... but I am sure he is having a great time....
Zak: and we had a great time too..... I mean, we got to go to the farm, saw Poppa and Ian, rode on cool machines with GrandMaureen and Trevor, you tried to make friends with a horse....
Theo: well, there were no cats there.....what's a boy to do?
Zak: we read books, watched movies, I ate a lot of ham...man, can you imagine if we had been
there for Christmas?
Theo: and then we went to Tonton Bart's house and Rachel cooked for us, we went to Te Papa...
Zak: now that place rocked.
Theo: it sure did and then we went to the zoo.... here's where you get to tell everyone about your little adventure with Tonton Bart....
Zak: So, I say to Bart 'pee pee' and Tonton Bart being the good man that he is, takes me to the toilet. Now, not just any toilet, but a big boy's toilet with the URINAL.....
Theo: what's a urinal?
Zak: well it's kinda hard to describe but all the other guys were lined up next to each other.... so anyway Bart and I sidle up beside them and Bart is standing there waiting for me to do something. And I'm like, what man, what, WHAT???? So Tonton Bart well, he has to, you know, show me how..... I think he was kinda traumatised because when we found Mama again, he said to Mama, 'so Zak has never been to an urinal before, ay?' and of course I haven't because I only ever go with Mama into her toilet or I pee on the grass, man....
Theo:wow.... I can't wait to go to the urinal. Anyway other than that, we had a fantastic time having sandwiches, Sprite, sunning ourselves at the zoo. I even took my pants off.
Zak: I sure wish you'd keep those pants on a bit more, dude.....
Theo: and then we went and stayed with Tata Dani and Uncle Jaffa and baby Ethan.
Zak: yeah, right on. Petit, petit, petit Ethan rocks, big time. We ate at the little table and hung out on the deck and even went shopping.
Theo: whoa, what a nightmare that was. I think Mama is never going to take us again.
Zak: hey, we did ok for little people and at least shops in NZ have a clue and have toy boxes for us to play with when Mama is in the changing room.
Theo: good point, well presented.
Zak: Finally we got to hang out with Mary and Seb down by the water in Wellington before we hit the road and Mama scared us and herself silly by driving on the left all the way to Hamilton.
Theo: good thing we stopped in to see GrandMaureen and Trevor again. And the dogs and the MACHINES.....
Zak: yeah that was cool. I really like being on the farm and remember all those cool pictures I took with the cameras Mama bought?
Theo: yeah, yeah although you didn't need to spend so much time focussing on zeezee in the poussette dude....I did like your ones of Mama though with the flowers on her head.
Zak: but we digress. So we went to Hamilton and stayed with Debashish and Priya, and their two girls Akanksha and Alya. It was great. We also met our friends the Dutus and Krayeenhofs and then Coco, Sandrine and little Matthia Miles.
Theo: it was great fun. We also went to creche for a few mornings so Mama could work and in the afternoons we would go and hang out with people. We even got to see Tonton Angus with BK, Alisha and David John in Mt Maunganui.
Zak: yeah man. David and I watched Cars on the TV and ate crackers in Angus' new sofa and you covered yourself with tattoo stickers. We then had roast pork and veges that Angus cooked before Claudia came home and then we hurried back to the Waikato before the thunderstorms hit. I hate thunderstorms.....
Theo: We went to the pool, we went to the Gardens, we met all of Mama's colleagues at Waikato and then on the way back to the airport we hung out with MO and her dogs before seeing Richard and Bernadette.
Zak: now they have a cool pad in downtown Auckland and they gave us a serious stash of snakes and other lollies for the plane. They also helped Mama a lot with the car, and even at the airport, especially when I left Mao in the ladies' toilets.
Theo: don't forget our final trip to the beach!
Zak: oh yeah - it was windy just like in Wellington but it was great. We played with shells and the sand and hung out at the kiddies' play area. Then we had to get dressed up again for the plane cos Dada said it had been snowing again in Colorado.
Theo: yep, end of the summer in paradise. Can't wait til we go back again.
Zak: nah, me either man. And next time, you might have your own TV in the plane like me.
Theo: sweeeeeet.......:)
Zak: this is Zak et Theo, signing off....
Theo: good night from me
Zak: and good night from him!
Theo: oh bah non!
Zak: oh bah si! So do you remember what happened in the beginning?
Theo: well in the beginning we were in the plane, or was it planes for a very long time. And while you got to watch videos and sit next to Mama, I had to make do with sitting on her lap and then sleeping in that bassinette thing with my feet hung out in the end....
Zak: hey at least you got to lie down straight, I spent most of my time upside down or getting cozy with the lady next door.
Theo: yeah that's right, I saw you with your legs draped all over her.....
Zak: hey don't even go there, alright? she was old enough to be our grandmother!
Theo: anyway as I was saying, the flight was actually pretty good cos we got those cool toy packs = got to love Qantas and everyone was very helpful
Zak: yeah well we were very good too, even though everyone kept asking Mama where Dada was... like, what do we look like? TROUBLE????
Theo: yeah, but at least I got that guy a good one in the nuts - did you see that?
Zak: oh yeah = he just walked straight into your fist... cool man, you sure know how to take someone three times your height..... right on dude......
Theo: high five
Zak: low five
Theo: on the back hand side......
Zak: shame about doudou though.....
Theo: yeah the little guy makes it all the way to Auckland and I leave him on the concourse. Mama says they tried to find him but to no avail.
Zak: they should have used those sniffer dogs, that would have worked.....
Theo: good point.... but I am sure he is having a great time....
Zak: and we had a great time too..... I mean, we got to go to the farm, saw Poppa and Ian, rode on cool machines with GrandMaureen and Trevor, you tried to make friends with a horse....
Theo: well, there were no cats there.....what's a boy to do?
Zak: we read books, watched movies, I ate a lot of ham...man, can you imagine if we had been
there for Christmas?
Theo: and then we went to Tonton Bart's house and Rachel cooked for us, we went to Te Papa...
Zak: now that place rocked.
Theo: it sure did and then we went to the zoo.... here's where you get to tell everyone about your little adventure with Tonton Bart....
Zak: So, I say to Bart 'pee pee' and Tonton Bart being the good man that he is, takes me to the toilet. Now, not just any toilet, but a big boy's toilet with the URINAL.....
Theo: what's a urinal?
Zak: well it's kinda hard to describe but all the other guys were lined up next to each other.... so anyway Bart and I sidle up beside them and Bart is standing there waiting for me to do something. And I'm like, what man, what, WHAT???? So Tonton Bart well, he has to, you know, show me how..... I think he was kinda traumatised because when we found Mama again, he said to Mama, 'so Zak has never been to an urinal before, ay?' and of course I haven't because I only ever go with Mama into her toilet or I pee on the grass, man....
Theo:wow.... I can't wait to go to the urinal. Anyway other than that, we had a fantastic time having sandwiches, Sprite, sunning ourselves at the zoo. I even took my pants off.
Zak: I sure wish you'd keep those pants on a bit more, dude.....
Theo: and then we went and stayed with Tata Dani and Uncle Jaffa and baby Ethan.
Zak: yeah, right on. Petit, petit, petit Ethan rocks, big time. We ate at the little table and hung out on the deck and even went shopping.
Theo: whoa, what a nightmare that was. I think Mama is never going to take us again.
Zak: hey, we did ok for little people and at least shops in NZ have a clue and have toy boxes for us to play with when Mama is in the changing room.
Theo: good point, well presented.
Zak: Finally we got to hang out with Mary and Seb down by the water in Wellington before we hit the road and Mama scared us and herself silly by driving on the left all the way to Hamilton.
Theo: good thing we stopped in to see GrandMaureen and Trevor again. And the dogs and the MACHINES.....
Zak: yeah that was cool. I really like being on the farm and remember all those cool pictures I took with the cameras Mama bought?
Theo: yeah, yeah although you didn't need to spend so much time focussing on zeezee in the poussette dude....I did like your ones of Mama though with the flowers on her head.
Zak: but we digress. So we went to Hamilton and stayed with Debashish and Priya, and their two girls Akanksha and Alya. It was great. We also met our friends the Dutus and Krayeenhofs and then Coco, Sandrine and little Matthia Miles.
Theo: it was great fun. We also went to creche for a few mornings so Mama could work and in the afternoons we would go and hang out with people. We even got to see Tonton Angus with BK, Alisha and David John in Mt Maunganui.
Zak: yeah man. David and I watched Cars on the TV and ate crackers in Angus' new sofa and you covered yourself with tattoo stickers. We then had roast pork and veges that Angus cooked before Claudia came home and then we hurried back to the Waikato before the thunderstorms hit. I hate thunderstorms.....
Theo: We went to the pool, we went to the Gardens, we met all of Mama's colleagues at Waikato and then on the way back to the airport we hung out with MO and her dogs before seeing Richard and Bernadette.
Zak: now they have a cool pad in downtown Auckland and they gave us a serious stash of snakes and other lollies for the plane. They also helped Mama a lot with the car, and even at the airport, especially when I left Mao in the ladies' toilets.
Theo: don't forget our final trip to the beach!
Zak: oh yeah - it was windy just like in Wellington but it was great. We played with shells and the sand and hung out at the kiddies' play area. Then we had to get dressed up again for the plane cos Dada said it had been snowing again in Colorado.
Theo: yep, end of the summer in paradise. Can't wait til we go back again.
Zak: nah, me either man. And next time, you might have your own TV in the plane like me.
Theo: sweeeeeet.......:)
Zak: this is Zak et Theo, signing off....
Theo: good night from me
Zak: and good night from him!
