For sale and tenantless!

It seems we are going to have to make some hard decisions sooner rather than later. Our beloved Ali has informed us that she has found a new love shack which she is moving into in about three weeks time...bugger!
So soon the Whitby house is going to be empty. Either we move down into it and rent out our Masterton house, which has a smaller mortgage. Or we stay in Masterton and have to pay two mortgages!!!! I am going to be in Wellington a lot over the next few months so maybe moving some of our possessions into the Whitby place will mean we can have two homes for a while?!?!? Arrrrgggghhhh but what if it takes ages to sell? We also have three fluffy children to think about.....oh I think I need a lie down!

Beth's First Birthday!

Well it was a day filled with wrapping paper, pressies, fairy bread and party hats. Beth was on her best behaviour, so excited there was no afternoon sleep to be had thank you very much!! It was a combined party for Monty and Beth, who are only hours apart in age. She had her wee friend Abby there to celebrate with her as well as the older friends Bethany, Harriet and Xanthe who helped with such things as blowing out the candles and eating the cheerios. Monty missed out on the party part as he slept through it all!

Beth had her first taste of a few things that day, the marshmallows were the funniest to watch.....the look on her face was priceless! Yuck! The chocolate fish someone gave her was promptly flung to the dog and the fairy bread? Well she liked the fairy bread!

Beth was very spoilt by everyone and when a pressy arrived the following day I think she thought it was all going to happen again!!!

Wow one already! Crazy! At first with a newborn you think your life is moving in slow motion (when will it ever end?) but get to this point and you think wow where did the time go?! She is so much fun and I love her to bits.

On the Market!

We have spent the last two weekends painting and tidying up the Whitby property to sell. We had to paint the stairwell and around the top of the bathroom. Dave was busy cleaning out spoutings, cleaning the outside of the house, weeding the patio area, fixing a couple of appliances and basically keeping very busy to avoid any painting duties.
We were very lucky to have help from Jane and Denis for a day of painting (yay!!!) and the lovely Ali did everything from feeding us and our helpers to babysitting, painting, cleaning up after us, homing us for the night.....the list just goes on. We are so lucky to have great friends!!
So it goes on the market this week! Open to View is taking photos this week and getting it on the website, Lyn (real estate agent) is taking her caravan through today! AND the first open home is Sunday at 12.40pm! You may even see the quarter page spread in the Kapimana! So spread the word, 5 Kedge Lane, Whitby...buy it today!!!

Antenatal Group

We have finally managed to start getting together again. Don't these guys look cute!! There was alot of biscuit stealing, face grabbing and drooling fun had by all.

Bat Boy The Musical

My major dance project this year is called 'Bat Boy' which Rob Ormsby is directing at Porirua Little Theatre. The auditions are the 2nd and 3rd of August and we also have a back up date of the 9th. I am choreographing the show.
'Bat Boy' has nothing to do with Batman it can be quite a dark tale depending on the angle the director takes. Bat Boy is half man half bat and the way that happens does not involve a simple bite.... I am looking forward to doing this production, with a bit more time on my hands instead of having to choreograph at night after work or weekends, I guess I have no excuse not to be organised and get most of the movement completed before the auditions begin. That's as long as Beth doesn't start crawling any time soon....
I have even asked if I can audition, the last show I was in was 'Nunsense' as Sister Mary Leo, that was before I travelled to Ireland!

I had a job offer from Kahutara school last week too. If they get funding from REAP they are going to employ me to teach the four classes - alongside the teachers, a dance and song from another country. So four different cultural dances and songs to compliment their Olympics project. Hopefully we will also get to design the costume as well. They said they are flexible in regard to when I teach each class so I am hoping to be able to do four hours at a time when I travel down to the school. That means less mucking around with Beth.

So it is a very busy term ahead...yay! I am looking forward to it.