A "weather bomb" hit last weekend and cancelled our Wellington Embassy Amazing Race. I've never heard the term, but I think it is probably the equivalent of a tropical storm??? We were all set to dominate the race as Jason and I teamed up with Patrick and Jessica Carroll on Team Flat White Fury. As it turned out the weather wasn't that bad (Jason was afraid Charlie was going to be blown off the face of the earth on a stop to the grocery storm - but there were really no casualties). We still had a babysitter scheduled for the day so Jason and I went on a nice date to a french cafe and watched a matinee at the Wellington International Arts Festival. It took place at the marae (Maori Meeting House) just down the road from our house. The play was called Tu and it was EXCELLENT. It told the story of a Maori family in Wellington in the 1940s who lost many sons to WWII in Europe. Really phenomenal. I guess we missed Sir Ian McKellan at the previous evening's performance.
We had beautiful weather this past Saturday (1 week after the weather bomb). I got to take a 4-star General's wife around Wellington for the afternoon while Jason babysat (ahem - parented) the boys. It was fun to show off our gorgeous city. I'm hoping I can add it to my performance report for my Air Force reserve duty... After the boys' naps we went for a run along the waterfront, played in the sand, and then met our friends for fish and chips at the beach.
Finally, our AMAZING sponsor family at the Embassy is heading back to DC. They have a 4 year old son Chase (mentioned earlier) and they gave us all of his hand-me-downs. I really miss garage sales in the US and it was so fun to get all of her goodies. I wasn't the only one excited about the new stuff!
Liam played with this basketball thing for hours straight.
He loves to dance to the music and he just keeps shooting baskets over and over.
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