Back to school Term 4

Lots of comings and goings for the holidays, we had our niece Bridget and nephew Jonathon Monday and Tuesday, and then Hannah went with them to stay with my mum and dad in Oamaru for a 'farm holiday' complete with chickens and horse rides. Hannah and Zach also managed another sleep over each, and have been to the pools (yay for other friends and their accommodating mothers). Janine has done some more baby sitting, and Katarina managed some study in her holiday. The big girls had a great time at Samstock in the middle weekend, although it was wet and cold.
Everyone is pleased to get back to school, everyone except Shadow who mostly enjoyed the extra people around during the day. I can see the last quarter of the year is going to whiz by... and its my birthday this week; have to celebrate tonight as we have meetings or other stuff on this week.