Tag: sailing with kids
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Hiu Paus of Indonesia
A decades-long dream has come to fruition for me! I never imagined it would be with my 3 young kiddos and amazing life partner. Nor did I imagine it would go on for almost 2 hours with only us five in attendance . When we finally got in the dinghy the whale sharks were still…
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Tomu turns 10!
We drove to Whangarei (one hour drive) on Friday January 26th to celebrate Tomu’s birthday at an indoor trampoline place, then we had a picnic with friends at a park.
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Surf Camp
Tomu and Jade had surf camp for one week, from 9 am to noon each day. Our dear friend Melva lent us her only car for the week so we could transport the kids to surf camp and back each day (a 15-minute drive up the coast). We also drove to Whangarei to go to…
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A weekend of firsts
This past weekend we joined our friends Taylor, Brad & Rex from SV Pangea in a bay near Waewaetorea Island. The water was so clear! We tried a lot of fun water activities for the first time in New Zealand. Saturday night in the anchorage a pod of 11 dolphins were playing between the boat…
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New friends and boat projects
We met John, Caroline, Dalton & Hall from Charleston, South Carolina on SV Nogal, and enjoyed a few days of dinners together and lots of kid play time. When they pulled up the anchor Sunday morning Tomu said, “aww, they’re leaving already?” And Jade has said repeatedly, “I miss our friends Dalton & Hall.” We…
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We finally cut the marina cord…
and are living life at anchor in Matauwhi Bay, near to the town of Russell. This means that we take the kids across the channel in the morning with the dinghy. There are always less waves in the morning than the afternoon. The kids are all keen to take turns driving the dinghy, and trying…
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Public School for the Win!
On Monday, October 9th, Tomu, Jade and Luz started school at Paihia School! It was a big relief when the Principal agreed to let them attend school. I had been emailing with her back and forth since July about what type of visa they would need, and it wasn’t clear that I had ultimately procured…
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Settling in
Well, we’ve been in New Zealand for two weeks today, and it feels like we are getting the hang of life here. The first week plus was a bit rough — so many bags to unpack, but first we had to clean the cupboards of mildew. The kids played a lot of War. The Bay…
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T minus 7 weeks
We have tickets to fly to New Zealand on September 25th. Between now and then we have a long list of things to do. Riki is working hard to finish installing a second bathroom in the basement, to replace part of the ceiling in the kitchen, and, and, and other house projects. I have to…
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