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  • Resourcefulness

    Resourcefulness

    One day after playing the game Loot with Isobel on SV Due South, Tomu, Jade and Luz decided to make their own Loot game. They drew all the merchant ships and pirate ships. Then Tomu decided to make Stratego. Tomu and Jade also have been making their own Pokemon cards. It’s fun to play with… Read more

  • Homeschooling

    Homeschooling

    Well, it’s going pretty well so far AND it’s a lot of work! It’s pretty exhausting. We got a printer in Whangarei, so now I can print out math worksheets, rather than making them myself each day. I do most of the homeschooling, and Riki helps out. It is freeing and exciting, on one hand… Read more

  • Surf Camp

    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… Read more

  • Cruising

    Cruising

    Since we haven’t had to be in Paihia for school, we have been exploring around for the past month. Our friend Hilton said a few things about cruising that really rang true for me: The tragedy of cruising is making these good friends, then having to say goodbye to them Cruising will wreck you for… Read more

  • Brown kiwi (and other wildlife)

    Brown kiwi (and other wildlife)

    The New Zealand national bird is a kiwi, and New Zealanders themselves are also called kiwis. You see road signs here that say “Be a tidy kiwi, keep it in the car”. Our kids learnt about native birds in school, and started drawing kiwis within our first month in NZ. I never thought we would… Read more

  • Summer solstice & Christmas

    Summer solstice & Christmas

    We got invited to a somatic dance party and potluck to celebrate the summer solstice. It was outside, everyone barefoot, and drizzling on and off. The music was a wave set, so starting off mellow, getting crazy, and back to mellow. It was so fun to dance!! It was a big effort to get there,… Read more