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Another freak storm

It wasn’t a snow storm this time, but today Wellington had what the media has called a hail storm of a decade.

Icy pearls

I certainly hadn’t seen such big hail stones before. One moment it was the usual small balls of ice, the next I heard what sounded like stones being thrown at our window. I looked outside and the deck was covered in hail the size of chickpeas. Impressive. (Apparently they were marble-sized in the city.)

Ooh, I'll have some thank you

Abby wanted to go outside, but yeah, nah. I scooped some up and took it inside for her to play with though.

This weather isn’t doing any good to our seedlings. I noticed some of our seeds had germinated and then this happens.

Tough time for our seedlings

There’s also a trough next to the pot in the picture, but I purposefully didn’t include it – why? Because our dear little dog decided to take a dump on it because he was too wussy to venture out onto the lawn. Little SOB (and that’s literal too, ba-boom!)

Tags: hail, weather, Wellington

Snowing in Wellington

We’ve had the craziest weather these last couple of days – there’s been snow in Wellington and we normally don’t get snow. (Even Auckland got snow!)

Ooh, what's this "snow"?

It’s been quite a delight for a lot of people, and I was probably more excited about it than Abby. She did like being outside trying to catch the flakes, and kept saying “More snow!”

"More snow!"

It didn’t get heavy here in Hataitai but lots of Wellingtonians got to properly play in the snow and built snowmen and the likes. I want there to be a “good” snow day so I can get some cool Wellington snow photos too. And so Abby can have some more snow play as well of course.

Peach blossoms and snow

Snow on the lemon tree

Tags: snow, weather

Playtime with Abs

It’s great watching Abby play on the slide all by herself. She’s a bit shy when other kids are about but when she’s by herself she goes for it. The baby playground in Kilbirnie is perfect because it’s quite safe (so big pregnant ladies don’t need to do much but supervise) and just the right size for a toddler.

She’s also a pro at riding her rocking horse now – complete with hat and a “Yeeha” at the end.

Unfortunately any time is play time and Abby still won’t stay in one place to get her nappy changed. Today she took off while I was trying to clean up a sticky poo, and then sat her dirty butt down on the rug. I picked her up to reveal a nice brown butt-shaped patch with some chunks, which Fez promptly ate – EWWWWW!

Tags: baby, play, Wellington

Fine then!

You know you’re having a bad day when you get a parking fine for thinking you have twice the amount of time you actually have. Thanks Kilbirnie – how are we supposed to shop at your shops when 30 minutes is the maximum? Ok, so I should really just walk there from my house but I’m seven months pregnant and have low energy as it is.

Then you get home, and the baby runs off during a nappy change, pees on the floor (while watching herself curiously), then comes back and sits her wet butt on the change mat. Sheesh!

Gosh darnit, not again