Kiwi Sabbatical 2018

Had a busy and lovely weekend! We attended the Nelson Agricultural & Pastoral show on Saturday (Nov. 24) and the Santa Parade on Sunday (Nov. 25). Nelson A & P show Richmond Park Showgrounds (~ 15 min walk from our house) hosted this large fair. Plenty of animals, strength competitions (e.g., wood cutting), bouncy castles, games, etc. Nico was a bit under the weather but he enjoyed the animals. Mathieu spent a lot of time in the bouncy castle area and enjoyed watching wood cutting. Mathieu running around the bouncy castles. Mathieu and Nico had a ride in the large spheres!!! Santa Parade Santa paid a visit to Queen St. in Richmond this Sunday. Was a beautiful day with 22C and sunny periods. The boys enjoyed the people dressed as Star Wars figures, elmo, and of course, Santa. Waiting for Santa!  I see him!!! The big guy in red.

We have now been here for 2 months, so I am going to write a post to evaluate how kiwi we have become. Kiwi is slang for a New Zealander and it refers to the bird. Nico Nico refuses to wear shoes. I'll say 'lets put on your shoes' and he says 'go barefeet?'. He has once stepped in poop. Nico lives outdoors: he'll be eating his dinner and then literally run out the door. Nico also really likes to play in the creek (as does Mathieu). Once a week, Nico rides a horse called Stan. Nico is also the only one of us to have been bitten by sandflies, because he likes to play outside after dinner and before bath. At dinner today, Nico screamed 'I love pies!!!' (meat pies; eating pies is pretty kiwi, imo), although he actually didn't eat any of his pie. (Some of this stuff, like playing in the creek and riding a horse, is not exclusively kiwi, but I put it in there because it has some kiwi element to it). Mathieu One way that Mathieu has become a little bi...