On our way out of Gisborne we stopped to catch up with Simon and Fleur. We met their lovely son, Harry. Unfortunately Olivia was away at day care. Harry and Elsie made quite the pair standing up at the coffee table (more pulling up for Elsie) in their matching merino tops. Too cute!
After lunch we headed down to Napier to stay with my Aunty Lenie. It wasn’t a great drive, the weather was terrible, the wiper blade was noisy and weird, and Elsie Bear just didn’t want to be in the car. Much of the journey was accompanied by a chorus of baby crying.
It was a relief to finally arrive at Aunty Lenie’s place – set beautifully in the grounds of a vineyard. Unformtunately Aunty Lenie needed to head straight out for her Election Day Volunteers training – but she left a tasty dinner in the oven and my cousin Carolyn (Lenie’s daughter) and her husband Jeff kindly came over to eat dinner with us and keep us company. It was great to spend some time with Carolyn and Jeff who Joel and I hadn’t seen for two years.
The next morning it was up, at em and on with the road trip.
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