Nate's Journey: October road trip to celebrate Grandy's 90th!

Robin and I took a few days off in October for a LONGER long Labour Weekend, to get a quick break in before the busy Christmas time, and get some rest from what has been a busy couple of months for the both of us at work.

First up, we went to Tauranga with Granny and Grandaddy, to celebrate Grandy's 90th Birthday (Grandaddy's Dad). We stayed at a little motel in Bethlehem, where Nate took great joy in entertaining us all! Jen also found another toy shop with a fabulous range, and a few more purchases were made for the at-home collection - we're thinking we could open a private kindy....:-)

On the Sunday, all of the Ryan / Clarks / Tait clan (well at least those who were in the country) gathered at Millsreef for a celebration birthday lunch and a bit of a chin wag. It was great to to see everyone, and to celebrate Grandy's birthday and his impending move to Te Awamutu to live with one of my aunts. We were initially a bit worried about how Nate would cope with 30-40 people in close proximity, but he managed really well, even wandering around and playing on his own after awhile. Unfortunately no photos of that :-(

And the next day, hanging out at Grandy's place....

Our cheeky monkey!

Four generations of Ryan's!

Then we spent the next few days hanging out in Auckland with our wee man....it was really lovely to have the opportunity to take him to the park, take him to Conductive Education, and to get along to his Developmental Playgroup to meet the therapists and a few of the parents. We have even managed to get a few visits into some different kindy options that we are looking at for next year sometime.

Here are some of the pics and videos from this weeks conductive session (plus the first one, which is from an earlier session)...

Musical Nate, like Grandad Roy!

We also treated him to a trip to Kelly Tarltons to see the fish. He especially liked the tunnel walkway with the revolving tunnel around it (lots of squealing over that!), and seemed to enjoy the penguin feeding too. We have come home with our own stuffed Nemo, and a few fish and penguin magnets for the fridge. Great fun and a real treat to get some quality time with our wee man :-)