On the move?

Our farmlet is not officially on the market, but it is still on the books with one real estate firm. Every 5 or 6 months we'll get asked if someone can have a look through but so far nothing has come of it. A couple of weeks ago we had what appeared to be a very interested buyer, all they wanted to do before making an offer was arrange a builder to check if additions were do-able. But so far nothing has been arranged.

However, the real estate agent rang this morning and said he had a couple who wanted to look through this afternoon. We now have a very good offer sitting on the dining room table. Eep!

8:50pm UPDATE: After a bit of offer/counter-offer we have an agreement! The purchasers have to confirm finance and the sale of their own property (which is already signed up) by 21 April. So keep your fingers crossed for us. Now comes the question of what to do - buy or build??

Wegtables

Tyler (in trembling, on-the-verge-of-tears-voice): Mummy I want to come home.

Me: Why darling?

Tyler: Because they make me eat wegtables!

Me: What sort of vegetables?

Tyler: That white broccoli stuff.

What is it with kids and 'wegtables'? I haven't yet told him about the time I ran away from home because I didn't want to eat swede. And then came back 10 minutes later because I suddenly remembered we were having Apple Crumble for dessert.

Anyway, the arrangement is that he is going to have a nice sleep and see how he feels in the morning. :)

Meanwhile, Chris is at work and I am feeling rather unnerved by the silence in the house. Perhaps a little bit of Prokofiev might alleviate that...

Yeah, bye Mum

So we are now dude-less until Sunday. No morning dressing-gown snuggles, random kisses and hugs, snack plates, games of Candyland and Tag or "You're the bestest Mum". On the other hand - no interrupted Grey's Anatomy, no demands to join me in my bath five minutes after I get into it and no toys strewn from one end of the house to the other.

We left for Te Anau at lunchtime and Tyler was raring to go:

I left T and Ali heading off to find mushrooms and feed the new piglets. Not even a backward glance!

Artistry

Tyler loves to draw and write and becomes totally absorbed in what he is doing.

Easter Monday. My voice still sounds like I'm singing through a net curtain and I'm still grumpy that I couldn't sing at the Basilica yesterday. *pouts* Me me me me. So here's some Tyler to make you smile, after a bath, hamming it up for the camera:

Tomorrow Tyler heads off to Pop and Ali's where he'll stay until Sunday. I'm not sure whether Pop or Tyler will be the most tired by the end of the stay!

Easter Egg fun

Here are the clues Easter Bunny left Tyler on Friday. He loved reading them and going on the hunt so much that I ended up doing another set this morning. Talk about chocolate overload!

We also boiled up some eggs, drew designs on them with crayons, then dyed them. Unfortunately the eggs were all brown-shelled ones, so the dye wasn't as pretty as it should have been, but Tyler thought they were pretty cool.

Happy Easter

The Easter Bunny visited the Campbell-McLeod residence today. He left a neatly written note with easily-read clues (why waste the educational opportunity?!) on where to find eggs such as 'Look in the gumboot', 'Look on the piano', 'Look in the playhouse'. Tyler was quite impressed that the Easter Bunny knew how to write. He had great fun finding all the eggs and was very excited with his final find, a large chocolate Easter Bunny.

We had a lovely sunrise the other morning so I took a couple of photos: