Makara Beach

Rachel and I finally found a babysitter and had a night out on the town. We walked into town, had dinner at a nice Tai restaurant and then took in a performance by Footnote , New Zealand’s modern dance company, at Te Papa. When it was all over we walked off our dinner on the steep climb back to our house. It was great to have an adult night out and Rachel tells me the dancing was excellent.

Over the weekend we took the kids to Makara Beach about 20 minutes North West of Wellington. While I was looking for directions on the net I was distracted by a scavenger hunt site that promised hidden treasure (tape and toilet paper) at Makara. The prospect of finding hidden treasure excited Maddy so I copied all the directions and hints. Predictably when we got to beach Maddy was immediately drawn to the tide pools and shells. See the pictures or the video. While we never found the cache, that inscrutable photo in the picture gallery shows what I believe to be a fragment of the green translucent case which had protected the treasure - in New Zealand we make our own excitement.

That’s it for now. At the end of the week I will give you an update on Jordan’s musical pursuits including the somewhat traumatic story of how she came to own her second violin before she had her first lesson.