Life on summer holidays
After everything that went on in 2020, I really felt like I needed a break. All that being stuck inside with Mum, Dad and William wasn't easy! So now that Santa has packed away his sleigh, it's time to get out and about on my summer holidays. And this year, I had about 7 weeks off from school - yes!
One of the best things about summer is getting into the water - or on it. We made plans to take boat rides to visit two islands. First up was Rangitoto Island, a massive volcano we often see from near our house. Luckily there's no chance of it exploding with lava, but it is very high - and we were walking all the way to the top! The views from the top were cool, but not as cool as the lava caves me and William got to explore through.
Next we visited Kawau Island with our friend Alyssa and her Mum and Dad. No caves to explore there, but there was a big mansion to walk through and a nice beach to swim at.
Of course we visited lots of other beaches too - there are so many near our house that we tried to go to a different one every weekend. My favourite is the one where we saw a little turtle last summer, partly because it's a nice beach and partly because Mr Whippy always stops his truck there to serve ice creams. My second favourite is the one with the cave, where you can walk all the way to the back if the tide is out.
One day we went to the Zoo, which was fun but some of the animals weren't there because they're building new enclosures for them. I mean the zoo is doing the building, not the animals - I don't think tigers can hold hammers!
I was also invited to a birthday party with a difference - it was a dress-up party! It was for one of my cousins, and Mummy was organising costumes for both of us based on Sesame Street characters. She spent ages working on her one for Big Bird (and we're still finding bits of yellow fluff all over the house).
I was going as The Count. The fangs didn't fit in my mouth very well, but even without them I looked pretty cool. It was a fun night and I got to scoff lots of lollies, plus stuff a bunch more in Mummy's purse to take home.
Pretty soon everyone started going back to work and daycare, and then it was my turn to go back to school. But this time as a senior! Surely 2021 would be a better year than 2020?
