Day 23 | Well, just over half way through the holidays, but our last day of holidays down in Central! So today was more a day of enjoying my daily routine of getting up a little later than usual, taking Alfie for a walk, then a late relaxing breakfast! The boys choice of activity for our last day was a swim at the pool this afternoon, then it was home to start packing up!

As for today's photo, it has become a bit of a tradition to take the boys' photo on an old seat down the back of the section at Clyde each year. So today was the day for this year's photo. I got a great one of the boys together, but then we had to take another one with Alfie included : )

Day 22  |  Making the most of our last couple of days of holidays!  This afternoon we headed through to Cromwell for another game of Mini Golf, and then this evening, we all went out to the Post Office (the old Clyde Post Office that has been converted into a Restaurant) for dinner.

I wanted to get a photo of the boys with Granma and Dea before we headed out, but quickly gave up on anything too serious!  Love this one though : )

Day 21  |  The sun was back out today, so time to get out and about.

Back before Austin was born, we took Hayden to Puzzling World in Wanaka, and prior to these holidays, he had asked when we could go back again.  So today we headed through to Wanaka to test our puzzling powers!!

We started off with the maze, and managed to tick the four coloured corners off (although not quite in the right order!) without loosing either of the boys!  After lunch we went through the Illusion Rooms, which the boys loved!  We also tried our hands (and feet - literally) at a few of the more 'creative' photos outside!

Then we headed into Wanaka township for a quick wander around and a Gelato before heading back to Clyde.  It was a fun day!

Day 20  |  It was cold today!!  In fact it was more like a winter's day than the middle of summer!  The snow was even down to 800m on the top of the ranges around us.  So when I came back from walking Alfie this morning, I found the boys playing Monopoly with Granma and Dea.  Needless to say, the Monopoly pro and negotiator, Hayden, was the winner!

Day 19  |  It was a pretty quiet day at home today, and I had taken some photos of the boys this morning, but Alfie kind of stole the show this afternoon, so he has made Photo of the day today!

Alfie has been loving playing backyard cricket with the boys this summer, chasing and trying to catch the ball.  So this afternoon I grabbed my camera to try and catch some 'action' shots!  This one makes me laugh every time I look at it - I think it's the ears, lol!

Day 18  |  Bit of a quieter day, and a 'home' day today.  The boys have mainly been hanging around the house, but we did go for a walk through town after lunch and ended up at the primary school for a play in the play ground : )

Day 17  |  Happy New Year!!  What a gorgeous day to start the new year!  The sun was shining and it was hot early!

So it was time to revisit another Douglass family holiday favourite - a bike ride along the rail trail between Clyde and Alexandra to the swimming pool!  And this year, it was a first for Austin, as he also rode his own bike.  Up until now he's always been on the seat on the back of my bike.  It's probably safe to say it was a pretty slow trip in, with quite a few water stops, but he did it - 8 kilometres on a 30 degree day!

After our swim, Steve, Hayden and I also biked back to Clyde through our favourite bike track - the Millenium Trail along the river.  24 kilometres of biking for the day for us.  Definitely a well deserved drink when we got home close to 5.30pm tonight!

A great way to start the New Year, and now wishing you all the best for 2017!