Well here we are, Xmas 2005 in New Zealand, living like Princes and Princesses

They put static electricity in the biscuits here...

NZ's answer to the Eiffel Tower ?

Wow, Jurassic Park! This is where Granddad comes to play...

What do you mean "Dad cut the wrong tree" ?

Granddad's Modern Car Collection ... how come Max always gets more ice-cream?

Tree-decorating? This is a job for Super-Max!

Xmas Day, all we need is Granddad and Grandma

Sharing a Joke with Granddad ...

Put me down!

What IS this pudding??

It's those magic biscuits again ...

Woohoo! ... Pressie Time! ...

 ... we like Christmas!

Cool, my OWN aeroplane!

Ice-cream ... sans pants ...

That's it? No more?

Telling tall stories around the old stump ...

Night Fever, Night Fever....

VIDEO 1: ( .wmv format)

Katarina's First Steps Xmas Day 2005 (1.7 MB)

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Post-Xmas Dinner Walkies ... it's um ... not warm!

Ahh ... that's better! A nice warm day for a Picnic by the lake ... and up the river !

The Playhouse

Do you sell Ice-cream?

Playhouse Guardian ...

Cardrona Hotel for lunch. Beer for the grown-ups ...

Tagliatelle for Max  ...

... and a button for Pumpkin.

Garden Gnomes ...

Experimenting with Chicken ...

The sheep farm. All I can see.... is a small dog?

Sledding at Rhodes' Place

Bye Bye Granddad and Grandma ... Thank you, it was great!

VIDEO 2: ( .wmv format)

Max & Katarina Dec 2005 (6.4 MB)

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Daddy's old Surf beach ... What? Black Sand ?