The kids ice skate

Little toads they were out there straight away no fear nothin they took a few falls after gettin a bit cocky but were pretty good I on the other hand was not I did one loop of the oval came off the ice and sat with a coffee and a book will have to go back when the kids are at school and practice its been over 10 years since i skated on ice.

Sam rides the Triumph

Sams last night in Nelson was a night to remeber and one I definatly think he will NEVER forget.

Bob worked for days on end to get his Triumph going so Sam could have a ride as he had helped grandad do lots of work on it anyway I get a phone call at some ungoldly hour of the night and its Sam yelling down the phone "MUM MUM can ya hear it Nan put it on the thingy so mum can hear push the button Nana wohoo can ya hear it mum (at this stage the noise was extremely loud i found out later Sam had put the phone on the bloody muffler) wow nana its cool" I was then handed to mum who was in fits of laughter at the excitement from Sam and Bob that finally the triumph was going well anyway i hear a roar and Bobs gone off on the bike to take it to the turf for all to see ( I might add they had been drinking all night there and he had had a few too many) anyway a few mins later after talking to mum ya hear Sam screaming again and Bob is back well Sam gets back on the phone and informs me that him and grandad are goin on midnight run after i told sam that it was illegal cos its not got a warrant or rego and grandad had no lights etc on bike and other small matters Sam informed me it was ok cos if the cops tried to pull them over they woulnt be able to catch them anyway and if they did then Sam would tell them that it was ok and they cant give grandad a ticket cos it was Sams last night in Nelson and he was allowed to have fun if he wanted (dont know how that would have gone down lippy little 9 year old been taught by the best) Well i got a phone call a few hours later to say they were home safe and that it was great fun and that they had got a little bit down the road and sparks were commin off the back apparently the muffler came off Sam thought it was just great some kids came with some wire and they fixed ita ll up and off they went again. Well after cruisin the streets a bit more they pull up to an intersection funnily enough outside the cops house when the other muffler fell off and sparks flew well they didnt hang around to fix that one they just picked it up and hoofed home and down into the basement to hide Sam was flyin orders at Nana to shut the door turn the lights off quick nana quick he had a smile from ear to ear and still talks about it now and tells me he cant wait till the next school hols as hes going back to stay...... so stay tuned for the next school hols fun and games I am sure there will be plenty

Sams holiday with Nana and Grandad

Sam was set he had his new XBox his playstation a double bed and Nana and Grandad all to himself for a whole month while we went back to CHCH to work. I can tell you I had many many sore stomachs from laughing at his antics up there. I got phone calls regularly from Mum filling me in i will share a few with you. Sam decided that he would come out to the lounge with his blanket wrapped around his neck a sword by his side and see if Nana and Grandad could guess who he was obviously they didnt havea clue and apparently he was not impressed when he had to tell them he was darth vader, he had just watched star wars on the tv Duh nana. a few miniutes later after he ahad gone away discusted at them he reurned with the cape his sword and a pair of boxers on his head and asked them again to guess who he was and again was not impressed that they didnt know he was captain underpants (go the cartoon network) anyway Sam told them that should they need him to save them all they had to do was ring his phone. So being the good grandparents a few minutes later mum yelled out RING RING Sam answers and mum informs him that there is a burgler out the front Sam took off out the front grage and starts swinging his sword around yelling back to mum who is at this stage walking out to the garage that he is gettin the man and not to worry. With that incident over Sam goes back to his room to his game a while later mum calls RING RING and gets a WHAT mum informed Captain underpants that there is a pig in the garden and can he save her flowers sam preceeded to inform her that he was at the time busy and couldnt obviously flowers arent that important to Capatin Underpants.. A while later mum calls out RING RING and gets a very gruff WHAT DO YOU WANT NOW" mum informs him that theres someone trying to get into Grandads garage and out comes Sam " well what do you want me to do about that he asks mum said well your the hero and sam informs her that well i am busy and you have an alarm so if the alarm goes off then i will sort him and with that he went off to his room to play. Seems to me that Captain underpants is bloody lazy and only wants to work when he wants :D Anyway a couple of days later mum thought well i might use this to my advantage so she calls from her knitting chair RING RING out comes Captain Underpants in his cape and all and mum asks him to put the jug on which he hapily does and goes back to his room once the jug had boiled mum calls RING RING and out comes Sam mum asked him to make a coffee for her well she was not ready for the reply of " dont be stupid you know I am not allowed to touch the jug so you have to do it" Good old Sam plays by the rules when it suits aye. I have tried the RING RING since he has been home but he is either on strike or has his phone turned off :D. Another funny typical Sam moment. He is at the Turf drinking raspberry and lemonade ( which by the way he managed to get for free cos he made mates with the barman) with his new mates who were Nanas smokin buds anyway mum was inside and Sams out there parked up chattin the ears off these guys and mum thinks might just go and see what shit he's spinnin this time she snuck up behind him and all they guys were fixed on Sam and hes tellin them all about hellicopters ( I think he might have watched discovery with Bob) anyway he ddnt realise mum was standing behind him unitl he had finshed his story and the men looked at nana well Sam turned around and said to mum whatch doin and mum says just checkin to see what shit ya takikn bout well good old Sam turns to the guys and in his 9 year old manly voice says"Hey guys if i am annoying ya or pissin ya off just tell me to Fuck off thats what Nana does" well you can imagine mums face and she said the guys nearly fell off their chairs with laughter needless to say Sam was one of the locals after that. Another one just before he was due to come home they started a promo at the Turf and ya had to collect export dollars to buy Export stuff well Sam couldnt talk mum into drinkin it so he was goin round collecting ones people didnt want cos he really wanted the Export hat well anyway he couldnt get enough so he decided that since he was goin home the next day that his barman mate should just give him one so off he went to put it to him well his barman mate wasnt sure but Sam was determined and we all know what Sam can be like well anyway finally his mate told him if he could get this certain young lady in the bar to go on a date with him then he would give him the hat well off Sam went to this young lady and told her his dilemma and begged and pleaded her to go to the movies and dinner with the barman and after a few of those puppy dog eyes Sam got his hat and the Barman got a date.

Christmas with Nana La La

Off to Nelson we went the kids us and the cat much to mums horror :D what a great time the kids got spoilt had such a great time. on Christmas eve Mum and I decided in great Boote tradition that a drinking session was what was needed so at 1.45pm mum cracked the first Vodka RTD well by 2pm we had finished 4 already damn they tasted good Anne and Rob and a couple of her friends turned up and it was all go Bob and Simon were inside bein sober and mum and I were well on our way to happyville kids were set with fine nelson weather and a big steep driveway to have some fun. Well needless to say after lots of Vodka RTD finished I was onto the Vodka bottle very happy indedd and by 9.30pm I was quite nicely sloshed and ready for bed kids were tucked up waiting for the jolly fat man to arrive with pressies so off I went to fall into bed . 5am yes thats right 5am i hear a MUM MUM WAKE UP SANTAS BEEN damn I wasnt ready for that one I managed to hold Sam off till 5.30 but it was all over rover he was awake and he wanted pressies Ben was rudley awoken by Sam and it was all on and by 6am it was all over the kids had trashed mums floor with wrapping paper and the pressies were all open and play time had begun it took alot of coffee to face the day and the really bad thing I knew I had another day of alcohol infront of me. The kids were fired up and ready to go out to try all the new toys and stuff so off we went feeling very sorry for myself i might add. Lunch was at mum Annes place more pressies for the boys spoilt little toads :D Simon (the NON drinker) was put in charge of making the cocktails suppose it was a good idea leave the sober one to the kitchen blender eww they were like razor blades goin down I really am not good at this Boote drinkin thing have to get some practice in I think gave up in the end and just drank water and coke it was alot easier on the stomach but it all ended up to be a great day and the kids had a great time so it was all good. Bob hadnt quite got the bike going by the time we were leaving but he did get it out of the garage and had the boys help him haul it up the drive then they hopped on the back and wheeled down the driveway Smiles all the way. Sam has since had a ride on the bike since but will fill you in on that one another time his month in Nelson was a very eventful one megs and mike will have a good laugh at that one I expect.