Queenstown here we come

It's that time of year again - end of Financial year, and also annual family trip time. Last year we scooted up to Paihia via Taumaranui, we seem to make a habit of these off the beaten track tiki tours on the way to places, Easter weekend we went to Auckland via Ohaupo.

This year we're off to Queenstown and the excitement from the boy is growing as the 'sleeps' are crossed off the calendar at the dinner table. I love how you can relate time to kids in the form of sleeps, particularly since day sleeps have long become a thing of the past. We used to use the term 'big sleeps' up until then.

I've never been to Queenstown, and up until a couple of years ago, I'm ashamed to say I'd never even been to the South island. It's a shame that it costs about as much to head over the ditch as it does to go to the South Island, and so all things home grown are traded in for an overseas trip in many cases as people seem to feel somewhat less ripped off in heading abroad for a few days.

I have to pack the bags today, well actually it would have been bag had it not been for an 'on the scrounge' call to the parents to acquire ourselves another suitcase because I really didn't think our suitcase plus our second bag option of the Thomas suitcase was going to make the cut for two adults and two kids. And so, with bag packing of course comes clothes folding, I'm just hoping that by the time I finish writing this that the magic clothes folding fairy will have been and done it all for me, oh, that's right, I am the magic clothes folding fairy!

So on that note, I'll be signing off until we return, and I will be back with plenty of Queenstown antics... but not before I've tackled all the Queenstown washing!