Today has started like most of our days until we pull back the curtains.
Deejay (17mth) has woken at about 6:30am and has started calling my name repetitively using different tones and volumes until I respond or until his big brother gets him up. He sleeps in a small tent like cot in the over cab bed with one of his brothers. The zip up tent has been amazing and great for travelling with a baby. I recommend these pop up tents to anyone.
It's not a great picture of it but gives you an idea.
The kettle goes on the gas stove ready for our morning coffee while I get the kids cereal ready.
Now that the kids are eating I climb back into bed with a coffee for David and I and pull back the curtains to reveal where we are for the morning. Sometimes I wake and it takes a while to remember where we are. We are based in Auckland N.Z as we have our business here and it's amazing the beautiful spots we find. The freedom camping laws are a bit uncertain here and are under review at present. We try to be as discreet as we can and always leave the place as we find it. The last thing we want to do is cause an issue for local residents. This was what my view was this morning:
As you can see, nothing beats the the sea and lapping waves on a crisp fresh autumn morning.
It's then time for our 8 o'clock briefing where all the kids pile onto our bed or sit anywhere where they can fit to hear the plan for the day. Once that's done it's time to tidy up and get reading. While the girls are getting ready and the boys are reading I fried up some eggs and left overs from last night for David and I before he heads off to work for the morning.
The boys have just completed their book work for school and now here I am sitting and writing this blog entry. I'll post this for now and add more latter. here's a couple of shots of the boys doing school work.
Right, now I'm back after meeting David and the girls for lunch outside the school he's working in today. It's always crazy when we are all in one home, Mother Trucker, for meals. The noise levels escalate and the serene picture of nomadic life becomes survival of the meal. As soon as they have their sandwiches the boys are sent outside to the nearby park so sanity levels can return.
Here's a sneak preview of The Tardis :)
Now I'm parked up in a Mangere shopping center. The girls have finished off their school work at the library while the clothes are in washing at the laundromat. I also managed to get our grocery shopping done. We are currently waiting for the washing to complete drying and all the kids are inside Mother Trucker. Deejay is supposed to be sleeping but he is crying in his tent. Samara is making cookies, the boys are having some computer time and Dani and Daya are reading. No I correct.... Daya is finishing off a tin of condensed milk from Sam's baking.
As soon as the cookies are baked and our drying is done we shall venture off to yet another park where it will be a quick dinner of sausages in bread. David is at a conference tonight for computer stuff, Daya has trampolining training and Dani will go to a mid week youth meeting. While this is happening Samara usually spends time with a friend and Caleb has his mate over. So once everyone is picked up after these events we usually find a place to park up for the night (I don't know where we will be tonight) I look forward to little boys getting into bed and I can relax with David with a glass of wine and a movie. I wonder where we will end up tonight?
Deejay (17mth) has woken at about 6:30am and has started calling my name repetitively using different tones and volumes until I respond or until his big brother gets him up. He sleeps in a small tent like cot in the over cab bed with one of his brothers. The zip up tent has been amazing and great for travelling with a baby. I recommend these pop up tents to anyone.
The kettle goes on the gas stove ready for our morning coffee while I get the kids cereal ready.
Now that the kids are eating I climb back into bed with a coffee for David and I and pull back the curtains to reveal where we are for the morning. Sometimes I wake and it takes a while to remember where we are. We are based in Auckland N.Z as we have our business here and it's amazing the beautiful spots we find. The freedom camping laws are a bit uncertain here and are under review at present. We try to be as discreet as we can and always leave the place as we find it. The last thing we want to do is cause an issue for local residents. This was what my view was this morning:
As you can see, nothing beats the the sea and lapping waves on a crisp fresh autumn morning.
It's then time for our 8 o'clock briefing where all the kids pile onto our bed or sit anywhere where they can fit to hear the plan for the day. Once that's done it's time to tidy up and get reading. While the girls are getting ready and the boys are reading I fried up some eggs and left overs from last night for David and I before he heads off to work for the morning.
The boys have just completed their book work for school and now here I am sitting and writing this blog entry. I'll post this for now and add more latter. here's a couple of shots of the boys doing school work.
Right, now I'm back after meeting David and the girls for lunch outside the school he's working in today. It's always crazy when we are all in one home, Mother Trucker, for meals. The noise levels escalate and the serene picture of nomadic life becomes survival of the meal. As soon as they have their sandwiches the boys are sent outside to the nearby park so sanity levels can return.
Now I'm parked up in a Mangere shopping center. The girls have finished off their school work at the library while the clothes are in washing at the laundromat. I also managed to get our grocery shopping done. We are currently waiting for the washing to complete drying and all the kids are inside Mother Trucker. Deejay is supposed to be sleeping but he is crying in his tent. Samara is making cookies, the boys are having some computer time and Dani and Daya are reading. No I correct.... Daya is finishing off a tin of condensed milk from Sam's baking.
As soon as the cookies are baked and our drying is done we shall venture off to yet another park where it will be a quick dinner of sausages in bread. David is at a conference tonight for computer stuff, Daya has trampolining training and Dani will go to a mid week youth meeting. While this is happening Samara usually spends time with a friend and Caleb has his mate over. So once everyone is picked up after these events we usually find a place to park up for the night (I don't know where we will be tonight) I look forward to little boys getting into bed and I can relax with David with a glass of wine and a movie. I wonder where we will end up tonight?
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