Jungle Bells

this year my company held the annual Xmas function at the Auckland Zoo. the event started from 6pm and once we get our wrist band we were free to roam around the zoo and congregate at the rotunda at 7pm to get our feed.

Taking pic with Mega Bull one of the company mascot ;)

The giraffe was the first animal we saw at the Zoo. Btw, do you know that giraffe's tongue is as long as 45cm!?!?!?!?! man, that's long!!!!

Zebra..

Flamingos..don't you think the flamingos are not very pink?

Jake showing N the bird. N seems to be into bird at this stage..

More birds..i just love that red and purple coat of feather on the bird..

The giant turtle!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

SPider monkeys which were getting quite rowdy there..

my colleague 's grandchildren. I love their face painting .. Lachlan, charlotte and oliver..L loves Harry Potter (hence the HP's glasses on his face)..Charlotte is super cute and has this really nice voice..she even let N play with her pink handbag!!! Oliver has cheetah/leopard type painting on his face..

taking picture with one of the popsicle band member..

there must be 1000 of us (employees and family)..there were babies, toddlers, strollers everywhere.

N checking out the products..

Above is us around the zoo. Me bumping into colleague's daughter..and we tried to pose with "sanka" the southern hemisphere santa who wears the 'lava lava' (the islander version of 'sarong' on men)..our food for the night ..and the rotunda where everyone congregates ..N munching on his bread while me and jake quickly had our dinner..

From this to that ..

Night before the haircut ...

After the haircut..

N.B. We brought N to a hairdresser. His name is Mr Hung :) he's very good with kids..

Spring Festival

Our church has organised a spring festival to provide an alternative for Halloween on 31 Oct.

It was like a mini fun fair. You can go to different booths, and get tickets and exchange toys with the tickets collected from the booth. There's hop scotch, fishing booth, bubbles booth, etc..

N at the 'crawl' scotch booth.
Photo booth..





Fishing booth

Face painting..

There's even a petting zoo!!!! the little girls were all super excited about riding the pony and playing with the rabbits and mices.

N taking photos with Ms Amy, who usually looks after him during sunday service at the creche. N here is apprehensive because he can't quite recognised Ms Amy who has now grown extra plaits..

N with wilma..

"Man of steel" attempting to bowl...

Checking out mommy's diaper bag

N checking out the bouncy castle..

The aMAZEing race...

It was a very enjoyable experience. Not only did the festival cater for our own congregation, we get a fair amount of visitors coming to the spring festival..