Ia ora na i te matahiti api 2010!

Happy New Year from us all in Rurutu! We saw in the New Year, but only just - it's somehow not so exciting any more now that we have the little kids and now that I'd give anything for a proper night's sleep. Since our trip to NZ, Heimana has become a super erratic sleeper, maybe it's her teeth, or maybe she's just plain mean! At the moment she wakes up about five or six times in the night, and after six months I no longer find it amusing!!!!

Anyway we made the effort to stay up, fortified by our crate full of oysters (ten dozen) and imported champers....We particularly appreciated the oysters, as getting them here in time was quite a deal. We had ordered them while we were back in Tahiti in early december, and had been assured by the store that they would be able to deliver in time, then on the 30th (the last day for a flight) we got a call from the store telling us that our oysters had arrived from NZ but that there was no room on the Tahiti-Rurutu flight so they would stay at the airport until the 1st!!!! Why they hadn't pre-booked the freight, as we had suggested, I don't know....anyway not ones to give up, we called around Viriamu's friends, and were super lucky that the head of Air Tahiti's travel agency, very kindly pulled some strings on our behalf, so good old AirTahiti came to the rescue - Mauruuru roa Muriel!


Matotea put on her party frock, and we took her into town to see the Christmas lights, to while away the time....

She thought it was just marvelous....the whale light was her absolute favorite, but she was a bit disappointed that we couldn't lift her up to touch it!

We also bust out the sparklers, in an attempt to get in the festive mood..

...anyway here we are arrived in 2010 wishing you all health, happiness and prosperity!