Rayne comes to visit

We were very pleased to have Rayne, who lived in our neighbourhood in Breda, The Netherlands come and visit for a few days. She flew over with hand luggage packed with all the Dutch treats that we have had to live without since October 2010 - Cheese, ontbyt koek, stroop wafels, Bibi Nuk dummies for Erin and Vitamin D drops!

Rayne and I had a girls day out to Cambridge which involved shopping and absolutely no sight seeing. It was great to be able to shop with a girlfriend who bought me gifts, lunch and gave me honest opinions on my choices. I have not bought a proper wardrobe since before I was pregnant with Owen (more than 4 years ago) and have seriously dented the bank account this time. I like the way I now shop - try on first then look at the price tag. Brendon seems a little nervous of this new approach.

The morning before Rayne left we went to the local park where I had to opportunity of taking a zillion photos for my memory box. Erin and Owen loved her attention and enjoyed the knuffels and romping. It will be a long time before we all see each other again as Rayne is leaving for NZ next month.