From the Editor

I think for a lot of us around New Zealand it has been an interesting time with the weather doing all sorts of unusual things. Being based in Matakana, which is near Warkworth, we were hit with the heavy rains and winds that others suffered.

What was a miracle of this time was the fact that no one got killed. The hardest part of it all for me, wasn’t the lack of power, of being isolated for 24 hours (due to trees blocking our driveway and road), but telling my children it would all be okay and they were perfectly safe. It was one big lie! I was as scared as they were. I wondered if our house would get blown away or the windows would suddenly break under the pressure of the wind.

Luckily my house survived as did we, candle-lit dinners lost their romance and the first hot shower was sheer bliss.

That brings me to a somewhat shorter version of Kids Friendly this month; we have done our best and will be back to full strength next month.

Oh and by the way, the Kids Friendly forum will be up and running next month. But more about that then.

So enjoy this month and keep safe.

Cheers

      Gaye