Concomitant benefits….

“Yes Prime Minister” never gets old. only we do.

Sir Humphrey : Notwithstanding the fact that your proposal could conceivably encompass certain concomitant benefits of a marginal and peripheral relevance, there is a countervailing consideration of infinitely superior magnitude involving your personal complicity and corroborative malfeasance, with a consequence that the taint and stigma of your former associations and diversions could irredeemably and irretrievably invalidate your position and culminate in public revelations and recriminations of a profoundly embarrassing and ultimately indefensible character.

Jim Hacker : Perhaps I can have a précis of that?

Te Reo Maori

Pure kai na te tamariki

Kia ‘akameitaki ia te Atua
No te kai ta matou ka kai

ia akatapu mai koe te reira
ia akamatutu i to matou kopapa, manako ete vaerua

I roto i te ingoa o Iesu
Amene
Thank you God
For the food we are about to eat

May it be blessed
To nourish our body mind and soul

In Jesus’s name we pray
Amen
Pure kai na te tamariki

E nā kō nei kōtou kia pure

Topiri mai te mata
Pure totau i te pure a te atu
Nako tatou kia pure.
E to matou metua i te ao ra
Kia tapu toou ingaoa
Kia tare ki toou basileia
Kia akonoia toou anoano
I te enua nei
Mu tei te ao katoa ana

Omai i te kai e tau ia matou
I tera nei ra

E akakore mai ita matou ara
mei ia matou i akakore
I ta tei ara ia matou nei
auraka e akakure ia
matou kia timata ia mai
E akaora ra ia matou
Mei te kino
Noou oki te basileia
E te mana
E te kaka
E tuatau ua atu
Amene.
Our father,
which art in heaven,
Hallowed
be
thy name,
Thy Kingdom come,
Thy will be done
on earth,
As it is
in heaven.

Give us this day our daily bread.
And forgive us for debts,
As we forgive our debtors ,
And lead us not into temptation,
But deliver us from evil.
For thine is the kingdom, and power,
and glory forever & ever.
Amen
E nā kō nei kōtou kia pure

The Year in Pictures

This year was another eventful one in Haumea’s young life. Thank you for sharing it with us and we wish you a wonderful New Year.

2014 in Pictures

The Year 2014 in Pictures. Das Jahr 2014 in Bildern.

We buy a silver bullet trailer and have a baby girl...
We buy a silver bullet trailer and have a baby girl...
Rest in Pieces, Long Beach, CA
Rest in Pieces, Long Beach, CA


 

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Tamariki Ora

Haumea’s Skill Set as of 16-18 months : 

  • keeps track of things, even finds items that parents are looking for and that parents misplaced when they discussing their whereabouts amont themselves and even on the phone
  • hides things and can retrieve them days later from memory
  • feels compassion for the pain of other people, kisses and caresses affected body parts and even tries to apply ‘medicine’ (sun tan lotion, cream) asks aua? and waits for reassurance that pain has gone away
  • also empathises with other living things. Some moronic neighbours chopped down several dozen old Toa trees and she comments ‘bam, aua and for well over a month now points to the sad stumps that remained even when she cannot see them but in the right direction
  • understands and can point out:Shoulder, back, head, Eyes, Mouth, Nose, Titi, Stomach, Bum, Feet, Knees
  • Vocabulary as of 15 months :bye-bye, Mama, Mummi, Marcus, Milk, Mleko, Milch, Mimi, Kaka, titi, bottle, ball, am am (food), apple, (ba)nana, anya (Game), car, book, cat, dog, please
  • Vocabulary as of 19 months :bye-bye, Mama, Mummi, Marcus, Milk, Mleko, Milch, Mimi, Kaka, titi, bottle, ball, am am (food), apple, (ba)nana, anya (Game), car, book, cat, dog, pleasethank you, mine, up!, move!, down, off, where is?, there is, baba, this, no!, niema!/?, bam (boom), aha!/?, red, green, key, babja, baby, juice
  • Vocabulary as of 20 months :bye-bye, Mama, Mummi, Marcus, Milk, Mleko, Milch, Mimi, Kaka, titi, bottle, ball, am am (food), apple, (ba)nana, anya (Game), car, book, cat, dog, pleasethank you, mine, up!, move!, down, off, where is?, there is, baba, this, no!, niema!/?, bam (boom), aha!/?, red, green, key, babja, baby, juice,

    tschuess, one, two, eyes, tree, fish, boat, shoe, go!, teeth, uncle, auntie, bum, egg, ice cream, dead (when killing mosquitos), bubble, nose, arms, bird, ant, monkey, dirty, clean, out!, potty, maya, hat, Vaka, Cow, Goat, nose, ears, mouth, cheers!, bag, bike

  • January 25 2014 : push, cold, back, remote, dance, panties
  • January 26 2014 : cookie, cooking, biscuit, broken,spicy

Tongareva

If you ask Manongi Latham what she does for a living you are most likely to hear a very modest ‘i weave’ and even that is an understatement as she and other ladies on Penrhyn produce some of the finest rito hats and other handicrafts made from finely woven pandanus fibers.

A normal day for Manongi starts at 4:45 am in pitch darkness as the island’s generator only wakes up later, to prepare for church. Powerful hymns that nearly lift the roof of Tongareva’s beautiful CICC church accompany prayers for god to bless another day under the sun in this remote corner of the south pacific. Coming back from church Manongi stops home briefly to cook a delicious breakfast for her somewhat unannounced visitors then picks up the phone to relay the daily readings from the weather station she manages for her husband who has gone to ‘neighbouring’ Manihiki Atoll to repair Navigation Equipment for Aircraft.

Reading the rain gauge, Tongareva

That done and dusted she is off to open the local Telecom Shop. Recent introduction of cell phones and reliable internet services ensure this to be a busy job as well. Any break including lunch break is used to nip back home to sell fuel and other bare essentials from a congregation of chiller storage containers at her home. Based on the intricately woven Rito hats that are made out of pandanus fibers bleached by a combination of seawater and equatorial sun to have the appearance of fine canvas many late afternoons must have been spent weaving these as well.

Flying to these remote and far-flung atolls proves to be very challenging. All Airstrips are unsealed already severely limiting the number of Aircraft that can even fly there at all. Add to that the remoteness, lack of alternative airports, flying over vast expenses of ocean and the cost and logistical challenge of having fuel for the return trip available and it becomes clear that despite their stunning beauty, excellent diving and friendly people those atolls will remain untouched….

Wonderful things

My Sweet, wonderful daughter.

I am so sorry it has taken me so long to write something here. Life was too busy enjoying your wonderful mum and you. Since i last wrote you learned to crawl, walk (with 10 months), run, dance, kick a football, use the potty and so many other things that tell me that you are every bit as special, talented and clever as your mum.

We both are so lucky to have her. It was just you and me this evening, i missed your mum and you too because when you woke up briefly from your dreams you ran to the bed where you thought she would be waiting for you and hurled yourself onto it just to find it vacant. It speaks volumes this is the first time in a long time, your mum has given up a so much to give me a wonderful wife, you the best mum ever and for all of us the best place for a young child to grow up.

Here’s to a great woman.

 

 

Mum’s special day

As your mum just celebrated her birthday in style i was reminded of just how special she is. Always remember this, little one!

Whilst you as a child might find this island just fine to have under you little feet and it is in fact one of the best places on earth for children to grow up in there isn’t really that much exciting to do apart from the sometimes questionable activities on offer.

So your mum made quite a sacrifice to make this our home, decorated the aging beach house as best as anyone could for the day and has modest but effective plans to make it even better which we will continue to work on until we head for Europe when the winter sets in.

Please always remember just how much your mum has done for you and us.

Love

Your dad

Season’s Greetings – Weihnachtsgrüsse – Radosnych Swiat Bozonarodzeniowych

Season’s Greetings, Grown-Ups!

Polski Weihnachtsgruesse auf Deutsch English Feliz Navidad

xmas lights picMeine Mutti unterhält mich unermüdlich und gestern hat sie mich sogar tanzen lassen. Klickt einfach hier um es mit eigenen Augen zu sehen :).

My Mum tirelessly engages me in all sorts of activities and last night made me dance! Check it out by clicking here or on your language Flag above!

SV Haumea

When we visited auntie Katrin and uncle Jens in August, uncle Jens was slaving over the hulk of a boat that was sitting in the Garden. In his usual can-do fashion, a mere two months later these pictures were taken of a beautiful craft that is now named   HAUMEA. How cool is this. You also received a large and wonderful Christmas parcel and a beautiful letter from Katrin which we will keep for you.

You also had a long video session with Auntie Katrin today and have been such a good girl, shaking off sickness, travel, drama and hardship with an ease many of us grown ups would like to posses.

SV Haumea

Uncle Jens and Auntie Katrin built this beautiful boat from Scratch and named it after you! A unique vessel in the german fleet.