**My First Holiday**

This is mum and me up on Mt Ruapehu playing in the snow. I was a little unsure what the white stuff was. Mum tried to get me to hold the snow but it was too cold for me (I’m just like my Dad when it comes to cold things).

We are on the Happy Valley Ski Slope at Whakapapa Ski Field. We walked down to the slope and when we arrived Mum had forgotten to bring the camera so Dad when back to the ute and took some photos.

To show that we had been there, Mum wrote my name in the snow, you can just see it in front of Mum’s feet.

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Mum already entered the photo of me patting the lion cub, but there was a lot more animals that I saw. We went to a place called Paradise Valley, at Rotorua.

The photo is of me and Dad in a cave looking at the big trout swimming around in their pool. I think Dad wished he had his fishing rod with him.

I thought the pig was a little smelly and the swans loud, however I loved feeding the little sheep.

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This is Opa and me enjoying the hot pools at Kawerau, in the Bay of Plenty. The pool was a nice 38 degrees. We spent most of the morning in the pool. I enjoyed swimming with my Opa, Oma, Uncle Jack, Aunty Terri, Xander, Mum and Dad. I enjoyed watching my cousin Xander running after a ball.