Invercargill: my new home

Invercargill, its about the size of Cheyenne ( only a wee bit smaller). It is a couple years behind New Zealand and New Zealand is a couple of years behind the rest of the world. I love it here. We have done alot of second-hand shopping and alot of playing in the parks. We bike everywhere and boy are we going to be happy when we aren't saddle sore anymore.
My host family Joyce and Neville are amazing. They are proud grandparents of 13 kids within the ages of 6-21. They come over all the time. The other day the youngest, Erin, came over so grandma could make her a "sprinkle sandwich"(bread with butter and rainbow sprinkles) for afternoon tea. What a great grandma!!! Every morning I ask Neville how he slept and he answers "Well, with me eyes closed!" in his southern kiwi accent. :)
School is going to start for everyone pretty soon, and I feel like i'm in grade school again for a couple of different reasons:

• we bike to the corner market to get ice cream
  
• we call each other on landlines to make play dates in the park
• we bike to each other's houses
• we get packed lunches
• and then we share and trade everything in our lunches
• we are all in the same class with the same teacher
• we all wear our rain gear to school then hang them up to dry in the back of the room
• we play "mash" when we're bored
• our "mom's" fret about us and make sure our sheets are clean and they do our laundry