Monthly Archives: January 2007

camping with ayla

camping with ayla

Poppy’s friend Ayla was camping in Mapua for the long weekend, so Poppy joined her for lunch one day to try out her tent.

 

birthday invitation

birthday invitation

Poppy’s first birthday has been a challenge for Adrienne – she has felt the weight of responsibility to cater something special for her wee girl. …

 

1 year group

1 year group

Julia has been Poppy’s Plunket group instructor for all her milestone sessions and today we had our one year group.

 

sunglasses

sunglasses

Now that summer has arrived, Poppy loves trying on anyone’s sunglasses.

 

first walking

first walking

Today was the day Poppy decided to put all her walking practice over the past few months into a total of 11 steps across the …

 

first flight – first funeral

first flight – first funeral

After a long battle with cancer, Adrienne’s cousin Tony’s wife Jo slipped away last week. Jo so kindly gave Poppy lots of her son Jack’s …

 

sophia & julia

sophia & julia

Poppy friends came over to play this afternoon – here they all are inside her activity garden from the toy library.

 

bouncy castle

bouncy castle

Poppy and Ayla had a blast on Olivia’s new bouncy castle today at Mum’s group. In fact, Adrienne is considering buying Poppy one of her …

 

colgate games

colgate games

Poppy and Yogi watching the finals of the Colgate Games from the bank at Trafalgar Park. We were cheering for Phoenix Club from Christchurch – …

 

anya

anya

Poppy adores Anya. She has now learned to say her name very clearly and calls it out regularly. She howls exactly like a huskie and …

 

blucklings

blucklings

Adrienne’s friend Janine’s sister Mary and family from Wellington came for afternoon tea at the farm. We played with the animals and had turns on …

 

singing

singing

Poppy loves playing and singing with Yogi – on the piano, guitar, ukulele or recorder.

 

shot

shot

Poppy had her fourth and final meningococcal shot today with her nurse, Gillene. She was very brave, and like her other shots, coped really well …

 

ayla & poppy at the beach

ayla & poppy at the beach

Poppy’s little friend Ayla spent time on Rabbit Island beach pushing her around the sand at Mum’s group today. They have a lot of fun …