Monthly Archives: December 2007

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happy new year!

Poppy and Adrienne had New Year’s Eve dinner at the farm and then headed home to bed… To all those who have been reading Poppy’s blog over the past two years – we hope your 2008 is GREAT, mate! Adrienne spent the night watching the … Read More

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poppy’s camera – christmas day

Poppy received a kid’s digital camera from her Daddy for Christmas – and she has been really enjoying clicking photos. I have added a red poppy in the bottom left corner of her photos so you can tell her photos from mine. It’s incredibly interesting … Read More

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gingerbread & christmas lights

After a late afternoon sleep today Poppy was ready to wait up until dark to go out and see the Christmas lights. To pass the time we made gingerbread christmas trees and stars and iced them. First, we had to shop for all the ingredients … Read More

music class

I was so proud of Poppy at music today – she participated enthusiastically the whole session and sang lots of the words and did all the actions.  Her ability to focus on the activities has definitely increased and she is able to maintain that attention … Read More

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hips & lips christmas party

Poppy’s friends brought their parents and grandparents to our annual party on Rabbit Island this year…. it was a hot summer day and the bouncy castle was a big hit… in fact, Poppy still wanted to jump even as it was deflating for packing up! … Read More

christmas ornament

In keeping with tradition, Poppy received a lovely christmas decoration to add to our tree from Gran Jan. She chose it over in Sydney and it’s a real beauty. Poppy tried it out on the tree at the farm before adding it to her last … Read More

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ayla’s 2nd birthday

Alya’s party was a BBQ at her house with Chloe, Poppy and a few of her other friends. Whitnie’s Mum snapped this photo of us and developed it with her roll. It’s a classic shot because Poppy is having a big tantrum at being asked … Read More

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grandpa bill

Poppy’s Grandpa Bill from Madison, Indiana LOOOOVES tractors!  Here is a great article about him with his photo on the cover of the local Madison paper.  He included the newspaper in with Christmas gifts that arrived today from the USA and are now under our … Read More

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airport

Yogi & GranJan went to visit their two sons in Sydney for 10 days so we said goodbye at the airport. Poppy was fascinated with the elevator and went up and down several times while we were waiting for the boarding call. Saying goodbye to … Read More

snap, crackle & pop

We bought some rice bubbles to take to Natureland to feed the animals and Poppy had her first bowl of them herself…. she was fascinated with the sounds and really liked the taste! Back to wholegrain oats, mashed banana & rice milk ….