Monthly Archives: October 2009

Another adventure for the Fords!  We have a wonderful cousin and a school friend and their families in Invercargill and both invited us to visit!  Our grabaseat tickets were purchased months ago – and fortuitously we landed the day of the Ranfurly Shield parade!  Yogi was a school boy in Invercargill the last time the Stags …

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Poppy enjoys playing on this interactive sculpture whenever we visit the Stoke library or Countdown.

Poppy pleased the chickens this morning by digging for worms and feeding them at the farm.

We all went to see a fantastic circus production at the Suter during the Nelson Arts Festival call Tale of a Dog.

The St Joseph’s School Gala is always a fun one – this year we went early to watch the items on the stage including the amazing Japanese drummers. Then we visited Ayla’s house and had a playdough art session before returning to the gala to pick up a bag of books for $1!

The Richmond Early Learning Centre (down by Raeward Fresh) had it’s first birthday celebration today with a morning tea and dress-ups.  Choosing your favourite book character, Poppy went as Little Miss Sunshine from the Mr Men series.  These books were favourites of mine and my brothers growing up and are being well read again.  Flossie …

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