Monthly Archives: October 2009

Nelson visitors Poppy Ford, 3, and her mum Adrienne Ford wave to the Stags.

invercargill

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 … Read More

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stoke hand

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

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worms

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

GranJan, Poppy & Yogi

Tale of a Dog

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

Adventure Playground

st joe’s gala

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 … Read More

Poppy as her favourite book character

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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 … Read More

CloudLightening

lightning

Poppy woke me up in the night to tell me she had a dream about being in a dark forest and terrible shocks were splashing in the sky.  It took me a while to work out she meant lightning!  Interesting description.

Paula's Preschool Richmond Class Photo

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Poppy had fun posing on the trampoline during her class photos at Paula’s Preschool Richmond today.

Poppy outside Annie

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We had been singing Annie songs for a couple of weeks and we watched the 1986 Disney movie version before booking in to see the musical at the School of Music. Here’s Poppy singing Tomorrow in the car…

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the lorax

We picked up Ayla for the girls to watch The Lorax at the Independent Theatre on a rainy day during the holidays. Afterwards we hit the library for some fun.