Category Archives: First Year

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 clothes and toys when she was first born. You’ll still find Poppy wearing Jack’s clothes and she loves his aquarium cot toy. GranJan & Yogi drove to Christchurch for Jo’s …

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

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 own as she had so much fun.

Poppy and Yogi watching the finals of the Colgate Games from the bank at Trafalgar Park. We were cheering for Phoenix Club from Christchurch – specifically Tim, Tony’s son.

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 often ‘talks’ about her to Mummy during the day.

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 Yogi’s mower before sitting in the sun and eating GranJan’s chocolate biscuits.