Author Archives: Adrienne

Welcome to our Japanese friends who have watched our episode of Planet Babies!  It’s been wonderful reading your emails – here are a couple of examples: Hi, My name’s Yuki. I live in Japan. I saw you on TV today. I’m a single mom in Japan, and i was so impressed. I have a son …

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Although a little damp in the morning, the new upgrades to Trafalgar Park were on display including the shiny golden Webb Ellis trophy. Poppy spent some more time kicking a ball around with her football hero, Jeremy Brockie…. and asked for his autograph on her forehead like some of the older kids were doing. She …

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What a thrilling football practice this afternoon with All White superstar Jeremy Brockie coming along to Richmond Midgets to sign autographs and kick the ball around. We got him to sign a special little soccer ball and have a photo with Poppy. Go Wellington Phoenix & Newcastle Jets! Our other favourite superstar footballer is Simon …

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Poppy and Tayte met up on a Friday night at the Nelson Library where they participated in teddy bear stories, songs & games in their Starlight Stories night.  They also handed out teddy bear cookies and hot chocolate so the girls were having a fabulous time.

Welcome back to Nelson, Uncle Jono! Such a generous Uncle too… Poppy loves her new Nintendo DS and had a lovely time with him at football practice.  It was a shame to see him off at the airport…. but we hope he has a fabulous time skiing in Queenstown!  

We loved the Broadgreen Intermediate production of their original Fright School Musical. We especially loved seeing Tarrin & Pheobe on stage and Poppy’s lasting impression of the night was the tufts of coloured hair in the armpits of the Troll cheerleaders!