Posts By Duncan Drennan
The surprise anniversary lunch
Donné was at the shops, I was working, and Grace had Anna and Nyasha over for a play date. There was lots of activity and excitement asking me to come and see the surprise…which was a special lunch table, including waiters.
The first course was fruit, the second borewors rolls (Donné arrived with lunch at just the right time) and ginger bread cookies which they had decorated themselves.
They even had a planning list
I had a really lovely day celebrating our 15th anniversary, and the children’s effort and surprise was really special and so deeply appreciated.
Chop-chop Addy
Adam was being a great helper in the kitchen today. His supper assist was to chop all the peppers into little blocks.
His baking assist was to help mix the dough for the gingerbread men
Addy’s stories
Adam’s story reading is coming in now – suddenly he has a much greater endurance for reading and he wants to read every night. Top of the pile are the “What the ladybird heard” books and now he is enjoying some Spot stories.
Rainbows and ice lollies
It was rainbow jellies for the final market day of the year
And the jellies were a winner so she sold out very quickly.
The weather was super hot so ice lollies for everyone!
Preschool concert
End of year preschool concert, with lots of lovely songs
Isiah and Eli
Must disassemble
Adam has been enjoying the building and taking apart toys (and Donné is getting good at putting them back together again)
Lego advent calendar
December is upon us and the advent countdown has begun. This year the calendar is something special – a Lego advent calendar. Each day has a little bag of Lego and instructions on the inside of the door, and there is lots of joy to find out what the next thing is to build.
Ballet update
Today was the last ballet lesson and watching day. Grace has really been loving her ballet and I suspect she’ll start doing lessons twice a week next year.
Grace & Natasha have become ballet buddies (they are also in school together)
Grace’s first netball match
Grace played her first netball match yesterday! The team did remarkably well against girls who were about a head taller on average. It was also the team’s first match, so we’ll done to all the girls.
I don’t think anyone was tracking the score, and they played three halves, but it was good fun for everyone.
The team
I did like Grace’s hopping defence tactic as well as her running skip, although I’m not sure how effective either of those were.
Grace really enjoyed the game. They’ve got lots to learn, but they held their own against older and taller girls
