Genealogy Cake

On Saturday Grace and I attended a family history open day. The mayor was there, along with around 150 others, all interested in learning more about their ancestors. Grace took some time out to sample the cake.

Farmyard Party!

Josephine was thrilled to be invited to her friend Ayla's brithday party. They had a wonderful time with some visiting farm animals and a pony ride. Lucky! Thank you, Ayla!

Gracie's party

Happy Birthday Grace!

Josephine starts Kindy!

Josephine had a great time on her first day at Kindy. Policeman Pete brought Policedog Cody for a visit, and Josie got to have a pat. I was heartened to see that Policedog Cody is almost as excitable as Ted when it comes to meeting new people. He was not dignified at all, though he did manage to sniff out an old tennis ball that was hidden in the playground.
Josie slipped into her new role as Kindy girl with ease and enthusiasm.

PS This week (it's 21 August today) we learned that Josie is, um, asserting herself at kindy. Telling the big 4-yr-old boys to watch themselves. We're encouraging her to be kind and polite. On Thursday when Laura picked her up at the end of kindy, Laura asked her if she had been a good girl. Josie replied cheerily: "Yes! Only a little bit of meanness." When I asked her the same question at dinner, she changed her story a tad: "Yes! Only a little bit of badness."

Jane visits the zoo!

Jane and Laura had a great day at Auckland Zoo with the rest of the year 0 and 1 classes.