Football...... or....... Soccer!!!

Both Dan and Lou play for their schools. Dan is competing in a Yr 11 competition between local schools from Napier and Hastings. These are pictures from this mornings match..




These are pictures from Louise's match between her school and a visiting school from Gisborne.(Ilminster Intermediate) They had a 2 day Sports Exchanged where children from Taradale Intermediate visited Gisborne and Gisborne visited Taradale! Louise was to visit Gisborne as part of the Basket Ball Team, but decided to stay and play in the football match. Which they won 2-1, unfortunately Louise seems to be very good at scoring 'off side' goals!! Otherwise the goal score would have been higher!




These are pictures from a practice match between Taradale Intermediate and the Yr9 Girls Team from Taradale High School. Although they are separate schools they share the sports fields at the back of the schools.




Dan and I watching!!

Can you tell what it is yet?!!

When we go to the beach I try and find interesting shapes of drift wood to take home. Why? Tony asks himself this too! I'm after some really BIG pieces to put in the garden, but Tony doesn't share the same enthusiasm as I do!!

These are a couple I've recently found....


And a quick addition......Transforms them to....!!!

Sea Shells on the Sea Shore!

Today we went to the beach at Bay View, just outside Napier town. The sea had been quite rough during the past few days and loads of shells had been 'dumped' on the shore.

The shells are 'ostrich feet'.... Strange name for a shell! And there were loads of them along the shore line.



I tied a piece of drift wood to some fishing line and then searched for shells that had a small hole in them and threaded them through the line. To make an 'attractive' hangy thingy!! Which is now outside incase it smells!!



Some posing pictures of the kids...........




Views of Napier in the background and more shells on the beach!



Loads of Pine cones on the trees too!