Making Lemonade with the Children

Family Day at the Trains

Well we had yet again another fantastic day at Keirunga Gardens, the weather held out for us and everyone had a blast. Thanks to Paul, the sausages were a great hit especially after numerous train rides. It was great to see you all there, we look foward to seeing you all again at the next Morepork outing.

He has arrived!!

On Sunday the 16th May 2010 at 11:45 Logan Paul Faulknor-Murrell was born, weighing in at 9 pound 10. He is a beautiful addition to Kirsty and Bren's family. Taylah and Connor are very happy and proud older siblings, Connor even thinks his brother is a superhero! Vilage Kids wishes Kirsty and Bren all the best and we cant wait to have a visit from Logan.

Anika's first gingernut biscuit.

Heres a special moment for Anika as she enjoys her first gingernut. Mmmm. She sure enjoyed it.

Welcome Rachael

The Morepork Team at Village Kids would like to welcome Rachael to our team. Rachael is the Head Teacher of the 2-3 year old children down at the Napier road Village Kids centre. We are borrowing her for the next 3 months while Kirsty is away and we hope Rachael has a fabulous time with us.
The children have taken a shine to Rachael already and have made her feel very welcome. "I am looking forward to sharing lots of fun times with the Morepork children and teachers as well as getting to know their families".

Kirsty's Last Day (for 3 months)

The Morepork Team at Village Kids would like to wish Kirsty Good Luck and the best wishes for the next 3 months. Kirsty is due to have her baby next Tuesday the 11th so it is about time she had some time off to put her feet up before her life gets even busier! Kirsty will be popping in from time to time, especially to show off the new addition to her family. We will even skype Kirsty at home to see how she is doing.
Please keep checking our blog as we will post any news we recieve ASAP.
Good Luck Kirsty see you back here in 3 months!!!!

04/05/2010 - Orlando moves to the music

Orlando has had so much fun lately singing and dancing! This is just one of the moments captured where he has been having so much fun!

We can sing and dance...

This morning the children had a fantastic time singing Old MacDonald with Amanda on the deck. This was led by Orlando who loves singing E-I-E-I-O when he saw the animals out on the table! Then Kirsty got the ukulele out and we all sang together.

Orlando also loved exploring with the ukulele and strumming it. This interest carried on in the afternoon as the children enjoyed dancing and singing to "Mrs.Bunny".

The children especially like the part of the song when Mrs. Bunny stops and they all freeze. Activities like this allow the children to learn alongside others and have fun!

We love to sing and dance at Village Kids.

Easter Egg Hunt

On the 1st of April we organised a Easter Egg hunt and lunch for the children at Te Mata Road. Much fun was had by all, check out the pics of the facepainting, the children hunting for eggs and all of us having our shared lunch.

Relay For Life

Last weekend we participated in the Relay for Life together with the Havelock North Centre. We had heaps of fun and raised lots of money for Cancer. Thank you to everyone for all your support.