Dearest Hayley has left us. She departed for Japan on Monday and will be there for a few days with the training camp for the NZ Olympic team and then head off to Beijing. Me and the family all woke up before dawn to take Hayley to the airport and hang out with her before she left. One boy on the team had a huge group of his school friends come to see him off. They were dressed in their school uniforms which made them all look like nuns. I will never understand school uniform fashion. As the team headed to go through security a group of the boys got together and a did a Hakka. It was soooo cool!! I have only seen the All Blacks do Hakka's, but this one was much longer and way cooler. So once I figure out how to post a video you can all see it. Other than that i am currently very happy to have my own room and car while Hayley is having the time of her life. It is really lonely without her though. Good Luck Hayley!!!
Thursday, July 31, 2008
Wednesday, July 16, 2008
How Time Flys
It has been another wonderful month. Hannah left us mid June as well as Brian a week later. So me, Rosanna, Hayley, and the kids have been holding down the fort. Whilst Hannah was here we all enjoyed hearing Lena's baby talk and mimicking the words she would try to say. She was very good at keeping herself entertained by having conversations with herself. Quite amusing to watch. We still use Lena words when ever we feel they are appropriate, and then we laugh, and then we cry because she is not hear. Vicious cycle. Well anyways, one of Lena's permanent marks she left with all of is was her love of a certain television show called "In The Night Garden". This is made by the same people who do teletubies so you can only imagine what it is like. Unfortunately Lena had to watch this program every morning because it was the only time she would actually sit still. So this meant that we all started singing the songs and saying the names of all the characters (maka paka, iggle piggle, tumblyboos, linky lonk, pinky ponk, harboos) everyday. At this point in time Kiri had to write a 3 minute speech for a speech competition at her school. And of course she chose to write it on Lena's Favorite show. Kiri kept nagging us for weeks about her speech, but of course we kept putting it off and putting it off until it got the the night before it was due. Kiri reminded us again that it was due. We all looked at each other and wanted to tell her to tell her teacher that it would have to be late, but unfortunately we knew we had to get it done right then or else it would never get done. So we all sat around the table and helped Kiri write her speech. After all of this 'In the Night Garden' rubbish I don't think I will ever be able to get it out of my head. Kiri actually did really well in her speech competition and made it to the finals for the first time ever. We were very proud, but unfortunately this also meant we had to keep hearing and reviewing her speech over and over and over each time she gave it in order to get to the finals. "Yes my name is iggle piggle....", "some body's not in be, whose not in bed? Iggle Piggle's not in bed", "Goodnight Harboos"
22 days and counting until the Olympics. Hayley has been so ridiculously busy. She finally got her Olympic uniform and kit. The box it all came in was so big that Hayley easily fit into it. She got 3 bags, and the one big one was stuffed with her shirts, shoes, formal uniform, sunglasses, hats, etc. So many clothes!!! So for FHE one night we had all the family over and Hayley did a little fashion show for us. Unfortunately the NZ gear is not as fashionable as other countries. Everything was black and white. The worst part is that they were given these hideous crock sandals to wear with everything...even their formal uniform. Hayley has been trying to wear them in the past couple of days but they are pure plastic and so uncomfortable. Well, even though it is not the best looking uniform at least she gets to go, that's the important thing. Her coaches have allowed her to walk in the opening ceremony's so look out for Hayley when the NZ team walks!! Yay!!
Well I think that is about all that has happened so far. Training, sleeping, eating, and working take up most of my days. It is very interesting to live in a house where everyone eats just as much or more than I do. Food goes really fast, especially if its something the kids like. There are 3 athletes in the house so i am sure you can only imagine the kitchen raids before and after practices. I love my coaching job. The kids are so great and my coaching partner, George, is really nice to work with. Our kids are out preforming all the other squads. Its a lot of work, but its worth it.
Well that's it for now. I will be sure to post every month, i promise!!
22 days and counting until the Olympics. Hayley has been so ridiculously busy. She finally got her Olympic uniform and kit. The box it all came in was so big that Hayley easily fit into it. She got 3 bags, and the one big one was stuffed with her shirts, shoes, formal uniform, sunglasses, hats, etc. So many clothes!!! So for FHE one night we had all the family over and Hayley did a little fashion show for us. Unfortunately the NZ gear is not as fashionable as other countries. Everything was black and white. The worst part is that they were given these hideous crock sandals to wear with everything...even their formal uniform. Hayley has been trying to wear them in the past couple of days but they are pure plastic and so uncomfortable. Well, even though it is not the best looking uniform at least she gets to go, that's the important thing. Her coaches have allowed her to walk in the opening ceremony's so look out for Hayley when the NZ team walks!! Yay!!
Well I think that is about all that has happened so far. Training, sleeping, eating, and working take up most of my days. It is very interesting to live in a house where everyone eats just as much or more than I do. Food goes really fast, especially if its something the kids like. There are 3 athletes in the house so i am sure you can only imagine the kitchen raids before and after practices. I love my coaching job. The kids are so great and my coaching partner, George, is really nice to work with. Our kids are out preforming all the other squads. Its a lot of work, but its worth it.
Well that's it for now. I will be sure to post every month, i promise!!
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