2018 Confirmation Certificates

On Sunday 5th of August we received our Confirmation Certificates. These are some of the photos my Aunty Mary took. 

T'Sahai

T'Sahai 

In the weekend my mum and I went to stay the night at the Matatia's house.When we got there the dog's Louis Vuitton & Peugeot were so excited to see us and my aunty (Angela Matatia) and my uncle (Jeffery Toka Mataia). Mum, uncle and I went to pick up T'sahai he was also happy.When we came back home we had some dinner and my aunty and uncle went out and me and mum babysat Tsahai. And my cousin and son Manoa came from up North to Auckland to stay the night as well. And then when my aunty and uncle came back we went to sleep. T'Sahai is walking and talking a lot now he has changed a lot since he was a baby. It was a fun weekend. 

Our newest family member

I would like to introduce to you our newest family member- ZIGGY.
Ziggy is my sister and Anau's  new baby puppy and he is really really small. He is only 2 months old and is so cute.
He is white with black and brown spots. He likes to jump, bite and kiss everyone. He is a smooth Fox Terrier and he won't be a very big dog just a little dog when he grows up, we love our new family member.

Houhora with Aunty Carolyn

In the school holidays me and my cousin Charlotte went up north to see Aunty Carolyn. Aunty Carolyn lives up north in Houhora, it is very very far and we drove in the car for 5 hours! We had to wake up so early so we could get there by lunchtime. We slept most of the whole trip. In the car was my cousin Charlotte, my aunty Pauline, Uncle Justin and his nephew Tremaine. It was so much fun when we got there, we played cricket, went to the beach and went right up to the top of the North Island to Cape Reinga. I have now been to the top of the North Island and right down to the bottom of the South Island in Bluff. Aunty Carolyn has 2 dogs their names are Abby and Daisy. This is a photo of me and Abby.

School Holiday with Charlotte

In the holidays my cousin Charlotte came to stay at mine for sleepover. I was so excited to have her come for a sleepover at my house. My mum and I went shopping for food and we stayed up late at night having junk food snacks and playing on our iPhone, watching movies and laughing all night. One of our trips out was doing a treasure hunt at the museum.

My First Holy Communion

On the 1st of July 2018 I had my first Holy Communion at the Good Shepherd Parish. This is the last of the Sacramental programme and is the most important. We practiced in the school hall first how we were going to walk up and how we hold the hosts and the wine cup and also what we had to say. Miss Cultrera showed us how we should place our hands. I put my right hand underneath my left hand and then I go up to Father and he will say "this is the body of Christ" and then I say "amen" he then gives me the hosts. The hosts is a wafer or a little cracker. I received the hosts in my left hand and use my right hand to put it in my mouth. The hosts represents the body of Christ. Then I walked over to the next Father to receive the wine. Miss Cultrera warned us that the wine will be yukky but we had to drink our first one.  Father said "this is the blood of Christ" then I said "amen" I took the cup very carefully and drank just a little bit but I have to say it wasn't too bad. Miss Cultrera said that when we go to mass we don't have to have the wine if we don't want it but for our first Holy Communion we did. We had a big afternoon tea in the school hall after mass with all our friends and families it was fun.

Swimming lessons

One of my favourite things to do is Swim. I have been swimming at Te Atatu Swimsation since I was 6 years old. I started in Whipa Snapa classes then Olly Octopus, Supa Seal, Awesome Ora, and am now in the Great White class. Great White is the start of squad swimming and is my favourite class because I have one of my favourite swimming teachers again Ethan. Because Ethan is a man you can hear him really loudly at swimming lessons so you don't have time to feel embarrassed because everyone is watching you.