Monday, 31 December 2007

Castles in the Sand


dear Glenda,
I love it here. This morning mummy started weeding the fernery you planted 20 years ago.
Yesterday these castles were on the beach waiting for the sea to come and carry them away. I wasn't allowed to play amongst them. Sam was at the beach and he played with me again. I can move in the waves now without falling over.
The croissants were a disaster. We are going to wait until we go back to Wellington and can buy them at Le Moulin. They have the best buttery flakey croissants you can imagine.
I walked down the walkway to the sea today but at the bottom I fell over on the road and my mouth was full of blood. I didn't cry much. My new top tooth is coming through.
When is Billy coming over?
love
Rosie XXXXXXXXX

Sunday, 30 December 2007

Gutters



dear Jonathan,


You better come soon as now mummy is trying to clean out the gutters and she isn't quite tall enough. Plus she is a bit scared of ladders. You must bring your guitar. Eleanor will be here with her ukelele and I have mine. We can form a band. Judy is going to come over for a concert.




Each day there is fresh bread. The best are the pecan breadrolls, but the focacia is pretty nice and today apparently there will be croissants. Just a very simple life.




Happy New Year,




love


Rosiepo

Saturday, 29 December 2007

The Good Life


dear Eleanor,

Only 3 more sleeps until you arrive. We are going to have such fun. Judy has been staying this weekend. Yesterday we walked all the way down the valley to the sea with me pushing the buggy. Then mummy had to push me all the way back home again as I was too tired.

Later we went to the beach. If I wear a wetsuit I am can swim for 20 minutes. There was a boy called Sam who let me play with his boat. He called it a doughnut. It was a larger round ring that had handles so it could be pulled behind a jet boat. We played in the waves on the beach.

I am missing having children to play with. When I try to make friends they don't understand my way of saying hello.

lots of love

Rosie XXXXXX

Friday, 28 December 2007

Merry Christmas to all


Eid Mubarak and Happy Christmas to All,


It has been a long long time since I have written. Mummy has come back from Pakistan and we have driven all the way from Wellington up to Waiheke Island. I love my new home. There is a big deck to play on and stairs to climb. For Christmas Eleanor gave me twinkle lights and they are in the airing cupboard. I can go in there and close the door and be surrounded by sparkling. Tanya and Tenika gave me an underwater torch with four colours. I play with it under my blankets and soon I will be allowed to take it to the beach.


Daddy makes bread each day and mummy makes pecan bread rolls. They are yummy. I get to sit on my pink seat that Kelly gave me and eat my dinner, and my lunch and my breakfast.

Aunty Judy has come to visit for a few days. She has cut my fringe. I had to sit very still and I couldn't do that so daddy held me.
love
rosiepo XXXXX

Thursday, 13 December 2007

Guava season


dear Mummy,

Thankyou for the photo of the guava sellers in Kohat.

Daddy got a bit scared at you travelling out to the village but he is happy now you are back in Islamabad. He said that Uncle Simon was asked to open a cricket match in the village and had to use a megaphone to commentate but you weren't allowed to go because you are a woman.

My niece, Amelia came to my music session and we sang lots of action songs.

Eleanor is getting really good on the ukelele. I test her by sitting on her music book, to see if she can play by memory.

Craig has taught Eleanor how to make omelettes and she is now making the best omelettes for me.

In one week you will be home,

love

Rosiepo XXXXXXX

Sunday, 9 December 2007

Roses in Pakistan


dear Mummy,

It is nice you have roses in your room to remind you of me. They are very beautiful.
Daddy said your room is quite big with paint peeling off the walls, not a lot of light but good heating. And now that it is winter there are no cockroaches. He said that when I was born and you took me to hospital you counted 50 cockroaches in the room, but they were just little ones.


Eleanor, Daddy and I went to the BBQ at Carolyn's place to celebrate her masters in music therapy. I met her mummy and daddy and other people but I was a bit restless and so we couldn't stay long.

Daddy is a little bit tired looking after me and we are both looking forward to you coming home. I went to the park on Saturday and took off my brace so I could do some more running.



lots of love


Rosiepo XXXXX

Thursday, 6 December 2007

Fish Oil


Dear Grandma

After your phonecall there has been a renewed attack on my consumption of fish oil. In France I used to eat a lot of salmon. Those were the days. Then my parents relentlessly fed me omega three capsules. However they had got a bit slack in the past six months. The regime is recommencing.

I think my ear infection is finally gone and my appetite has returned. I ate a whole cheese omelette, bread roll and two museli bars for dinner at Eleanor and Julie's home. I then looked in their fridge for more food but they wouldn't believe that it was possible for me to put any more into my body.

love

Rosie XX

Tuesday, 4 December 2007

Beckomania


dear Julia,

Thankyou for sending the photo from the Becko- practice. I loved the mexican waves.

Did you know that I can now make specific signs for some of my favourite songs. I can request 'twinkle twinkle' and I am learning to sign 'thumbkin' and 'down in the river in a little biddy pool'.

Eleanor took me to the Doctor this afternoon and he thinks my ear infection might finally be gone.

Mummy has arrived in Pakistan.

love

Rosie

Sunday, 2 December 2007

Indonesian artefacts


dear Aunty Mardiati,

Thankyou for the lovely gift. Daddy had been hiding it but this morning I was allowed to open the bag and take out the block calendar and the wooden cats.


Daddy will be looking after me for the next three weeks as mummy is going to Pakistan. She is going to work on an evaluation of the Lady Health Worker Programme. Eleanor will come and help daddy look after me after school sometimes and in the weekend.

I hope you and your family and work team are all well.

love
Rosie XX

Saturday, 1 December 2007

Running rings around ...



dear Dave,

All that chasey at lunchtime has paid off. I can now officially run. Bit gangly and lots of falling over. I think a little bit less falling over might have resulted in my having one more tooth in my mouth. Still at least I am symmetrical again.

This is the climbing wall at the playground. I am slowly getting better on it.

It was such nice weather in the late afternoon I got to play in the sprinkler again. I even made Daddy go in it. He will go swimming in Lyall Bay but he is a bit of a wooss with the sprinkler.

Love

Rosiepo XX

Margaret's wedding


dear Margaret and Richard,

Congratulations on your marriage. Mummy and Daddy arrived back this evening from your wedding. They showed me this photo of the top of your wedding cake. And they told me there were lots of red roses on the tables at dinner as well.

While they were away at your wedding I got to go to the zoo with Eleanor and her friends. My favourite animal was the guinea pig.

And two more exciting things happened. Yasmine came and stayed overnight with Eleanor and me. And.. I got to watch David Beckham practice on Friday.

love

Rosie