Holding the fort

dear Mel,

I'm left holding the fort for the next 10 days.. both parents skipping out on me. Daddy is still in the UK and who knows where mummy is disappearing to. I can see that she has a suitcase packed and it has her swimsuit in it and sunscreen.

I'll be fine. I know.

My swimming is getting so good. When I go to the hydrotherapy pool before school, I can do 30 pull-ups (not my nappies) on the end of the pool. It is making my arm muscles even stronger. I can also open the car door, get in and then most of the time, close it. Not able to put on my seat belt yet.

Hope to see you soon,

lots of loves

Rosie po XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Scooting

dear Briony, Kevin and Mandy,

Thanks for taking me scooting. This scooter is just so cool.

And thankyou for the lovely lunch with lots of my favourite

foods; salmon, avocado, brie cheese and scrambled egg. I also loved the red chair that goes up an

down.

lots of love

Rosie Po XXXXXXXX

Hawkes Bay

Hi Joshua,

I've just gotten myself a cushion off the bed and am settling in to watching TT's before the big game tonight. I've been out at Briony's parents home today for lunch and then remembered I hadn't told you yet how much fun bowling was.

Hope our class comes out to NaeNae soon. I'm really looking forward to going back to school. Just two more sleeps.

loves

Rosie XXX

Denniston.. my great grandmother taught here

dear Kelly

Today we went up to Den

niston which is right up the top of the mountains behin

d Westport. I looked at all the artefacts but got a bit bored and so spent some time driving the car and watching the motorcycle group with their bikes arrive from Rangiora.

lots of loves

Rose XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX

South Africa vs. Australia

Hi Sue,

I went down to Fanzone and listened to two bands and had dinner at Nandos.

From Nandos we could see the screen for the beginning of the game but then it was a bit cold so we went home and watched the rest. Sabian and Julian and mummy were with me.

hope you are having a nice holiday

love

Rosie XXXX
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I'm a champion

dear Eleanor,

This photo was taken at the opening of the new school out at Naenae. Mummy was taking my photo and the minister came and asked if I would like my photo taken with her.

The photo was entered into a Southern Regional Exhibition in Dunedin and it is the champion photo for the photojournalism print section.

lots of loves

Rosiepo.

Visiting Taupo

dear U. Jon,

Thanks for having me to stay last Saturday night. It was great going visiting and blobbing out in front of TV as well as going to the park.

This week went really fast. I went swimming three times with mummy in the morning, then shared a date scone and then went to school and had breakfast. I went horseriding and got to go out of the arena on the horse.

On Friday I went with Sue, Ria and mummy to Marina's funeral. She was out at NaeNae now, but she used to be in my class and was really smiley cept when I played with her chair. The funeral was in a very light church with lots of people and all of Marina's family, cousins and everybody. The cousins sang Edelweiss and put Marina's name in it. They sounded beautiful.

lots of loves

Rosie Po..XXXXXXX

Freddy

Hi Alison

Thanks for bringing Freddy round to play today. I think he enjoyed having a playdate and being in a new place. Maybe next time he won't even have to wear a halter outside. I thought he was so awesome, just hiding in places and then strolling out around the house.

lots of love

Rosie XXXXX

Hectic Social life

Hi Daddy,

It is so busy here without you. I had two nights out at Oasis and then after arriving home last night, had Carolyn round for music and then out to Mel and Matts. I got to sip the Parrot Beer.. it is quite strong tasting.. bit strong for me but it looks a lovely colour in the glass. Matt is selling it everywhere. He, and Matt and Matt have an order for a super market! And Mel has been travelling all over the place hosting events for a client. They are just so busy now also.

I hope you will be on skype when you get to Oxford. I'm sorry your computer broke down in India.

lots of loves and cuddles

Rosiepo XXXXXXXXXXXXXX

Stormy weather

Hi Julian and Sabian,

I'm so excited about your coming down for the next holidays. That will be so cool. We had amazing hailstones here yesterday. I don't guess they will happen again when you are here. The tulips in the garden didn't like them at all.

Did you know that my daddy has gone away for ten weeks. He is in Jaipur today and then he is going to Oxford. I just miss him so much. And at the moment his computer has broken down and he isn't even on skype :(

lots of love

Rosie po XXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXXX