Netball

Yesterday our Saturday netball team went to a tournament. We did pretty well against the other teams. We won two and drew 1. If we had got higher points the other teams that we had won against then we would if got in the semi-finals but this huge school called Highlands got way higher points against the teams that we won against so they got in the semi-finals and played against a really hard team they were called Kaponga 2 quick. We played them on Saturday and we lost by seven goals. Robyn said that we did really well against those teams. I was really tired at the end of all of those games because I had to play 3 whole half hour games and all I wanted to do was sleep. Once we had left we went to go and see nana at the hospice. It was really quiet and when we got there nana was walking up the walkway thing to her room. Nina followed her while I waited for mum to come and then show her which room nana was in. when we had got to nana’s room granddad was there and their friend from Raglan came down to see them so she was there as well. They asked if we could get and get them a cup of tea and Nina and I had a Milo. They where huge cups so it took a while for Nina and I to finish them. We talked about our horses and if we still had Kaimanawas at our house still and mum said yes and still buying another one!!! Laugh out loud!!!! Once we had finished our Milo and mum had finished her cup of tea we went to the car and then when we were on our way to the petrol station I called dad and told him how Nina and I got on and then told him where were we were and some other stuff and then hung up and then fell asleep!!!!!!! (I was lucky that mum woke me up when we got to the petrol station so then I could get a chocolate bar!!!!).When we got home I feel asleep until dinner was ready and then after dinner I went to bed.

sheep dissection

On the 6th of June dad came down to do school to do a dissection with a lamb. We named it Lucy. When dad got here we had a talk about what things that we had to do if we were going to touch some of things inside of Lucy. When we had finished talking we got our shoes on and then went over to the offal hole and dad brought the motor bike up and pulled Lucy off the trailer. When dad got Lucy off the trailer we got our gloves on and then watched as dad show us the ball and socket joint. I thought it was a big ball and socket but it just looked like a bubble and a little hole!! Next he opened up the stomach and first her showed us the ribs and then cut them out and chucked them away. After that she took out the liver and then we all got to hold it but Kelly and Maddy stayed back and did not even want to see the liver. It was heaver then I thought it was and it was also was heaver then it looked!!! Next he cut out the lungs and then asked if we knew the difference between them because if we had a sick animal then they are usually the same colour so he put them in a bucket of water. The liver sunk and the lungs floated because it still had air in it. Then dad cut out the heart. Dad asked us some questions about it and it had small blood clots in it. Dad asked us all the parts of the heart and we also saw that the heart was under the lungs and the ribs. Next dad slit the stomach and then all of this rumen came out. Every one said eeeeeeeewwwwwwww!!! After that dad got out the intestines we had a talk about them and then we measured them. Altogether they were about 14 meters long not including the large intestine. Dad said that ours where about 30 meters long. Next dad cut off the skin of Lucy’s face. We had a look at the teeth and the mouth and then he cut out the eye!! It was really disgusting when he did that even though when he had cut it out he showed us the lens of the eye and then dad poked Lucy’s eye and then this fluid came out and it got dad!!! Caterina had the camera and she got a really good photo of it when the fluid came out of his eye!!! Next dad showed us that at the bottom of the eye it had this really, really pretty bluey greeny colour. It was B E A U T I F U L. (the colour that was)!!!

At Home

Yesterday mum did my horse’s first time of bare foot trimming. I think that is really cool because since she has just been broken in and only have a month or so to learn to pick up her feet and then suddenly she have to stand there for an hour or so but only just pulled away from mum a couple of times and when mum did the rasping she only wanted to put her feet back when mum was trying to rasp her back feet. When mum had finished doing her feet I went over the house and got her a whole apple to give it to her to say that it was alright if mum did her feet. Once mum had finished her feet and Shadow was eating her apple mum was going on about how good she was and how our other horses would have done and about this and how she was just a baby and she was doing all this stuff. Even though it thought that it was pretty cool that Shadow had let mum do all of her feet. (Considering that she had a huge scar on her back foot so she did not want mum to lift it up) I didn’t really think that mum would go on and on about it even though some parts wee pretty interesting!!! (Laughing out loud).
When I had put Shadow away I went over to the house and Nina was cooking and Roma was on the computer and Caterina was watching her. (That was pretty usual). As soon as I came in dad came in and told us to go and feed our horses and do all of our jobs around the house. So I went back outside to get Shadows bucket and I told Nina to go and get Lilly’s, Penny’ and Sunny’s bucket. When Nina had brought them up I had already done Shadows feed and was doing Delilah’s feed when Nina came up with the other horses feed so I had to do them as well. I only usually do the oat and chaff because when I do the Sugar beet I get stuff all over my hand sp I usually get my other sisters to do that!!
When I was giving Shadows feed to her she trotted after me because she loves it (and so do the other horses.) so she does all this stupid stuff so I kept walking around until she settled down and then I gave it to her. I put it in this little hole so then I would not roll down the hill so the next might after that I would not have to go down the hill to get the bucket. When I got inside Roma was running the shower and Caterina was cleaning up her side of the room. They did not come out and help Nina and I with the horses because I told them to tidy up the house but I also meant mine and Nina’s side of the room not just there’s. Nina got some of her muffins out and then put the other ones in but then when the timer went of for the other lot they weren’t even close to finishing. So we did the horses and then when we got inside the bath was running. When mum came in we had all got through the bath and Nina and I were tidying up our side.

Skills Day

On Sunday Kelly and I went to a skills day in Stratford. We went because we were trying to get into the rep tem. Kelly and I were picked out of 70 year 7’s and next Sunday we are going to another one to another Skills day. This time we have to try and get into the A year 7’s team or the development. If we get into the A team then we will have to go to a tournament and if we can not go to the tournament then we will not be able to go any further. I really want to get into the rep team.