The Queen's Platinum Jubilee Celebration

 

The Queen is having afternoon tea with Paddington Bear.

ANZAC DAY 2022

 

Last year it was good to have the Anzac service again. In 2020 the service was cancelled and people came outside and stood by their letterboxes at 6 am in the morning.

This year the girls have been given a tin of Anzac biscuits and $1 from this tin goes to RSA NZ. This 2022 RSA NZ Collector’s Edition Tin is designed by Dame Trelise Cooper. On the back of the tin Dame Trelise Cooper says, “I believe it is important to commemorate the brave souls and their families who made the ultimate sacrifice so that we and future generations may live in Peace.

The girls have been to the 10 am Anzac service at Anzac Park and are their having morning tea with their drinks and Anzac biscuits from the tin they received. There was no order of service printed this year.

This is another Anzac tin that is available this year designed by Trelise Cooper.

Queen Elizabeth's 96th Birthday

 The Amanda Jane dolls are going to celebrate the Queen’s 96^th birthday at the Café with the Ginny dolls.

The theme at the Café is to wear red, white and/or blue.

Barbara has put on her light blue dress which her mother made years ago and it is still too big for her. She doesn’t want to wear it but her mother says that it is a nice dress and she will grow into it.

The waiter today is dressed in a Beefeater uniform. They are served a birthday cake with a knife for them to cut off a piece and a cup of tea.

This is the Queen’s official birthday photo. (I haven't got a copy yet).

The owner of the Café has put a life size wooden horse on the property for the celebration of Queen Elizabeth’s birthday. Customers are allowed to take their photo by the horse for a donation of $1.00 which will be given to a charity.

Margaret and Victoria have their photo taken by the wooden cut out horse.

Rosa and Makareta, who were in the Café with other Ginny dolls have come outside to have their photo taken by the wooden cut out horse.

Amanda Jane dolls

 These dolls have a limited Edition packet of feijoa flavour lumps to share which were available earlier this year.

An English Brownie is in New Zealand and has brought a packet of Girl Guide biscuits from the local supermarket. She remembers when she walked with a partner to house to house carrying the biscuits in a carton to sell them in the 1950’s.

Whittaker’s in New Zealand has made a caramelised white chocolate called Blondie which was in the supermarket in February of this year.

Amanda Jane hopes she will get picked to dance in the Nutcracker ballet.

This is the first Amanda Jane doll I brought. I brought her in 2012 and she is the only Amanda Jane doll at the moment that has shoes. She has lovely bright blue eyes.

The Amanda Jane dolls are playing with the Countdown Supermarket Lego that was available from the Countdown Supermarket last year.

Happy Easter. This is the second Amanda Jane doll I brought. Barbara is with the Whittaker’s creamy and milk chocolate kiwi. 20 cents of each kiwi sold goes to help Save the Kiwi.

Margaret and friend are playing with their guinea pigs.

Summer Fun Amanda Jane is at the beach. She has had a swim and is now making sand castles.

Whittaker’s released a 250g limited Edition block of chocolate called Ginger Bread at the beginning of February 2023.

If you like Amanda Jane dolls there is a photo in Ginny’s Doll Friends 2012,Ginny Activities 2015.  There are also another photos of Amanda Jane dolls on this site for you to find.

New Year 2022

 

On behalf of all the Groovy Girls living at Kowhai Corner Jacinda and Phoebe hope the readers have a very happy year during 2022.

Last Christmas Oki received a Christmas present in a carry bag. Oki looks in to see what it is. Inside the carry bag is a red box.

Oki opens the red box and inside she finds a take away coffee from Gloria Jean’s Café. Janisse comes over to see what Oki’s present is. Oki offers her a mouthful but Janisse declines. Janisse loves football so eats healthy so she can get into the top football team in New Zealand.

Jacinda arrived in Kowhai Corner undressed, (hence why she has her teddy bear in front of her),            but Polly was able to find some clothes for Jacinda to wear before she went to the Accomodation Centre to meet the other Groovy Girls.

Sarita and Celeste are reading the pamphlet delivered to every household called, THE COVID-19 Protection Framework, The Traffic Lights, the next chapter in keeping Aotearoa New Zealand safe. This started in December 2021.

Love is… sharing each other’s toys.

Kendall is saying good bye to the cow that is going to live in Morrinsville.