Cabbage Patch Kids Lil' Sprouts dolls

 

Hana and Patty are enjoying the time riding their ponies.

Today the girls are reading out aloud the the Little Golden book called Xavier's Birthday Surprise! 

 Emerald and Roxanne are standing by the Limited Edition block of chocolate made by Whittaker's. The chocolate flavour is Banana caramel and was available in January 2026.

Pansy and Lily are visiting the Cat Rescue Centre. 

Sara and Rose are standing next to the empty Cabbage Patch Kids Cologne  bottle.

Maree and Lily are playing with the toy bricks which was a promotion available from the Woolworths supermarket in February 2026. 

Raylene, Sara and and Maree are playing hairdressers and are doing each others hair.

The girls are at the 10.00 am Anzac service to remember the soldiers who have fought in the wars for our peace.

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Photo Album 2025

 

Spring is here. Maree is feeding the lamb and David is suppose to hold the dog back.

This year the men at Kowhai Corner have met together for afternoon tea. They have decided to donate a 20L jerry can of fuel to MAF NZ (Mission Aviation Fellowship) for Father's Day.

The children have stacked up their Minecraft cubeez blocks. They were a promotion at Woolworths supermarket earlier this year. A customer received one block for every $30.00 they spent.

 
The grandparents and the Sport family have arrived at the church to attend this mornings service.

Andrea is presenting the cup to the Gymkhana winner of 2025. It is Jasmine who lives at Kowhai Corner and she has her horse at the farm.

Esther bought a new dinning chair yesterday.

The Dazzle family are ready to taste the Limited Edition block of chocolate made by Whittaker's called Brandy Snap.

Photo Album 2021

 

It’s Monday morning and Grandmother is in the outside laundry doing the family’s washing as well as looking after her grandson, Adam.

The Grandparents have taken their grandchildren out for the afternoon and have gone to the grapefruit oblong where the children have to walk through the nearly waist high grapefruit from one end to the other. 

The children are looking in at the Lego Countdown Supermarket. Pieces of Lego were given to customers last year to build a supermarket. They are allowed to go into the supermarket and have a play.

The Breeze family are in the shopping mall looking at The Wonderful World of Disney Christmas Tree. The tree has four levels with well-known Disney characters and two trains. It also plays a medley of Christmas Carols.

This Lego Technic boy is 9 cm high.

The Breeze family have visited a small town that have a sparkling footpath as a tourist attraction.

The sheep was lost but now it’s found.

The children are playing in the snow.

The children are going to go into the igloo.

Photo Album 2020

The grandparents have taken Alice, Simon and Adam to the airport to see the New Zealand Firefighters that are going to Australia to help put out the fires in New South Wales.

Simon has climbed into the ball and has asked Alice to roll it when he sits down inside it.

Simon is sitting in the ball and Alice tries to push the ball so it will roll.

Alice is not strong enough to roll the ball.

Alice and Simon, (and one of their dogs) are standing by the new lamp post. 

The Sport family are enjoying the limited Edition packet of L & P flavour lumps which was available to buy a few months ago. The will have the energy to play tennis.

The Breeze family have been presented with a Roses chocolate Limited Edition tin designed by  Sarah Hankinson by the Kowhai Corner community to welcome them into the community.

New Zealand Uniforms have a glass drink container with the rubber band around it with a picture of Sammy the Snapper holding a plastic bag. Next to it reads, “ My patience with plastic bags is wearing fin.”

Thomas and Bill have the soccer ball in front of them which was available from  McDonalds. It celebrates the 2010 FIFA World cup held in South Africa.

Photo Album 2019

Alice and a friend have been on a bike ride. On the left is a pop up card from Vietnam.

Thomas and Grandpa are admiring the Austin car.

The boys are exploring exploring on the rocks.  (I couldn't get a better photo without the light on it.)

The Sport Family have a family photo taken.

The children are playing on a tree at Kowhai Corner Playground.

This photo was taken for Lundby Lovers on Facebook. Unfortunately Alice is not in the photo because she had been lost for approx. six weeks. I have moved house and yesterday I found her in a box of items I use for props for photos.

Grandfather Jonathan has taken his grandsons Simon and Daniel to the Tidmouth Sheds to see Thomas the Tank Engine and his friends. They all had a happy day together looking around the complex and having a ride on one of the trains. 

This Roses Limited Edition tin of chocolates by Megan Hess has been given to the Light family. The chocolate tin was available to buy at Christmas 2019.

The Grandparents admire the Flying Scotsman Clock with sound and movement. It was available in 2011 in the UK.

Simon and Alice are playing soccer with friends. The background picture is by Ruth Blair.