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Country Fun

Yes, another Saturday for rugby. I am not going to bore you with another rugby story, more what happened afterwards.

Each week a team from the club is assigned to do set up of fields and shop duty. This week was the J1 team (Arama T's team). With good support from our parents it was a good morning. My little ones entertained themselves with their little bikes and as it has been raining a bit this week there were some fantastic puddles to play in. Rakaipaka found his spot in shin deep water and mud. He spent literally hours playing in this puddle (and entertaining us in the process). At the end he was hoisted up on the 4 wheel bike to help pack up the fields.

Don and the kids packing up
This is Rakaipaka's "spot" on the bikes! 
 




















After the games it was a team get together at one of Rangikawea's coaches property. They had a long roll of black polythene plastic. We went out to one of the paddocks near a troff and lay it down. Instant waterslide. It stretched about 50 meters down hill. Diswashing liquid and water were the recipe for a great slide. 20 or so kids flying down the hill.


See what I mean about the 10m after the plastic
Hikawera and his mate Boe
Look at that Hill!!
Look at the view!!
Coach even had them doing catching and
ball skills on the way down. (he has a rugby
ball in his hands)

They were so fun to watch. They were going so fast they slide another 10 m or so past the plastic at the bottom.

Even Hikawera went down with his little friend Boe. LOVED IT!!


Tracey and Brian making the slide work. See the troff behind,
That is where the water came from and the bubbles from traceys
trusted Green bottle of dishwashing Liquid!!

When they were through sliding we walked about 200m up to the quarry. Here the kids ran all over the sand and clay mountains. There was a clay fight between the adults and kids with the adults retreating pretty fast.

At the end they all stood on top of the biggest mound and jumped.


Needless to say they all looked a little like this at the end.


They were all hosed off and changed.

Now activities like this (especially after 2 rugby games that morning) creates some pretty good appetites.
Everyone headed down to the wool shed just over the  hill. I was very proud of my van making it where all the 4wd's did. One Prado truck went down this sideways just before I came down, I was glad I only fishtailed a wee bit.




The kids had a blast running around this wool shed, Up and down the shoots, all over the bales. It was great country fun... Now what did you get up to on Saturday?!?!?!?!

Nauvoo gearing up to take the plunge down the shoot.

Hikawera, boe and Renata running over the wool bales.

Rakaipaka guarding the chips and dip, this is his latest camera face!!
Say cheese!!

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