A silly week

Pohutukawa flower (N Z Christmas tree)

It's been a silly  week.

Or I should probably say a busy week.

Yesterday was the last day for youth group,

I organize and wrap their Christmas presents

then help to ferry kids to wherever their breakup is being held.

Tomorrow is the Sunday school break-up, 

I help organize their prizes

 and food for their 

Christmas party.

And help set up the hall for said party.

Guess who volunteered to help at

a kids craft day as well?

And I am not a crafty person, gulp.

There have been several meetings for that, 

and a prep day as well.

It'll all happen on Tuesday this week,

so that the mothers can have an extra day 

shopping before Christmas, without the kids.

I'm not complaining, you understand,

 but I will be pleased when it is Wednesday.

So just to relax a bit, and be a bit silly, 

I'd like to share this New Zealand version 

of a well known Christmas song with you.

I think you'll guess the tune.

A PUKEKO IN A PONGA TREE

On the first day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me 

A pukeko in a ponga tree

On the second day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me 

two kumera 

And a pukeko in a ponga tree 

On the third day of Christmas 

....

and so on, until... 

On the twelfth day of Christmas 

My true love gave to me 

Twelve piupius swinging 

Eleven haka lessons 

Ten juicy fish heads 

Nine sacks of pipis 

Eight plants of puha 

Seven eels a swimming 

Six pois a twirling 

Five - big - fat - pigs ! 

Four huhu grubs 

Three flax kits 

Two kumera 

And a pukeko in a ponga tree! 

Kingi Ihaka

Pukeko

Ponga  fern

 

A summer Santa and two silly pukeko

Have a great week, folks.

Blessings, 

Diana