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Zak and Hannah have both had great reports this week, although I was a little sad to discover they are consistently late to school; a new regime this week with an earlier departure time enforced!
Hannah's soccer game was in Fairlie this weekend, which made for a long morning, but we came away with a win and Hannah was player of the day, as she really stepped up and even had a go at goal. She has started going to Zak's practices as well, just because it is easier than running backwards and forwards and has made a big improvement in a couple of weeks. There is a girl her size in Zak's team who takes no prisoners, and Hannah is learning heaps.
The two younger ones also had a disco on Friday, which may account for the sluggish performance of Zak's team; he and most of his team mates had a late night, and had nothing in the tank for the Saturday morning soccer game. We live and learn.
Katarina is off school this week; they have a three week break, but not Janine. Weird! She is off to see a movie with some of her friends and has grand plans for visiting in Dunedin during the holidays as well, and I think we are seeing a couple of her friends here in Timaru next week for a couple of days.
Janine is recovering well from her toe surgery; the podiatrist was impressed with the rate of healing. I put it down to good nutrition and exercise - that 8km round trip to school is worth the effort!
Chris is going to Auckland on Thursday, for Connect, the youth leaders conference. I was in Dunedin on Tuesday for a funeral and Christchurch on Thursday for student soul meetings, which all made for a short week!