Secret Santa 🎅

 I loved getting a gift from Santa today! 

Picnic at The Mount

 I had an amazing time at The Mount building sand castles and picnicking!

Blokes BBQ

  Friday all the guys headed down to Yatton park for a BBQ, ginger beer and games. We spent most of the day there and had so much fun. A fantastic way to end a good week.

Roll on Christmas 🎄

 I am very busy decorating Arohanui for Christmas. Or maybe I am decorating myself?!

Out in space

 In sensory today I tried on the vr space app and listened to space themed music. I was very relaxed. 

Owlbe seeing you

 Over several weeks I have been creating on owl display using pinecone. So glad to have it finished.

Disco Time!

 We all had fun at the disco that Mark arranged for us!

Mural

 I am helping to paint a mural to hang on the wall at Arohanui. 

Shake it!

 Today the belly dancers are here showing us their moves....

Hanging it up

 One of the tasks I get to do at Op Shop sessions is to hang clothes on hangers so they can go out in the store. One of my fav things to do is dust shelves and organise books!

A relaxing afternoon

 This afternoon I spent some time in the massage chair relaxing while watching the new movie spies in disguise. I really enjoyed the massage chair. I almost fell asleep. 

Talent quest

 I had a good time competing in the talent quest. I danced and sang to WHO LET THE DOGS OUT. I didn’t win but I did my very best. 

Latin Dance!

  Today we were very lucky to have some Latin dance experts come to show us a variation of different dances. It was so fun!

Owl be seeing you

 in my arts and crafts session I am working on some pine cone owls. I finished all the painting and now I'm gluing in the "feathers". 

A farmers life

 I enjoyed showing a group of my friends around the farm. It was a lovely day. 

paint by numbers

 ihave been busy working on a cool painting of sunflowers that is paint by numbers. i have been so careful to put the right colours in the right places. it looks amazing

Lasagna

 Making lasagna in cooking with my friends!

Tasted great, id like to make it again at home.

Pass the parcel

 Yesterday was Alissas birthday, she brought in a pass the parcel game. I won a bag of tiny teddy cookies. It was really fun. 

Soldier boy

Today for my sensory session, I joined with Joshua to do some dancing to the xbox. It was really hard but I had a lot of fun.

BBQ

 I had an amazing time at Tye Park at our BBQ!

van Gogh

I am almost finished painting my masterpiece. 

Having fun with my friends

we are out in the sun washing the van today I’m doing a great job making it look shiny and new

Under the sea

During sensory session, I pretend I was under the sea with the mermaids. I tried using the VR googles to find different sea creatures. The light ropes reminded me of jellyfish tentacles.

cooking

Making healthy sammies.

Sign painting!

 I enjoyed painting a sign for the rhubarb in the garden!

Puzzled

 Today I tried a new puzzle called Tantrix. It was tricky to make all the colours match up. I was puzzled. 

Unlocked party

Today we had a unlock party here at arohanui. we played pin the mask on the sleeping man, bean bag throw, "beer pong", and the cookie game with deliscious oreos. What a great day!

Paint by numbers

i love painting by numbers. Even though this is very tiny I love it.

Shopping

I had great fun doing some shopping this morning.

Activities

I am having fun in activities trying to find different objects in a picture.

Op Shop

This week I was able to start volunteering at the Op Shop. I helped to dust shelves and rearrange the items for sale. It was good to see all my friends at the Op Shop again.

Music

We all had a great time in music this afternoon! I loved dancing!

Dominos

I have been making really cool shapes with the dominos

Activities

I am practicing stacking blocks and turning them into different shapes. I am also matching up all the different numbers.

Van washing

I had great fun washing the van this morning!

I am exploring the rice bowl to find hidden objects during sensory session today. It feels soft and silky.

Mosaics

My lizard, I have been working hard on this, I'm filling in the gaps today hopefully I'll finish soon.

Dominos

This afternoon I had fun playing connect four, I won most of the games. afterwards I played a game of dominos. It was fun, I am pretty good at it.

Walk at the park

We went for a awesome walk this morning at the park.

Fancy dress party

Today I had an awesome time during activities. We had a fancy dress party!

Welcome back

today is my first day back at the centre and I'm already hard at work updating my personal books.