My year at Arohanui

2016 has been a really awesome year for me. I have achieved all of my goals that were to be achieved this year! I have visited the Incubator to play a piano, I have tried many different mediums of art, been around Tauranga to visit exciting places, such as the Te Puna Quarry sensory garden, the rose gardens, and the lakes to see new shopping centres. I have had a ball in music trying new instruments.  I have sung, I have laughed and shown everyone my lovely bubbly personality. My staff and my friends at Arohanui are very proud of me and so am I.  What an awesome year for me, Bring on 2017!! Happy Holidays, Melissa xx 

Enjoying keeping my independence

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NextDoor Gallery

Look at me having a joyful time getting the decorations ready for our open evening in December...it was lovely to sing along to the cd of flamenco guitar music while we worked.

Today I had an awesome Halloween disco with my friends. We took turns raiding the dress up box, listened to fun music, posed for spooky photos and had a Halloween treat, I had some cake. What an awesome afternoon, I can't wait to show you some photos.

Yatton park

I had a lovely outing to yatton park with my friends to enjoy the fresh air, the sun and the people. I was so happy to have some fresh air after all this rain lately!! I sang and I laughed. Look at this lovely photo.  

Just being gorgeous.

Here I am enjoying my music session and listening to some songs that I like. My staff saw me posing and looking lovely so they took some nice photos of me. Aren't I gorgeous? 

Pottery

My pottery has come back from the kiln and is feeling lovely and smooth with the shiney glaze.I flattened the clay to make the tile and rolled coils of clay to make the pot with a little help from my friends.....the painting is all my own work !! Go me !!

Helping in the gallery

I am such a good helper in the gallery, I check all the prices are on the items to sell and have the right price, we also dust and clean the pottery. I love hanging in the gallery. 

Decorating cupcakes

I had a lovely time making and decorating delicious cupcakes in my cooking session, we used icing, sprinkles, gum paste flowers and chocolate buttons. I did such a good job! 

Girls just wanna have fun!!

I played with a cool massage machine and giggled as I playeded with my mates in girls group. 

Getting my hair brushed

I had a nice relaxing head massage and got my hair brushed and styled in girls group. 

Baking pizza

I had lots of fun making pizza in cooking. We used a yummy relish, onion mushroom and cheese. I really loved taste testing the cheese!! our pizza turned out so good and I took It home to share with mum. 

Playing with my sensory toys

I had a fun time listening to music and relaxing wit,y sensory toys. I like running my fingers over my caves wi bumpy paint, glue and beads. I hen shook my little square shaker. 

Ready for renovation

I love renovation, and I am really great at following the rules for safety, I wear safety goggles and ear muffs. Today I was using the power sander and sanding down a huge wooden shelf. 

Making pizza

I had an awesome time making pizza by scratch in cooking. We made a lovely light soft dough, I had the most fun playing with the rolling pin! It was pretty cool covering everything in flour too. 

Fire truck fire truck

The fire truck was massive! had fun looking at the truck and meeting the guys 

Coffee time

The girls and I went for a walk into Greerton and we went to zest cafe for a hot chocolate. Dee helped me to have my hot chocolate and it was very yummy. When we had finished we walked back to Arohanui and lots of laughs on our way back, we listened to Jordan giving Donna lots of cheek. ✨❣

A work of art.

I have been working really hard on a cool canvas of my name that I will take home to hang on my wall. I had lots of fun shaking glitter onto glue to make my canvas extra sparkly. I love the colours that I painted the canvas. I can't wait to show my mum. 

Looking lovely

I had my head massaged, my hair brushed and my hair styled with small twists and bobby pins. I look so pretty!

Playing keyboard

I love music, I played keyboard for my friends in music as they played the drums and guitar. I have so many talents! 

Girls group

In girls group we had a big pampering session where everyone had their hair done and a few had their make up done. I had Dee pin my hair back into a pretty hairstyle. It was a really good day and I always enjoy the girl time we get to spend with each other. 

Ten pin bowling

I had fun bowling during exercises today, the weather was a little dim so we decided to do activities indoors. I bowled and got two pins down, I did very well! 

Disco queen.

I had a wonderful time at the ABBA disco, and I really dressed to impress! Everyone thought my outfit was really cool, especially my sparkly tie. I sang along to mumma Mia and squeeled with happiness at dancing queen! 

Playing piano

I have enjoying listening to my friends play the Arohanui piano and thought that it was my time to sit at the piano and play my friends some lovely music myself!! I really enjoyed exploring the keys and played some gentle melodies as I solely sang, then I let my hair down and played some fast music for my friends to dance to. It was awesome and I can't wait to play more often. 

Garden Art

Getting to grips with some weaving !! I loved the feel of the rope that we are using to weave through our wire baskets.....watch this space for the progress...shouldn't be too long !!

Sensory ladder

Heidi has made us a sensory ladder that we don't need to climb, we can put it across my lap or on the table and I can feel all the different textures, it is so cool 👌

Pedals

I had a lovely time exploring some cool cardboard petals that I am sticking onto my IPP board. I have been touching different things with my hands, when I really like something my smile shines and I sing, I really sang when I touched the petals, don't they look awesome. 

Pottery

Lots of rolling coils today and busy building into a pot.

Getting pampered in girls group

I enjoyed a lovely hand spa for the afternoon, and even got my hair done, I love the cute pigtails.

Head massage

In girls group today I got a lovely head massage. It was nice and relaxing.