Mana's Hashi and Pohutukawa

Mana is a big girl now..... Obaachan got these really cool "Hello Kitty" hashi.......Pink and with her name on them.



So tonight at dinner she did really well using them....and note there was not a single grain of rice left in her bowl.

Took awhile but all finished up and she was so proud of herself.

ALSO.....Just after Mana was born I planted a Pohutukawa tree (well not a tree it was the size of these Hashi then) My Uncle Bullie took a cutting and brought it back from down home (East Coast) to plant up here.

We had some friends around and had a tree planting ceremony.

I took the "Whenua" (placenta) and buried it under the seedling thus returning it to Papatuanuku (Mother Earth) and to help provide nutrients (and life) for the young tree just like it did for Mana while she was growing inside Keiko...........hopefully Mana will have a bond or link between the land and the life of the tree.

Anyhoo as we were eating our dinner I saw the first signs of a faint red flower.......very excited as this is its first bloom since it was planted...............just in time for Mana's 4th birthday.....