Water Fun Time - It's Souper

The science of High Fliers

Originally published 18 September 2016

These days I only go to daycare 3 times a week, but we get to do lots of cool things when I'm there. And it's not just about running around collecting bruises or getting as much sand from the sandpit into my clothes as possible. We've also been learning things about science and nature.

Like when we had visits from turtles and Eddie the blue tongue lizard. The turtles were in a big pool of water and I wasn't too sure about putting my hand in there, but eventually I tried giving them a pat. They certainly didn't feel anything like patting a cat, but then they also didn't try and run away from me like the cats normally do. It is nice to have some animal friends visit though, especially after all the goldfish have gone.

Another time we celebrated Maori New Year with a special Matariki week, where we all made soup and Maori bread. For the soup, each of us had to bring a vegetable along to use in it, so I took a carrot. All the veges were cut up for the soup one day, then we got to eat it the next day. Hopefully no-one brought any yucky pumpkin, but luckily the soup was yummy anyway.

The teachers at daycare obviously don't mind living dangerously, because another time we were let loose for a day of water fun. Out came the hoses and water balloons, and pretty soon everything was starting to get pretty wet. I didn't quite have the same reaction to the water balloons as the other kids though. While they were throwing theirs onto the ground to explode and splash water out, I wanted to carefully hold onto mine so that they didn't break.

I think having my baby brother William at home is rubbing off on me at daycare too. We have a few dolls to play with there, and rather than just playing with them I've now started doing things like using paper towels to clean their bottom. It feels like looking after them a bit like Mummy does with cleaning William's bottom. Not that I ever actually help Mum with doing that; handing her nappies to use is one thing, but actually getting mess all over my hands is another thing entirely. I'm stll more a mess-maker than a cleaner.