Monday, July 25, 2011

Retirement

The Barnyard Buddies are safely retired in Model 2B.

Saturday, February 6, 2010

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES HOLIDAY ADVENTURES WITH ELLA

SATURDAY 18TH DECEMBER 2009
The Barnyard Buddies came to Dad and Jane's. When we got home Dad and Jane told us that we were going to have an early Xmas. After lunch the Barnyard Buddies went to a party and did some break dancing.

SUNDAY 19TH DECEMBER 2009
On Sunday Dad's family came over. The Barnyard Buddies were excited to open my presents and after we had opened my presents they met new friends and they played Lego, watched DVDs, went to Moana Pool, played cricket, went shopping and they had pizza. They played on the trampoline and destroyed Nik's Lego fort. They also met a spider and they also read my new dictionary.

THURSDAY 24TH DECEMBER 2009
The Barnyard Buddies were so excited to come to my Mum's house. It was Xmas Eve and we were going to see the Xmas lights with Miss B.

FRIDAY 25TH DECEMBER 2009
Hooray! It was Xmas Day. Santa had been!!!

SATURDAY 26TH DECEMBER 2009
The next day we went to Wanaka. When we got in the door we got chased by a dog. Ella gave us a bath and hung us on the line by our ears... ouch!!!!! Soon it was time to go to Naseby to do some camping. When it was bedtime we got to sleep in a tent. But in the night it was very windy.

A couple of days later my Nana and Grandad came over and we decided to got to the swimming dam. Nana and Grandad came too. The Barnyard Buddies didn't go in, they sat on the side and watched! We decided to have an ice cream for afternoon tea - yummy! We were heading back to Wanaka the next day and this time the dog didn't chase us! We were going to Puzzling World but we got left behind. Oh no!

We went to the movies to see Alvin and the Chipmunks - the squeakuel. It was a very funny and cute movie!

We climbed up Mount Iron, phew, it was a hard climb up the hill in the backpack! When we got to the top it was pouring with rain - wet!!!

Then back home the cats sure were crazy and happy to see us.

Ella told us we're going on a big plane to Auckland soon - how exciting!!

13TH JANUARY
We flew up on a plane. We were up above the clouds. It was scary when we were coming down.

14TH JANUARY
We watched Ella swim in the motel pool. We were too scared to go to the zoo and Kelly Tarltan's because we might get eaten.

16TH JANUARY
We drove from Auckland to Waihi Beach but we stopped to look at the L&P bottle at Paeroa.

19TH JANUARY
We went to the beach and tested Ella's surfboard.

21ST JANUARY
Back in Auckland we had to hide from Jane's crazy niece and nephews. We got a window seat on the plane and we saw Dunedin out the window.

Monday, December 7, 2009





THE BARNYARD BUDDIES ADVENTURES WITH CAMERON

FRIDAY
Ratchet and Clank had an ice cream and then had an adventure outside. Their favourite time was when they went into the sandpit. Here are some of the toys:
1) Bucket
2) Spade
3) Sand
4) Leaves

Grrrr! Uh oh. I don't think Mum liked that. RUN!

SATURDAY
The Barnyard Buddies went into Darcy's room. They made some new friends and had lots of fun until the hairdryer fell out of place and made everyone twist and crash and clatter and bump. Then The Barnyard Buddies got whisked. Clank tumbled out with a pukeko!

SUNDAY
WOW! Someone put up the Christmas tree! The Barnyard Buddies most favourite part of all WAS EXPLORING ROUND THE ATTIC! They were thrilled about it. Then they got dropped. Bouncy, bouncy, bounce. Too many bounces!!! Funny rhyming eh? Then The Barnyard Buddies got too excited. Crash! Oww. Some journey! Crash! Be careful! Oh! Suddenly "THE BOMBS GOING TO EXPLODE!" No silly there isn't any bombs. "Oh!" The Barnyard Buddies decided to write asong and it goes like this:

For he's a jolly good fellow 3x
Which nobody can deny 3x
For he's a jolly good fellooow
Which nobody can deny

That was before they went exploring round the attic. But I can't tell you about that, because I have already told you. Oh. I almost forgot. We also had some friends over for tea. We also deleted some photos because I took more than 281 photos and some were blurry. Now we have 166. Then we went to some shops to buy some chips. I cuddled them all night. They also went in the drier. They went tumbling like some crazed rat on a trampoline! Bye!

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES GO TO HOSPITAL

On Friday 27th of November, The Barnyard Buddies went home with Timmy for the week. They had a very important job, supporting him while he was preparing to have his operation on Monday morning. They made him smile right up until when he got wheeled away to the operating theatre. They were there again when he got back to the ward. Timmy was very sore and they did a great job at distracting him and getting him to think about something else.

Thanks Barnyard Buddies!!!



Wednesday, November 25, 2009

BARNYARD BUDDIES TALES - By Marcus

On Friday The Barnyard Buddies went to my holiday house. The grass was really long. They explored around the holiday house.

On Saturday they played loads of games and went to the Farmer's Market and the supermarket. After lunch they walked to the end of the road. Then the Barnyard Buddies watched some Tintin movies.

BARNYARD BUDDIES TALES - By Katherine

Greetings earthlings. We meet again!

Hey Clank. Yeh. I think there's a new thingy in the household. RUN. Too late. AHHHH. Help, Katherine, help. Wait, I've got evil parents to work out. Freeze. I've got to help the M2B. What took you so long. Parents. Oh, then a little help here? Sure. Who is this monster?

Mwa ha ha haaaaaaa

What did you say? Ah, nothing (her eyes went red). Umm. I'm a bit scared (stepping back). Me too. I like it better in M2B. Let's go back. Nobody's going anywhere til we get this party started. Yeh, let's go hide in the attic. Good idea. I'll distract them. You make the booby traps, then run. Um, what are we reading. The encyclopaedia of world wildlife. Two words - yuck, boring. I now believe in Black Friday. I wish it was Yellow Friday. Ratchet, there's another new thingy as well as that evil thing. It's big and sits on babies. Ahhhhhhh. It's a babysitter. NOOOOOOOOO. Body slam. Owww! What are you doing so early in the morning. I was having a nice snuggly sleep next to Katherine. Come on. Time to go to Invercargill for swim races. Hello. Anybody listening? ZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZZ Body slam. Oh you again. Can't you give me some peace around here. No we will not ever give you peace. Good morning everyone. Why's everyone in my room staring at me? Oops, did I forget to put my clothes on? Everybody nodded. Wait a second. There we go. Now what's the problem? The Barnyard Buddies shared arguing. Hey if it's your first argument it better be a good one... OK I won't stop you BUT I will listen just in case. By the way two things actually.
1 - let's go I don't want to be late.
2- I want to win and
3 - Boy it's comfy sitting on this awesome sofa
Watch out BLACK FRIDAY

Saturday, November 14, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES GO TO AUCKLAND

FRIDAY 6TH NOVEMBER 2009 - Tevita and The Barnyard Buddies go to Auckland.
Tevita, Ratchet and Clank flew on the plane to Auckland. We stayed at Aunty Deborah's house in Grafton.

SATURDAY 7TH NOVEMBER 2009 - What a busy day!
Tevita, Ratchet and Clank went to the Auckland Zoo in the morning. After lunch they went and had afternoon tea. Then they went for a swim. That night Tevita went to Dana's 21st birthday.

SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2009 - The Adventure Walk
Tevita and The Barnyard Buddies went to the Auckland Domain for an adventure walk. The geese hissed at them because they were protecting their gosslings.

SUNDAY 8TH NOVEMBER 2009 - The Rocket Ship
Tevita, Ratchet and Clank went to the Aotea Centre. They ate teriyaki chicken. Then they went for a ride in the rocket ship elevator.

Friday, November 6, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES BECOME FAMOUS

The Barnyard Buddies made a special appearance at assembly this week. They are now the stars of their very own movie. If you missed our assembly please sit back and enjoy the entertainment:



Tuesday, November 3, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT AMASIO

FRIDAY 30TH OCTOBER
Finally The Barnyard Buddies were going home. Well, not exactly home but I was going to Joseph's house. When we got there we went in his room. "Wow!", said Ratchet. "It's awesome and it's like paradise! said Clank. Then they played soccer. The score was 8:7 to Joseph. "Awh man", said Ratchet. When we got to my house we watched a Pokemon movie, Mew II vs Mew V. They thought it was cool. Then my rabbit Bonsy came in the house. "Cool!", Clank said. "He looks like me".

SATURDAY 31ST OCTOBER
They played my Transformers game. They were Opitumus Prime. Then they had a fruity kanati. "Yummy", they said. Then they played with my Pikachu. Pikachu Electric shocked Ratchet. But Clank got Pikachu back. They looked at my crystal, then they had a little nap. Then The Barnyard Buddies looked at my Ben 10 cards. Then they had a cuddle with my dog Skip. Then they played with me and my Dad's Transformers. Clank liked Hound. Ratchet liked Ravage. "Autobots vs Decepticons", they yelled. Then they found my lightsaber and they pretended to be Qi Gon. Then they had another nap.

SUNDAY 1ST NOVEMBER
They went in the chicken coop.

Wednesday, October 28, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT WILLIAM H

First I took photos of The Barnyard Buddies playing on the Playstation. Then I went to Grandma's house and took a photo of The Barnyard Buddies on Poppa's sore foot. Then I went back home and we went to bed. In the morning we went for a swim and The Barnyard Buddies watched me. Then we went back home to have some lunch. Then we went to my friend's house and I got to play on his bike and The Barnyard Buddies played in roller skates. We got McDonald's for tea and then The Barnyard Buddies went to bed to watch a movie with me.

Tuesday, October 13, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT QI QI

Friday 25th September

The Barnyard Buddies came to my house. They saw my little sister (Xuan Xuan) playing. Ratchet wanted to play with her and Clank as well. But Xuan Xuan wanted to eat. So they went "MMMMMM", "What can we do now?", asked Clank. So we played hide and seek with them. They both liked it... I also read some stories. Ratchet tells a story about five monsters and Clank tells a story about Horrid Henry.

CRASH!

They both crashed into the chair!!!!!

BING, BANG, CRASH AND BOOOM.

They BANG into the wall. They CRASH into Qing Qing. They BOOM into my Mum and Dad's bedroom. Qing Qing hugged Clank tightly. "EEEEEK", said Clank.

At night we play throw the buddies game and we had fun.

Saturday 26th September

On Saturday we went to my mother's friend's house. When we were there I left them in the car.

Sunday 27th September

The Barnyard Buddies went to church and my Mum's office. They were so excited. But when I went to church I left Ratchet in the car. But Qing Qing took Clank to the church. At my Mum's office, they played upside down, and I took a photo of them upside down. They took turns, so I said "Good Job", and they liked it.
When I was hungry I ate some biscuits and they saw me eating biscuits. They also felt hungry too. They said, "I am very hungry". So I gave them some biscuit.

Monday 28th September

We stayed at home because it was raining.

Wednesday 30th September


Today The Barnyard Buddies had a bath because they were dirty.

Thursday 1st October

On Thursday The Barnyard Buddies went to the Otago Museum. They played with the bouncing ball. We made a card at the museum and gave it to my Dad.

Friday 2nd October

The Barnyard Buddies played with my wings, my wand and my crown. They were my birthday presents. Because they wanted to be a princesses (Fairy Princesses).

Sunday 11th October

A noon we had a picnic lunch in the Botanic Gardens because it was a sunny day. My Mum and Dad brought me to the Botanic Gardens for a picnic lunch and also because I was a good girl. We ate chips, burgers and potato chips. At night The Barnyard Buddies had a photo session. I also had a farewell party for them. They had fun. I am going to miss them soon.

Bye Clank. Bye Ratchet

Monday, September 21, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT OLIVE

Ratchet and Clank were so excited to be coming home with me. On Saturday morning The Barnyard Buddies came to the gymnastic competition with me. They thought it was amazing when they saw the girls doing their gymnastic routines. After that they came to my hip-hop class with me and sat on the pillows and watched. Next we went to see my friend Lizzy (who is a grown-up). She looked after me and the buddies while my Mum went to rehearsal. Lizzy took me, her two dogs, and the buddies to the park. Later on we went to my other friends house with Lizzy. Ratchet and Clank played on the trampoline with me and my other friends. We stayed there for dinner and then spied on our parents with special spy gadgets.

On Sunday me, the buddies, my Mum, and our dog went to visit our good friends in Brighton - where we stayed for the day. During the weekend the buddies got to meet all my pets. They also watched me and my Mum baked scones to take to our friends.

The End

Monday, September 14, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT JOSHUA

Saturday 12th of September 2009

Today The Barnyard Buddies went to the School Fair and they got their picture taken at the finger puppet stall. They baked cookies at home with chocolate bits in it and they went to the Farmer's Market and they bought a carrot and an apple. The Barnyard Buddies built with Lego two robots and the robots had force fields.

By Joshua


Sunday 13th of September

"Aaaaaaaaa", said Clank. "Don't worry", said Ratchet. "It is just a rocket". "A rocket", said Clank. "But it will burn us and robots inside". The robots said "we are going to start 5,4,3,2,1 blast off". "Now we are going to fly" Hoop/crash/boom. The robots exploded but then something magical happened. The robots and the spaceship got repaired and then they tried again and flew off into space. They have never been seen again because they flew into a black hole.

Goodbye Barnyard Buddies
From Joshua

Tuesday, September 8, 2009

SNEAKY, SMELLY, BARNYARD BUDDIES

On Wednesday Miss Barnett walked into her office to find a disgusting smell lingering in the air. Ew! What IS that? thought Miss Barnett. She walked all around her office sniffing until she found where the smell was coming from... THE BARNYARD BUDDIES!!!! Miss Barnett almost fell over when she opened the backpack because the smell was sooo strong. After their adventure last weekend to the beach, The Barnyard Buddies reeked! Right, thought Miss Barnett. Tonight you need a bath!

When Miss Barnett got home from school she put Ratchet, Clank and the backpack straight into the washing machine. Phew - problem solved thought Miss Barnett.



The Barnyard Buddies happily splashed around in the washing machine.



When the spin cycle finished Miss Barnett dragged the soggy characters out and gave them a sniff. Ahhh... fresh as daisies. Miss Barnett pulled out the backpack and sniffed. Aaahhhh - disgusting. It still smelt terrible. Next minute something fell down on the floor. What is THAT??? thought Miss Barnett. On the floor lay a smelly, decaying crab's claw. Ohhhhh gross!!!! Naughty Barnyard Buddies!!!! They had bought a treasure home from the beach! Miss Barnett gave them a strict talking to and hopefully they will be better behaved next weekend!

Monday, September 7, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT KATE

The Barnyard Buddies saw my cat Bella. She is so fat. The Barnyard Buddies got squashed. Then they went to my beach house and they were so hungry they ate my brother's sausage. "Mmmmm!" they said. "Uh oh, uh oh, a dog, a dog". Clank said, "I can get him, wait. Is it a girl or a boy?" "It's a girl. I can't fight a girl". "Stop" said Ratchet, "I'm tired". "Me too!". So they had a sleep. "Wait, I found a weird thing". "What is it?". "I dare you to press the button". "Aaaaa", said Clank. "Wait, let me have a go. It's a computer". "Come on", I said. "You've been sitting there for a long time. "Aaaaa, not the rocks", said Clank. "Aaaaaa", said Ratchet.

Thursday, September 3, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT ANASHAI

The Barnyard Buddies went to Anashai's. My friend and I went to the Dinosaur Park but Ratchet and Clank were tired so they went to bed. At the Dinosaur Park I saw Katy. Then I jumped on the tramp with them.

"Oh no you didn't". They ate my toast. They ate some noodles for lunch. Then we watched Ice Age 3.

I'll miss you Ratchet and Clank. I slept with them all night long.

From Anashai

I'll miss you. Bye bye.







Monday, August 24, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT KAYLA

The Barnyard Buddies had a great weekend with Kayla. They went to see her play rugby on Saturday morning and even had a team photo with her team the Pirates U7 Whitepointers.

After some lunch at home it was back to the clubrooms for end of year prizegiving where The Barnyard Buddies went and played at the park. They loved going down the slide with me .

That Saturday night me and The Barnyard Buddies were watching my mum help out Otago rugby player and Pirate Glenn Dickson hand out trophies and my mum got one as well. Yay mum.

On Sunday we took a drive out to my Grandad's place. He has sheep and hens there.
We went for a walk up the paddocks and got to see the new lambs that had been born that morning. After the drive home and an ice cream The Barnyard Buddies had a good long sleep ready for the school week ahead.

Monday, August 17, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT RITA

The Barnyard Buddies watched C4. The Barnyard Buddies stopped and The Barnyard Buddies did not see C4. The Barnyard Buddies saw my Mum. I said hi to The Barnyard Buddies. "I am going up", said The Barnyard Buddies. "I am going up, up up". "Stop", I said. "One, two", said The Barnyard Buddies.





Tuesday, August 11, 2009

THE BARNYARD BUDDIES VISIT TIMMY

AUGUST 2009

The Barnyard Buddies came home to Timmy's house on Friday night. They were worried it was going to be a very quiet weekend, when Timmy's brother Callum got sick on Saturday >: But on Sunday everyone needed to get out of the house so we took them to visit Dad's work at the helicopter base. They loved looking at the rescue helicopter! They sat in the front seat where the pilot sits and had a look in the back where Dad looks after the patients. They would have loved to go flying but we had to go home.