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Friday, November 13, 2009

Petipeti moana for my Papa

Today Hannah wanted to paint a picture for her Papa. She used two colours to make a jellyfish (petipeti moana).
We didn't know the maori word for jellyfish and so Mandy looked it up on the internet and found petipeti moana.
Hannah wanted to send her papa an email of "a smiley face. HEAPS!"
Perhaps we can send your Papa HEAPS of smiley faces another day, Hannah.
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  1. AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 at 1:41 PM

    So So Cute, Thanks Mandy. From Koran (Hannahs Mum)

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  2. AnonymousNovember 16, 2009 at 4:56 PM

    Nga mihi aroha kia koutou mo awhiawhi taku tamahine, mo to pikitia me to tuhinga. Ae ra te kupu mo "jelly fish" he petipeti. Many thanks and greetings to you all for embracing Hannah as you have and having that picture and accompanying text for me to see. Yes one word for Jellyfish is petipeti - There are others but petipeti is more generalistic. It looks like she's having fun there. Me te whakaaro nui, Ricky (Papa)

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