Christmas 2012

We have lots to write about for Christmas in 2012, so I have made different sections so it's easier for you all to read.


Going to see the Christmas lights:
SHAAN's comments
On the 22nd of December, we went to see the Telecom tree. There were lots of different colours on the Telecom tree. When we were getting our Hot Chocolate, I said to Dad "Look at the tree now". "Whoa!" shouted Dad. Then we walked off to see the lights at Franklin Road. The lights were wonderful like a angel. One of the houses on Franklin Road was all over with lights and near the door was a snowman. That house was my favourite. I was so excited we got to see all the lights on the Telecom tree and on houses of Franklin Road.

RANEEL's comments
We went to see the Christmas light's and they changed colour. We went to tell Santa what we wanted for Christmas. We rang him on the Santa line. I saw my friends Jake and Isabelle from my class too. We also saw the Franklin road light's. when we got in the car it was past 10:00.

Making our gingerbread house:

SHAAN's comments
On Christmas Eve, Me, Raneel and Mum made a gingerbread house using a kit on how to make it. We copied the instructions on the kit. Then Me and Raneel decorated the gingerbread house when it already had icing on it. It looked cool when it was super duper finished.

RANEEL's comments
On Christmas Eve we made a gingerbread house using a kit. We put some decorations on the Gingerbread house. It looked cool when it was finished.

Christmas day and all our presents!:
SHAAN's comments
On Christmas day, in the morning when I woke up, I noticed there were some presents for Me and Raneel from Santa, Mum and Dad. I got a Paul Frank t'shirt, Blackcaps cricket shirt, a Fruit Ninja game, pyjamas, darts, for us to share we got a cricket bat and a basketball with 3 Breakers players on it. At Hu-Ba and Dada's I got a red/white cricket ball, green shoes, a mat to sit on so my bottom doesn't get wet, and lots of other things.

RANEEL's comments
On Christmas Day it is a special day when Santa comes to your house. He gives presents to everybody. For Christmas i got some Darts, Blackcaps shirt, bonka zonks, Rugby ball, Soccer ball, Green shoes, Paul Frank t'shirt, Tottenham pyjamas, Fireball game, Table Football game, and lots of other things as well.
Hu Ba and Dada also bought us a cricket bat and bag for our early Xmas present.
I had lots of fun on Christmas day. I can't wait for Santa to come next year.

My Last Game for Taylor in 2012

On the 15th of December in 2012, it was my last game for Grafton Taylor. We played the Parnell Chimpanzees at Shore Road in Parnell.

We were bowling first. On my last ball of my first over, I screamed and said "HOWZAT!" and my coach which was Hamish's Dad first but it changed to Lucas's dad gave it out. Then on my first ball of my second over, I got another wicket.

My bowling stats were Overs: 2 Maidens: 0 Runs: 3 Wickets: 2 Economy Rate: 1.50. Then we batted. Luke (who was on a holiday at Australia), was batting with me at the last 2 batsmen. I made 31 runs which was my highest score for 2012. My team which was Team Taylor won 117 to 61. Taylor which was my team won by 56 runs.

I was joint Player of the Day with Thomas. At the end we had a team photo. I was excited because I got Player of the Day twice in 2012.

RANEEL's blog post:

On the 15th of December 2012 it was Shaan's (I call him bhai, which means "brother" in Gujarati) last game of the season. Shaanbhai was joint player of the day with Thomas. Dad gave me some practise with batting and bowling.

NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans and going to Breakers HQ

On the 13th of December, me, Raneel, Dad and Kisumama went to Vector Arena to watch the NZ Breakers vs Cairns Taipans. First we went to the supermarket to get some water, roadies and powerade for Dad. And we parked our car at the supermarket and walked to Vector Arena.

Then we sat on our comfortable seats on row JJ on the seats 849 to 846. At halftime, Kisumama bought us hot chips to eat. The final score was NZ Breakers 97-76 Cairns Taipans. We had fun because Breakers won and Cedric Jackson got 32 points.

Going to the Breakers headquarters (HQ):
On the 17th of December, we went to the headquarters. When we were parking our car, I saw Reuben Te Rangi parking his car too. We went inside and me and Raneel got to hold the basketball that Breakers used for the final last season, this year on April the 24th. Then I saw Will Hudson, the tall player inside where we saw the Breakers train at North Shore. Then I asked Will Hudson, "How did you get your eye hurt?""From a person's elbow from another team." said Will Hudson. We had a great time because we got to hold the basketball that the Breakers used in the final!

My Rep Game for Grafton Cricket Club (Year 3)

Two weeks ago, on Sunday, I had my first Rep Game at Devenport Domain. In my Cricket trials, they chose 8 people and I was one of them. My team was Grafton Year 3 Rep Team and the 8 people who were in my team were playing North Shore Cricket Club.

Both teams batted for 16 overs. After each 4 overs another 2 batsmen come on the pitch and bat. After 8 overs the batting team have batted, 2 batsmen from the other team bat. My team which was Grafton Year 3 Rep Team thrashed North Shore by 125 runs! The score was 186 for Grafton Year 3 Rep Team and 61 for North Shore Cricket Club. We got 98 in an innings and after 2 innings North Shore Cricket Club got 61. We should've won by an innings and by 37 runs. I also got Player of the Day - I was very excited about that!

For my bowling stats were Overs: 2 Maidens: 0 Runs: 13 Wickets: 1 Economy Rate: 6.5. My batting was 27 runs and my boundaries were 4 four's. I got 16 runs in boundary. Sam for my team got Outstanding effort for his bowling. His bowling was Overs: 2 Maidens: 0 Runs: 3 Wickets: 4. I felt ecstatic for getting Player of the Day for my Rep Game.