Welcome to Gerry's Diary! This is where Gerry writes lots of fun stories for all you children out there. We add new stories often
so remember to come back and read about the exciting adventures that the Crocodettes are having on planet earth, and all the interesting and funny things that happen to them.
Tahunanui Motor Camp
Tahunanui Motor camp is a really big camp where people love to stay while on holiday.
Around 4000 people will be there on January 15th so we’ve been asked to visit all the children at the camp.
So on that date ( January 15) we will be there to perform a show at 6pm.
The people who run the camp have opened the gates for all visitors to come and see us as well. This is a free show so we would love to see you there xoxooxoxox
MERRY CHRISTMAS CROCO BUDDIES
2 more sleeps and Santa will have left his gifts for you under your tree!
Isn’t this an exciting time?!
We hope all you Croco buddies out there have a wonderful Christmas.
Don’t forget to give away Christmas hugs to your mum, dad and everybody else who you love dearly.
We love you all and so we send you the biggest of Christmas hugs to each and every one of you.
Don’t forget to listen to some of our Christmas songs that are placed in the Crocodettes juke box. You will find them under the tab called ‘ Music Time’. And also, don’t forget to write to us and tell us all about your wonderful Christmas. xxxxxxxxxx
Surprises
Hi everybody.
Venus, Frincess and I wanted to show our gifts we had received from the teachers at Paula’s Tiny Tots.
With the children they made us a meaningful card which says ” thank you for visiting us”. We just love it!! Also they had made us an envelope resembling a glitzy T-shirt and in this envelope were 3 bars of Cadbury Chocolate mousse!!! Yum yum yum!.
We were very spoilt weren’t we.
I love surprises, do you?
Thank you to all the teachers and the kids for having us. We loved our day out xx
Bed Time Story- Yeti Town
Over the mountains far far away
There is a place with many caves
And in these caves lay paths and roads
That lead deep in to the mountains and far below
None of these paths and none of these roads
Will actually tell you where they all go
But I have heard if you keep walking down
You will arrive in Yeti town
The people in Yeti Town look a bit scary
Because they are bigger than us and they are hairy
But Yeti’s are kind and gentle to
They wouldn’t hurt me and they wouldn’t hurt you
Now this story is about a time when all Yeti’s
Would only ever eat lots of spaghetti!
Spaghetti for breakfast, for lunch and for dinner
Some days they would see who could eat the most
Then announce the Spaghetti winner
So this is how they used to live way down in Yeti town
They would eat spaghetti all day long and even all year round.
Then one day the Doctor came and he saw straight away
There were no Yeti’s walking round and no children out to play.
The sun was out, the weather was warm yet all the streets were empty.
“What’s going on?” the Doctor thought ” Where are all the Yeti’s?”.
The Doctor looked in every house down every single street.
Not one Yeti was awake! all were sound asleep
The doctor saw spaghetti bowls everywhere he looked
On kitchen tables, beside the beds and on stoves half cooked.
” This is not good” the Doctor thought ” Just look at all these Yeti’s”
” They sleep all night and sleep all day, and only eat spaghetti!”
The Doctor knew exactly why the Yeti’s were asleep.
By eating spaghetti every day, they all lacked energy!.
The Doctor walked back to the centre of town
And he rang the church bells ever so loud.
The church bells rang and rang and rang until the Doctor Saw
that every Yeti was now awake and not sleeping anymore.
” Now listen to me” The Doctor said ” I speak to all you Yeti’s”.
You’ve all turned in to sleepyheads because you only eat spaghetti!”
You eat spaghetti for breakfast,spaghetti for lunch and even spaghetti for dinner”.
” You even try to eat the most so you become the spaghetti winner!”.
“It isn’t healthy just to eat spaghetti so this cannot carry on”
” Not if you want the Yeti children to grow up big and strong”
” They need to eat all kinds of foods like carrots,potatoes and beans”
” For these are the foods that help them grow with all the vitamins”
” Fruit and veges must be eaten with smaller amounts of spaghetti”
” Then instead of being sleepyheads, they’ll become more energetic”.
” And it’s the same for all parents” the healthy Doctor said”
” Who really wants to spend all day sleeping in their bed?”
” Well that explains it” said a yeti from the crowd
” So this is why we laze about!”.
” We have all been eating to much spaghetti”
” It’s turned us in to sleepy Yeti’s!”
” That’s correct” the Doctor said ” and did you Yeti’s know?”
” If you eat fruit and vegetables, it helps your brain to grow”
” These types of food have vitamins, iron and even zinc”
” It’s what your brain wants you to eat so it can help you think!”.
A yeti boy from within the crowd yelled ” Well Doctor, I’m not ready!”
” Fruit and vegetables sound yuk to me so I’ll just eat spaghetti!”
” That’s all very well” the Doctor replied ” If you want to stay sleepy and small”.
” But how will you feel when you see all your friends, grow healthy big and tall?”.
With the advice of the doctor the Yeti boy thought
I do want a brain that can think and be taught
And I do want my body to grow big and strong
I don’t even like sleeping all day long!.
All the other Yeti’s agreed
They should eat less spaghetti and more spuds and peas
Fruit and veges is what they shall eat
Then yummy spaghetti could be eaten as a treat.
In just a few days the doctor could see
The Yeti’s were all full of energy
By eating all vitamins, Iron and Zinc
Their brains were alert and were able to think
A big change was made in Yeti town
Deep in the mountains way way down
And if you ever find the town of the Yeti’s
You will see them eating fruit and veges
So if YOU want to grow healthy and strong like a Yeti
Then eat fruit and vegetables with your yummy spaghetti
Note from Gerry- When we meet you then you will be able to show us your big healthy muscles and quick thinking brain.
That’s if you eat more fruit and vegetables!, Goodnight earth angle and sleep tight xxx
Bed Time Story ‘ The Martian Ant’
One day when I was looking at the sky
A shiny object caught my eye
It was silver and shaped like a big broad bean
The object was a flying machine
The flying machine shaped like a broad bean
Was the oddest thing I’d ever seen
And as I watched it come speeding down
It landed safely on the ground
When the door flung open that’s when I did see
A Martian Ant staring straight back at me
He wore a helmet, jacket and pants
He truly was a Martian Ant
” Hello” I said ” What is your task”
” Are you on a mission may I ask?”
“It has to be something as big as the stars”
” Because this is Earth and you flew from Mars”
” Well hello to you to” said the Martian Ant
” I will answer you questions as much as I can”
” Indeed I did, I flew from Mars”
” And I am on a mission that is as ig as the stars”
” Ig as the stars” I asked ” What does ig Mean?”
” Ig is not an English word that I have heard or seen”
” No” Said the Martian Ant ” Ig is not a word”
” Atleast not in English that we have seen or heard”
” On Mars we speak words like ig, uzz and ees”
” Yet they aren’t real words to you or to me”
” Ig, uzz and ees even to Martians sound strange”
” Let me tell you” said the Martian ” Why these words have changed”
” These words had never been in our vocabulary”
” We used to make sense by speaking perfectly”
” Yet since we have lost a letter, our words have not been clear”
” One day the sound of letter just disappeared!”
“All us Martian Ants looked around ”
” We searched on different planets and stars”
” We tried to find the missing letter”
” But it just simply escaped from Mars”
“So the reason I have come to Earth is, I really need to check”
” As I may find the missing letter in your English alpha- et”
” Alpha-et what is that? What does alpha-et mean?”
” Is alpha-et an english word?”
” Not that I have heard or seen”
” No” the Martian Ant replied “alpha-et is not a word”
” At least not in English that we have seen or heard”
” It’s the fault of the missing letter that makes the word sound weird”
” If we could find the missing letter then a real word may appear”
“Alpha-et, alpha-et now let’s all try and see”
“What is missing from this word”
Which letter could it be”
“Could it be? could it be the letter B
” Yes it is, Can you see? it is the letter B”
Lets write the word ALPHA- ET
And lets place the letter B
After the second letter A
And before the letter E
Now Alpha-et
Makes Alphabet Can you see?
” Well blow me down” said the Martian Ant
” Yes I see and I understand”
” Alpha-et was missing a letter
“Adding the b makes it so much better”
It changes Alpha-et which is not a real word
To Alphabet and that I have seen and heard”
” But although the word alphabet sound so much better”
” Should we be looking for another missing letter?”
What other letter does the Martian Ant need?
We need look NO further for it is the letter b
The letter b is what the Martian Ants need
Because if we write a b before ig,uzz and ees
We will get perfect words, big, buzz and bees!
Can you see? Can you see they just need the letter b
” I can see I can see” said the Martian Ant
He was jumping for joy and clapping his hands
” The missing letter truly is the letter b”
” So I need to take this b home with me”
As the Martian Ant walked into his flying machine
He turned and said “thank you all for helping me”
” Without your help I may not have found the missing letter”
” And with b back on Mars our words will sound better”
The Martian Ant then flew his flying machine
All the way home with the letter b
He flew through the clouds and past many stars
Until he and b landed on Mars.
A note from Gerry: I hope you enjoyed the little story about the Martian Ant. Time for bed now. Good night Earth Angel and sleep tight . xxx
Paulas Tiny Tots
Frincess, Venus and I went visiting the children who go to Paulas Tiny Tots. This is a place where children get looked after when Mums and Dads need to go to work.
We had a fantastic Time singing a few songs with these wee kids and it was so much fun watching them dance with us.
The teachers organised us to come and visit an we were an absolute surprise for the children.
But you know what? the children were a surprise to us also because they themselves were all dressed up in outfits like bumble bees. fairies and there was even a Crocodile and also a Robin Hood!!!.
Thank you To Charlotte, who works at Paulas Tiny Tots, for organising our fabulous visit. xx
The Richmond School Gala
We are absolutely thrilled with the outcome of this fantastic fundraiser for the Richmond school. So many people were involved by running the cake stalls, toys for sale, books and clothes and much much more. also the big bouncy castle had been blown up for the kids to jump on. We did our show at 12 o’clock and loved every second of it. The kids were wonderful. They jumped up and joined in with our Choo Coo train and many more of our dances.We even had a child ask if we could sing Boogie Woogie!!!It truly was a fantastic day
Fundraising For Richmond School
All us Croco’s are so looking forward to The Richmond School Gala which is on this Saturday. We are helping to fundraise much needed money for the school. We hope to see many of our Croco Buddies there. 12 O’clock we will sing and dance to a few of our favourite tunes. See you there!! xxx
A SHOW AT THE BRIGHTWATER HALL
All us Crocos are very much looking forward to this coming Saturday.
We will be performing for the local children of Nelson and surrounding areas. This is a fundraiser for the local Kindergarten and we are so proud to be part of this event. Tickets are only $5.00 each. Roll on Saturday….. YIPPY!
A Gift ‘From The Heart’
There is a very old saying that all our grandmothers used to love too say, and it’s these words…
” The gift matters not as much as the thought that went into the the giving”
Yes it sounds very grown up doesn’t it!!.
But let me tell you what that really means…
When you give something to somebody, it doesn’t have to be anything expensive!.
In fact, it doesn’t even have to be something you had too buy at the shop even!!
The gift just has too be something you are giving because you want make somebody else happy.
If you can do that then this is what we call
‘ Giving from the heart’
and that’s a really nice thing you can do for somebody!.
Take this beautiful flower for instance.
This flower was given to me by a 6 year old fan who picked this flower all by himself.
He thought it was the prettiest flower on the bush and therefore he wanted to pick it off and give it to Gerry the Crocodette.
When he gave me this flower he made me feel like the happiest Crocodette ever, for not only is this a beautiful flower, it’s the fact that he purposely picked it for me to make me happy!!.
And do you know something?!! He made me very happy!!
This is the most meaningful flower I have ever been given.
This is why we Croco’s love receiving beautiful paintings and drawings of our fans too.
It’s the fact they are thinking of us all and they want to give us their art work because they know it will make us happy.
And that it does indeed my friends, it makes us all very happy when we are given things that were given ‘from the heart’ xoxoxoxox