Kids in a lolly shop
24 August 11
We’ve heard rumours of a local shop that offers a great range of lollies in jars, and today — in honour of Brioni’s fifth birthday — we tracked it down and let the girls choose a selection of colourful sweets!
The little town of Te Kopuru is nine kilometres south of Dargaville and features little more than houses, a school and a sports field. We’ve driven through hundreds of similar country towns without stopping. But today we pulled into the local “dairy” — which is what Kiwis call their corner store — and browsed their terrific range of candy jars.





The three older girls ate the contents of their paper bags very quickly. Delaney slept through the sugar binge and has no idea that she missed out on anything! Aisha asked if we can return to this lolly shop for her birthday, but we made no promises. Who knows where we’ll be next February?
1 · holly c. · 24 August 2011, 21:14
What fun! I want to go there too. :)
2 · allison · 24 August 2011, 21:18
I bet you enjoyed the lolly shop just as much as they did :)
Although it doesn’t look like they had Reese’s or Pixi Sticks ;)
oxo
3 · Aunty Gwenda · 24 August 2011, 21:21
I want to live in this shop. Hang on.. I did live in one like this as a kid. Maybe my kitchen is still a bit like this. My desk at work is. Ahh I love lollies, but to have to only choose one is like cruelty to animals. LOL
4 · Lauren · 24 August 2011, 21:31
We let the girls choose six lollies each. They were happy with the number!
5 · Ailsa Grady · 25 August 2011, 11:17
NZ has the best lollies! How I miss them. Happy Birthday to your little poppet!
6 · mizasiwa · 30 August 2011, 21:57
Wow – what an awsome shop!! I wish we had shops like this (old school and inexpensive)
7 · mizasiwa · 30 August 2011, 21:58
Wow – what an awsome shop!! I wish we had shops like this (old school and inexpensive)