Hmmm, sounds like the lyrics of a song.……
Anyway, yes it has, yet again been a while since I last posted anything on my blog. Three weeks in fact. Naturally, Having Reilly away for 12 days meant I got busy simply caring for Lilly. She had her first day back at school and enjoys her new class.
Her best little friends from last year are in the same class, and she gets to sit next to her best friend Mali.
Lilly and I had a great time together. She did miss her Mum, especially in the evenings, but overall, we enjoyed some nice father-daughter bonding. Having the CO visit coincide with all this did make it somewhat hectic, but we made it through ok.
The mice we got from Karen and John are definitely a boy and girl, because, while Reilly was away, they had babies!!!
The proud mum and dad!
and the babies
Baby mice are really ugly when they are first born! But, two weeks on they are very cute. We will be getting rid of any boys though, as we really aren’t that keen on having 12 mice in a few weeks time!!!!
Last Sunday, we took a bike ride to the same spot Kellie and Cam took us to. Lilly got all dressed up in her pink outfit. She has got this hideous bike helmet. Pink with a little silver colored tiara attached at the top! Arggghhh. But hey, at that age I guess it’s still cute.
Lilly the pink!
We have now installed the sliding doors in the garage, in preparation for when Dad and Karin arrive. They’ll have a nice glass sliding door and a screen door instead of having to look at a garage roller door all the time.
Since Dad told me that they’re a couple of ‘old timers’ now and they’ll be veggying out a lot, we are having Austar installed for a few months. The Austar guy gave us a no commitment cheap deal, so we can decide to cancel it again anytime. But it’ll be nice for Dad to be able to watch his sports and Discovery Channel.
We’ll be getting the barbie ready for them and I’m sure they will enjoy some nice time at the beach also.
]]>Both Reilly and Lilly were very emotional this morning. Reilly, because she was leaving us behind, and Lilly because she is stuck with me for 11 days!
This Monday school starts and so Lilly will be at school from 9 till 3.30. I’ve arranged to leave work everyday at 3, so we’ll be just fine.
It is currently hovering between –10 and –20 degrees Celsius in Massachusetts, so they better put on some warm clothes when they get there. I expect many snowy pictures!
]]>On Thursday last week Karen and John dropped in with a couple of pet mice for Lilly. Now, I know that some may frown immediately when they read pet mice, and yes, I was less than excited by the prospect, although Elmo seems to be quite happy with the whole thing.……
So how did we end up with pet mice?
Karen and John have a big python in a glass cage down at the shed. The python lived on their property, so john decided to keep it. And naturally, even snakes have to eat. So of they trotted, to the pet shop. And they bought two small mice. Food for the snake. So for two weeks, the mice where in the cage with the python. The snake didn’t even so much as take a sniff at them. He would curl up, and the mice would go to sleep on top of the curled up snake.
So, one day, John found a rat. He decided to throw that one in with the snake. The rat had barely hit the bottom of the cage and the snake had him gobbled up. Can you imagine the poor little mice looking on during that little episode? So, the lesson.… This snake doesn’t like mice, but loves the odd rat.
So we got the mice. That is, until Elmo does!
Next week we have our co visit. No doubt it’ll be a busy week. That Friday, Reilly is of to the US with the Penfolds. Lilly and me will be by ourselves for ten days. Poor Lil!
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The photo’s fail to do it justice.
Today we’ll be cleaning out the garage in preparation for Dad’s visit. We are going to do it up into a bit of a bedroom, so that we can all be comfortable. When not in use as a bedroom, it can be a study and a coffee room. Ryan Pedersen has given us some sliding glass doors, which we’ll be installing just behind the garage roller door. That way we can open up the roller door and have a nice bit of light come in, keep an eye on the kids playing out the front, while still having a closed room.
Cam and Sean have been busy boys in our backyard. They decided amongst themselves that, while our fence made out of bamboo reed was ok, it could do with improvement, so they concreted the poles in and have started putting up a proper fence. It’s great! It gives a nice level of privacy in the backyard. It was quite a nice surprise to see their hard work when arriving home.
January is going to be another busy month. We have our CO visit, and Reilly will be going to the US with the Penfolds for the intense program at the Son-Rise centre.
]]>The board went for $2200!
We had a bit of a hiccup. About an hour and a half before we were to start, the laptop on which I had the Trivia program setup (to run on the projector screen), decided to just die altogether. It just went blank and wouldn’t power up anymore. So, I very quickly drove home, installed the software on a different pc, re-type the questions (which I thankfully had printed the night before), redid the audio clips and drove back to Bangalow, to have it all set up and running just in time. Phew, that was a close one.
Aunty Shane left yesterday. We enjoyed having her here. I would’ve liked to have spent a bit more time with her, but unfortunately was very busy at work. But we managed to catch up and have some nice talks. I think she enjoyed her stay and had a good rest also. She devoured a few books while here and slept in a few mornings.
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