Snowbell

This is our Snowbell, another cat we adopted along the way ....

We have had her for 6 years and she has only just started liking us hehehe. After her recent visit to the vet to be shaved, the vet finally decided that what previous vets had been calling 'hairballs' in her abdomen were lumps in her mammary glands. So she was booked in the following week for the lumps to be removed. She returned home with a cut the length of her belly :( and we thought we were done...... However, on our return visit for stitches to be removed, it seems they might have missed one and we'll be making another appointment for surgery. Good news about the entire surgery thing is that she has finally figured out we like her and she can like us. She follows me around constantly now, sleeps in our bed and has even started talking - previously, she didn't make a sound !

Hmmmmm cats are such interesting pets huh !

Swimming lessons

It's taken a while but finally finally finally after the 5th swimming lesson, Lucy is putting her head IN the water more than she's not. Irony is, this is meant to have been our water-birth baby and she can't 'do' water hehehe This was the last class before badges next week, so now we just have to hold thumbs that she'll be able to do the 10m (width of the swimming pool) completely on her own, no stopping. She did this in August but on her back because she still refused to put her head in.

Aimee is doing well, she was moved to the advanced class eventhough she hadn't completed the 50m badge requirement. She has been finding it tough but has persevered. Her lessons start with at least 50m freestyle, then 10minutes of treading water, 50m of breaststroke and then some diving ! Today they had to do 100m of breaststroke, treading water, 25m freestyle and finish with some diving.... She found the 100m very long and the last 15m were veeeeeeeeerry slow but she made it - complained of a pain in her side afterwards :) Possibly her very first stitch hehehe She has done an awesome job and it looks like she'll prove to be a better swimmer than either of her parents !

Happy Fathers Day

Growing up, I can remember my gran saying once that if it were possible to come back as anything, she'd come back as a man ! Being about 10 years old at the time (I think, because afterall it was sooooo long ago) my cousins and I asked why .... She responded by saying that what was better, you get to sit around and women serve you hehehehe ! Well not anymore and I think she would have been rather impressed by all of the fabulous 'Dads' we have in our extended family, I know I am !

From Holidays.net : Father's Day is a day of commemoration and celebration of Dad. It is a day to not only honor your father, but all men who have acted as a father figure in your life - whether as Stepfathers, Uncles, Grandfathers, or "Big Brothers."
Andre -- Happy Father's Day, from your very first one where you spent the day on the rugby field at Kearsney (1999) to this (the photo) your second one in kingdom (2003), and now your tenth (2008) - spending it on the other side of the kingdon, far away from your girls.... we're thankful for you and love you so very very much !

Latest Updates

I know I know the blog seems to have been forgotten....
Not at all, we've finally finished for this school year and well the last two weeks have been so very very hectic getting finished, add to the mix Andre being away on the other side of the kingdom again and well..............blog just went by the wayside.
BUT...... it has got some finally posted 'old' news :) take a look at :
Moms and Muffins
My boy's birthday
Student-Led Conferences
and the compound Luau
more to come in the next few days, once I have stopped going in to school to finish things up :).