After two years the budgies have finally worked out how to make babies. We have one very ugly small budgie in one of the nesting boxes. Hopefully this is not the start of a budgie population explosion!
Friday, November 18, 2011
Wednesday, November 16, 2011
New bikes
The kids had outgrown their small kiddie bikes a while back. Shirley had been threatening for a while to buy new bikes. Well she got her way on Tuesday and we surprised the kids with 2 boxes when they got home.
It took much longer than expected to put the bikes together, especially with no instruction manual. The 1st one took about 1.5 hours. The second went quicker until I discovered that the back cog was skew and the bearing were buggered. Murphy’s law!
So early Wednesday it was back to the shops to change the bike. The replacement had no problems, other than the hour it took me to assemble it.
When Shirley got back for university in the afternoon we took the kids and the bikes to the beach. Took a while to find a way to fit the bikes into the car!
The girls started off on the grass. Jorja is a bit small still so she needs a helping hand to get going. They both gained confidence quickly. We then tried a bit if tar where they could do figure of eights. That went well so we braved the bike track.
There were a few falls, but nothing serious. They had a great time and we battled to get them home!
Tuesday, November 8, 2011
Jorja summersaults
So Jorja has started doing summersaults on the trampoline. Need I say more!
She ends up on her bum because she cant get high enough. But I am sure in a day or two she will get it right.
New dove
The kids discovered that on of the dove eggs had hatched. We now have a new very small, very ugly dove chick!
Fiona died
Fiona the Kakariki died. We found her lying on the floor. She was getting old and frail. The customary burial was done this morning before school.
Monday, November 7, 2011
Kayra is learning to read
Kayra has been trying to read for a while. I bought some ‘Learning to read’ workbooks a while back, but she battled then. Well not any more. She is managing quite well, even if we have to help her. She is getting better by the day.
Sunday, November 6, 2011
Addo
After the madness the last few months with my dad passing, getting the flat ready new tenants and getting Shirley and my businesses going we have had no time for ourselves.
The kids had been moaning for a while that they had never been to Addo. So we decided that life must stop for a bit so we can take them to Addo for the day.
We had a great relaxing day and the kids loved it. Shirley was a bit space out with all the medication she was taking for her sinus attack.
We had a nice braai at lunch time at the main camp and the usual boerewors rolls went down well.
We got back home about 6pm, tired any dusty, but well relaxed.
Thursday, November 3, 2011
Marion laying eggs again
After a few weeks break, Marion has started laying eggs again. We have marked 4 that we will not remove. Shirley says she wants more hens. Any cocks will become lunch!
We get an egg a day. They are small eggs, but very tasty. The kids love them.
Wednesday, November 2, 2011
Farmer Tim
We harvested our 1st crop of small / baby potatoes from the new vegetable garden. Was quite messy getting them out, but it was worth the effort. Really good looking potatoes!
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