The girls have been having a ball playing with the new baby budgies. The budgies seem to like all the attention. Seems like the mother is on eggs again!
Tuesday, January 31, 2012
Monday, January 30, 2012
New budgies out nest
Three of the four new budgies are now out of the nest. The youngest doesn't fly too well yet. The kids love playing with them and they don't seem to mind the attention!
Friday, January 27, 2012
Brood #2
Marion’s eggs finally started to hatch. So of the 4 eggs in brood #2, only 3 hatched. Robin is very proud and has been telling the whole neighbourhood! He also makes sure that the other chics keep far away from the new ones.
Thursday, January 19, 2012
Millers solo
I had Millers to myself for about an hour. After days of easterlies we had a light south westerly and some fun waves all to myself and a school of dolphins.
What a way to start the day!
Monday, January 16, 2012
Homework
Kayra got her first homework today. She was so excited to get started with it. Hopefully the excitement lasts for a long time!
Sunday, January 15, 2012
Toothless
Kayra finally pulled her other top front tooth out after about a week of wiggling. She is now missing both top front teeth, ‘haasbek’!
Wednesday, January 11, 2012
Jorja’s 1st day
After getting Kayra settled in at Summerwood we took Jorja to her 1st day at Beachwood in Pam’s class, the ‘big girls’. She slotted right in and was busy with puzzles immediately. Also didn't get a goodbye kiss!
Kayra’s 1st day at school
Kayra was up at 6am for her first day at Summerwood. She showered had breakfast and was ready by 7am. She was so excited and after a half an hour of being asked every 5 minutes whether it was time yet, we went to school early.
She loves her class and was out playing in the grounds immediately. We didn't even get a goodbye kiss when the bell went at 8am!
We will see if she is as enthusiastic next week when the homework starts!
Tuesday, January 10, 2012
School orientation
Kayra had to go to Summerwood this morning for orientation. She met her new teacher, Mrs Davis, and had a lesson in her class. The parents went for a trip around the school.
Kayra is extremely excited to go to school and cannot wait for tomorrow!
Sunday, January 8, 2012
Bikes to beach
Tim got a bike on Friday. It was in good condition and for a good price. We decided to try and take the whole family on a biking expedition to the beach, about 3km away.
After a few stops to do tweaks to the bikes we made it to the beach without any major incidents.
The girls went for a swim in the lukewarm water while I did some repairs. Seems like two of the bikes have slow punctures.
The trip back was uphill, but thankfully the wind was from behind. We made it home with a lot of moans. I am sure we are all going to be stiff tomorrow.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Van Stadens
We went out to Van Stadens river mouth for the day with the Wilson’s, the Coles and the Gama’s. The kids had a great day and spent most of the time in the water.
We had a great braai for lunch. It was a very hot day and Tim even swam without his usual wetsuit!
We all arrived home tired and sunburnt, a great day was had by all!
Wednesday, January 4, 2012
Marion nesting
Marion kicked the chicks out of the nest a while back and is now firmly back on the nest. So in 3 weeks time we should have the new brood.
We got about 20 eggs other than the 4 or 5 that she is sitting on. They are break for baking, even if they are small.
Might have to swap some chicks out to widen the gene pool. Getting a bit incestuous in our chicken family!
Monday, January 2, 2012
Biannual measuring
We weighed and measured the kids this morning. Kayra is now 24kg and 1.225m. Jorja is 20kg and 1.115m.
Seems like Jorja is due for another growth spurt!
New budgies
We have 4 new budgies. After a year of nothing we now have a second lot. Seems like they have finally worked out how to do it!
All our budgies are blue, so we will have to get some other colours in to make it more interesting!
Sunday, January 1, 2012
Kayra’s birthday
Kayra turned 7 today. She had a great day and got lots of wonderful presents. For once the weather played with and we had a stinker of a hot summer’s day.
A lot of her friends were away on holiday, but we still had hoards of kids around for the party.
Kayra’s pride and joy was her new ‘big girls’ watch she got. Everyone had to have a look.
The party went straight into the New Year’s eve braai.
Happy New Year
Hope you all had a great new year. We had a great braai with family and friends.
Kayra made it to midnight, Jorja until 10pm.
We had the usual bond fire for the kids.
May you all have a prosperous and happy 2012!
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