Shirley inherited a bunny from a student who’s block of flats don't allow pets. It had been living on the balcony for the past few weeks but was taking strain.
The kids love it, even if its name is Lola like our dog. It comes when you call.
Lola seems to have fitted in well with all the other animals and hopefully has a great time being ‘loved to death’!
Borsel the Guinea Pig was put down this evening. He had a big abscess in his mouth and had lost most of his teeth. So we took the decision to put him out of his misery and took him to the vet to be ‘put to sleep’.
The kids have taken it quite well and have rediscovered the joy of playing with the Guinea Pigs.
Jorja turned 6 today. So we went to the skating rink at the boardwalk to celebrate. The kids loved it. The second half we were the only ones on the ice.
Going to be really stiff tomorrow after this and the 3 hour surf this morning!
Well I had a three hour surf this morning, first in a long time. Going to be stiff tomorrow! The first 3/4 of an hour at Millers was the best, only 3 guys out and plenty of waves for everyone.
Then the hoards arrived and the swell dropped. Was going to get out after about 2 hours, but then the hoards thinned and the swell jacked.
Eventually had to get out because I was so stuffed I could hardly paddle. What a way to start the day!
Summerwood had the grade 1 and 2 swimming gala this morning. Kayra was so excited. She cant swim a whole length yet so she only participated in the width ‘races’. She came second in breaststroke and third in freestyle.
There was a father and daughter race afterwards. The fathers had to swim with their daughters on their backs. We were doing well until Kayra tried to drown me, so we ended up in the middle somewhere. But as Shirley says, the smile on her face said it all!
A good day was had by all. The rate that Kayra’s swimming is improving she will do well next year.
Jorja has decided that if Kayra can read then she must too. Even though its a bit slow, she diligently looks up the letters she doesn't know on her alphabet chart. So a paragraph takes about 2 minutes. But determined she is!
Marion has been roaming around a lot with the new chicks. She seems to be a lot more relaxed with this brood. Maybe its because there are only two.
One of the chics died. We thing it was the youngest. It has been raining for a day and a half, so it might have been the cold, a lack of food or both.
Kayra has taken it really badly. She was ok at the burial, but later in the day there was a lot of ‘snot en trane’.
The other two seem to be doing fine.
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