All things brown......

Well this update has been a long time coming!!  It is not that we have been doing anything exciting just enjoying life with friends and family and not getting as much time on here to do things like update everyone.  January was a big month for us; we had friends over, Jasmine turned 6, driftwood and sand sculptures adorned our beach (first brown thing), 2 wobbly teeth began, I actually finished a knitted vest that looks like a vest (second brown thing) and we got a dog all of our very own (third brown thing that produces additional brown presents daily - sorry couldn't resist). 



Kids having lunch by one of the amazing driftwood sculptures.

After a whole year of waiting and asking Jasmine finally enjoyed her 6th birthday.  Not sure who was more excited in the end as Daniel got to stay up a bit later on the eve of said birthday to wrap presents.  Since then he keeps asking if he can stay up and wrap Jasmine's number 7 birthday present.  I mean I'm organized but not that much??!!  At the beginning of her birthday week Jasmine began talking about sore teeth but having had a friend here who did actually have wobbly teeth we thought it may be just the contagious kind of wobbly teeth. How wrong we were as the morning of her birthday she showed just how much her teeth can wobble now (barely visible be the human eye it has to be said but wobbly all the same).  Birthdays and wobbly teeth in one week - what more can you ask for ;)


Guess who is finally 6!

Rex is our latest addition to our family and we just love him.  The kids and I have begun volunteering at the local SPCA and as we had been talking about getting a dog for a while we plunged in.  My initial love was a very jumpy little lady with a love of birds (not in the good sense) who would of needed a lot of time which we don't always have.  Rex was Liam's first choice and a very fine choice it is ;)  We have had him on a 2 week trial and have just officially adopted him into our family.  He already has lots of manners - more than the kids at the moment - and is lovely to go for a run with.  He is almost a year old so a good mixture of pup with maturity.  I was a little nervous a first about getting a dog after our Lady incident, luckily the SPCA told me about a great site http://www.theonlinedogtrainer.com/ which gave me loads of confidence to owning and maintaining a good dog.  Lots of good tips on there for sorting our dog problems which strangely enough work quite well on children too! So glad I found it and Rex.

Our Rexy boy

Last thing that I just have to mention is my completed vest for Daniel.  It has taken the best part of 6 months to knit up and finish as I mainly did it when at Mum's - help on hand to explain where I had mucked up, lack of my household jobs and a mother that still wants to cook for me all helpped ;)  I am very proud that it actually looks like an article of clothing and fits him nicely.  My last attempt at knitting clothing ended in a jersey with two different lengths and sized sleeves due to changing tension and a front and back that were wondering what they were meant to do with each other!!  Needless to say it put me off even looking at a set of needles for the following 24 years.  Now with some confidence under my belt, keyhole winter scarves for the kids are the next knitting mission.

Daniel modelling his new vest,  briefly due to heat. 

Hope this finds you all happy, healthy and in a bit of shade.

Arohanui
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