May 22, 2012

Sooty’s first hair cut

Sooty had her first hair cut today at the age of six months. She was very well behaved while visiting the hairdresser and devoured her doggy treat afterwards. She looks skinnier than I expected, which suggests that we aren’t feeding her too much. She doesn’t want more food, so I guess she’s healthy. Next job [...]

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Sooty finds her way home

We thought we had lost Sooty tonight. We went for a walk on dusk at the vacant land across from our house near the tennis courts. On the way back, Sooty ran off and disappeared. The light was fading and she’s a black fur ball, so we had no hope of spotting her. We called [...]

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Christmas mayhem

Tis the season to be jolly and all that, but Christmas morning for parents is madness. We managed a seven o’clock sleep-in this year, only because the big kids were under orders to wait until the toddlers woke up. James was the last to rise. We then opened presents, which in proportion to the time [...]

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Oh deer!

My morning jog continues to provide inspiration for mini-blogs. Today I was just past the first caravan park towards the Buckland Bridge when I heard dogs barking where I’ve never heard or seen dogs before. A minute later I saw two dogs and another animal running towards me on the opposite side of the road. [...]

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Vocabulary expands

The twins will be 20 months old on Tuesday. Here is the full list of their current vocabulary: mum, dad, dude, leen, dog, snowy, stevie, ouch (pronounced ow), oh oh, poo, wee, pie, more, ta, bowl, teddy, moo, mine, bickie, bird, dodo, bob, water (walla), bottle (boll), claudia, bubba, nose, no, juice, belly, boobs (beebee), [...]

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