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Category Archives: play
” Hardy and Lily are my best friends “
“”I am sad 😦 My two best friends in the whole wide world have gone home. Their mom and dad came back yesterday from a weekend away and took them back to their house Hardy is always running around the house and barks … Continue reading
Posted in Beagle, dogs, friends, Hardy, Jack Russell, James, play, puppies
Tagged best friends, dog friends, playmates
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This little cutie is Georgia
She is the nearly-8months old baby girl of Robyn and Mark (Elaine and Bryan’s good friends) and I have a playdate most Thursdays with her and coffee with her Granny Sandy 🙂 Last Thursday I remembered to take my camera in … Continue reading
Posted in babies, friends, grandchildren, Grandparents, play
Tagged baby fingers, baby toes, blue eyes, chubby cheeks, toys
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Frog and dog get washed
No words necessary 🙂 🙂 🙂  (James’ favourite toys)
Happiness is … getting a new soccer ball for his 9th birthday
It’s not just any soccer ball … it’s a match ball replica of the ‘beau jeu’ (beautiful game) match ball which will be used in the 2016 UEFA European Championships held in France from 10th June – 10th July 2016 … … Continue reading
I taught them how to sew !
Yesterday the boys had a lesson in sewing!!  I must say, Connor did extremely well! Bradley, who’s proud to say that he was taught cross-stitch in Grade 2 and therefore ‘knows how to sew’ , decided not to stick to … Continue reading
Posted in Bradley, Connor, learning curve, play
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Connor’s upside down tower
Smaller to bigger … narrower to wider … a feat in engineering 🙂 Blowing the aerial off without toppling the tower .. wow !  … Let’s see if Papa can put the aerial on without it toppling … Did he … Continue reading
Wordless Wednesday :
For more contributions to Wordless Wednesday go here and here
Posted in Connor, play, toys, Wordless Wednesday
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Scooter fun !
While Jeanette was out at her photo shoots this weekend, and Lance was working, the boys came to our house and brought their scooters.  We have a cobbled driveway which makes it tricky/bumpy but makes them need to balance more. They have … Continue reading
Posted in Bradley, Connor, grandchildren, play
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The little girl and the naughty little dog
Once upon a time there was a little girl and her name was Erin … One day she came to visit her Granny and Grandpa who had a little dog called Jackie. Now it so happened that Jackie was a naughty … Continue reading
Tug o’ war …
“Naughty Jackie has the hosepipe … let’s take away from her … … let go, Jackie … .. shake it … shake it …. … shake it some more … .. and really pull hard …. “ This was late … Continue reading