Another story...

Abigail wrote another story yesterday. Here it is - exactly as she wrote it:

the vet by Abigail Hutton

once apone a time there was a cat and her name was bonny and she had a saw back so Mr and mrs Hutton toock her to the vet.
but they had to what (wait) for a while until the vet laddy calld them.
bonny was a little scad. but we mannigd to karm her down and then the vet laddy came to call us.
bonny got panncy (panicky!) but the vet laddy was verry cinde (kind) and so we toock bonny out of the basket. and the vet toock a look of bonny's back and sead her back is full of scabs and gave us meddsin and sead what time we mus giv it to her.
and so when we got home we had to struggl to get the medsin in her mouth. but we got it in. and it put bonny to sleep. and when she woke up she was very grunpy so we had to stay away from bonny for a little while. but it didn't last long.
bonny was soon feeling better agen. but her back was still very saw and she couldnt run are play. all she wanted to do was liye down so we left her to liye down in peace.
She slept untel the next morning. and then after brekfist the telphon rang it was the vet She asked how bonny's back was and we sead it was fine but the vet sead she must still take the medsin in the afternoon. so we had a long convsavon and then we put down the phone. and gave her the medsin.
and then after her sleep she was feeling much better
THe END

This past week....

...has been busy - what's new?!!
So what have we been up to? Well school keeps us busy and the afternoons are often filled with errands and extra-murals and just "things" but in between all that we had some time for bike riding seeing as it's been pretty good weather all week.

Niave's new favourite thing is climbing trees and she's pretty good - sometimes I can't bare to watch because I'm sure she's going to fall but she negotiates her way up and down with ease - most of the time!

Somewhere in this tree is a little girl!!

Oh! There she is!!

Kitty-face!!

While Niave was busy tree-climbing, Abigail was trying to get an "action-shot" - a picture of herself with both feet off the ground! Here are some of her attempts - it was more the photographer that couldn't get the timing right!!

Biker-girl!

On Saturday morning Abigail went to her friend Kiera's birthday party. It was a "mystery adventure" party. Lots of searching for clues in all sorts of places and eventually discovering the hidden treasure (the treasure chest birthday cake) - you can read more about it and see the pictures on their blog: http://www.hayesfamily.co.za/.

While we were there Niave went to Kirstenbosch for an ice cream with Ouma and Oupa and found every drop of water in the place!!

Grant had gone to watch the rugby with his friend Alan and came back with new water colour paints for both girls so there was much painting in the evening. Abigail was putting some of her newly acquired art skills to work by doing shading instead of just straight lines.

Lastly, last Sunday Niave's Sunday school group (2-4's) sang on the stage in church. Niave stood very quietly watching all the people watching her and didn't utter a word or even crack a smile!!

1 year old!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY HUTTONS.BLOG!!

1 Year and 195 posts old today!!

Hip Hip Hooray!!!!

A year ago.

While scanning through some pictures earlier I was struck by the difference in Niave from a year ago and now.

The picture on the left was taken on the 20th of August 2008, the one on the right is from the 8th of July 2009 ( a bit out of focus) - both taken at Kirstenbosch.

Quite amazing, isn't it? Just look at those cheeks!!

Saturday.

One of the decisions Grant made after his near-death experience was to work less. Now if you know Grant you will know that that is something he finds very difficult so 1 way to help him not ending up working all weekend is to have plans for those days - if he is at home then he will inevitably end up at the computer. So today's outing was two-fold: get him out of the house and check out the "wheelchair friendliness" of the campsite venue that our church plans to have a family camp next month.

So we bundled into the car and headed for Simons Town. The Rocklands campsite/conference centre turned out to be very pleasant and fairly wheelchair friendly.

Then we popped into The Salty Sea Dog for fish and chips and went up to a lookout spot on a hill above the harbour. We got to appreciate the view and Grant got to look at the Corvettes (no, not cars, boats - apparently!!)

Then we set off for home and to Ouma and Oupa's house to play with cousins Willow and Marley. Abigail and Niaves bikes were left there about 2 months ago so we took another 2 wheeled toys along and did some riding in the driveway:
(Willow was getting some practice on 2 wheels as she's used to having side-wheels attached.)

"Let me out, let me out"!!


The signs of spring in the garden:

Funny faces!

Last weekend Abigail and my mom made some over sized glasses - I have no idea why or how it came to be but it did!

Earlier this evening I had to fit 4 little girls into my car for the Friday night kids club lift club! That meant Niave had to stay at home. Grant had arranged for his dad to pop round to look at a program they have been working on and he happened to arrive just as I was leaving, so left to her own devices this was the face that greeted me at the door on my return!

She had got into Abigail's make-up box that she had for her eisteddfod last year! "I want to be a kitty with whiskers." was her explanation...this is what she was aiming for:

(Of course minus the lipstick and spots of mascara!!)

Where is the tooth fairy??

On Thursday morning Abigail lost her 7th tooth. That night as usual she left it next to her bed for the Tooth Fairy's visit...however, on Friday morning we heard a little voice saying "Mom, the Tooth Fairy didn't come".
Well, of course the Tooth Fairy's memory must be fading!
She was not actually that upset, she was quite accepting of the "story" that she must have had a busy night!! Grant added that he had had a bad night and was up a lot so she probably didn't come because of him!

So, Friday night we followed the same procedure, I even asked Grant to remind me about the tooth, but Saturday morning arrived and a little voice called again "Mom, she didn't come".

What can I say, it's ridiculous!!

But she has now decided to leave it for the Tooth Mouse because "the tooth fairy is hopeless Mommy"!!
SO the tooth has been left in it's little container on the floor with a chunk of cheese and I was asked to write a letter on the computer. "What must I say?" I asked, "oh Mommy, just write stuff about teeth"!

Well, best I go and check if she is sleeping soundly so I can transform myself into a mouse, eat the cheese and leave the money and an explanatory note as to the fairy's absence.