First of all - Happy Birthday Mom!
Secondly, our buddy Seth had to pack up his onesies and short sleeves and head for the Great White North at the crack of dawn. Jill was a bit worried about the trip seeing as Seth is now a crawling monster who screams with delight. We have however already heard from Jill and the trip went off without a hitch. Things got a bit ripe when Seth relieved himself as the 'fasten your seatbelt - or we will get snarky' sign went off. But c'est la vie when you are 9 months old. Whitehorse welcomed our friends with a fierce north wind and a few house repairs. We are all happy to hear they made it home but are missing their smiling faces. Thanks for the fun.
The third big event of the day was the Leamington Primary School Swimming Sports night at the local pool. Mira had signed up for three events and by 3:00 she was ready to leave the country - she was so nervous. We gave her the pep talk and then dropped her off. (tough love?)
Paul was volunteered (by me!) to flip sausages. He was very excited about that - 28 degrees and stinking hot. The sausages were very popular and Paul flipped a few. The sausages were served on bread with margarine and fried onions. :}
I was official photographer.
Kate had her events and did really well - she got a certificate for fastest widths in freestyle.
Mira won all of her events (so much for nerves!) and earned her house 300 points. Mira participated in the 25 metre back crawl, 50 m freestyle (front crawl) and 50m breast stroke. Then she was asked to anchor the 4 by 50 relay. She did amazingly well.
Mira and Kate are in the same houses (school spirit teams - yellow house) and yellow won! The proud parents are sure our girls' wins made the difference.
Look carefully and you will see Kate's black and blue knee - result of a being run over by a friend on a bike. OUCH!
View of the pools. We are very fortunate to have been here this year as the pools are being taken out and replaced with a 25 m indoor pool. I am so glad to have been outside, having spent up to 10 hours a week at this pool reading/swimming and I am so glad not to have been stuck inside. I am sure it will be great for Cambridge but I am on my 'sun' year after all.
Some pictures of the playground at Mira and Kate's school on a Sunday morning.
Mira and Kate dressed for school - at the Kids Discovery room in the Museum in Hamilton. It was Children's Day here in NZ so lots of events for kids to be had.
Kate helping me with dinner. She is cutting the ends off the beans. A math moment to learn about measurements: a bit, a third, a half...
Have a great week. Cheers, sharon.
Mom and I want to know if the little Polish girl with the "baboshka" hires out - we could use some help around here.... how is she with ovens? ... about the right height I would think!!
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