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| Dr. Maria |
June has been a busy month with winter temps keeping us shivering at night. Gio graduated from 2nd grade, we took a ski trip in Lesotho and Jagger finally came home after 8 weeks of cage rest.
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| Those of you sweltering in summer temps may be a bit jealous of our chilly winter nights and mornings here. Bruno knows how to keep warm. |
Despite the winter chill Jagger continues his hydrotherapy (in a heated pool!). He is up to 15 minutes on the underwater treadmill and 40 laps of the pool.
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| His motivation for doing all of those laps...a squeaky chicken! |
We had a few extra puppies one weekend- two half sisters named Ilana & Serina and even Isaac stopped by. It was fun chaos.
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| Mealtime was amusing with the Lab puppies finishing their bowls ages before Bruno swallowed his last mouthful. |
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| Serina was baffled that anyone could eat so slowly. |
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| Post dinner snooze.... |
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| ...before bedtime. |
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| We were all madly in love with baby Serina. |
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| World Bank Family Fun Day! |
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| Serina was a huge hit. |
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| Gio and his best buddy Nico enjoyed some sumo wrestling. |
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| Gio defeated this girl....then she came back and knocked him out three times in a row! |
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| Always be sure your hair clips match your snack. |
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| A rare moment when I have Gio under my complete control. |
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| Pepper has a new habit of sitting on my dinner plate. We all know not to mess with him... ever! |
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| Dinnertime antics. |
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| Late one Saturday night I found Salt lying in bed covered in blood. Fortunately we have an excellent 24-hour vet clinic nearby so off we went. Hours later he was home with multiple stitches on his face and one leg shaved. The vet thinks he was attacked by a mongoose which we have all over our golf course. |
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| Our visiting puppy Ilana decided Maria's car seat was for her. |
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| Guide Dog puppy pile! |
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| Salt is healing nicely! |
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| A visit with Jagger, still on crate rest. |
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| Waiting for the bus on Gio's last day of 2nd grade! |
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| To celebrate Gio's end of school year I took him on a horseback safari. |
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| With our favorite zebra! |
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| On our way back from the safari we stopped by to visit sweet Jagger. He is always extra excited when he sees Gio. |
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| When your 3-year-old discovers a box of doughnuts on the table. |
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| Off for 5 days to ski in Lesotho! |
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| The hill (yes, man-made snow!) |
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| Ski holidays must start with hot cocoa, of course. |
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| In our chalet where the children spent most of their waking hours with Magnatiles. Nope, I did not pack lightly for this holiday! |
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| Their favorite part? The destruction of the creations. |
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| Ready to head off for the first morning of skiing! |
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| Standing on snow (1) in Africa (2) in June. Both firsts for all of us! |
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| Maria heads up the slope! |
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| We were at Afriski during their first week of the season. Though that meant not a lot of man-made snow yet, it did mean we had the slope nearly to ourselves! Here is Gio (in yellow) all alone. |
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| After a lot of hard work she was ready for cocoa! --------- |
Day 2 of instruction...
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Our 3rd day we had a power cut for much of the day (this is Africa, after all!). Before the generators could kick in Maria's instructor Luke had to carry her up the hill!
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Gio heading down the mountain.
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| While we were away our dear Salt got extra special attention at Menlyn Kennels. I was glad someone else had to give him pills for a while. That is NOT easy! |
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| On the drive back to Pretoria we went through a snow storm! |
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| And look who we picked up on our way! Finally coming home after 8 weeks of crate rest. |
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| Reunion. |
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| Best friends together again. |
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| When you leave your 3-year-old alone with your dog. |
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| Morning snuggles. |
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| Still perplexed by Bruno's slow eating habits! |
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| Gio's Magna-tile tower. |
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| Gio is heading to his first sleep-away camp on July 2nd. Pepper seems keen to go along. |
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| I took Oscar on a Guide Dog trip to ride the Gautrain from Pretoria to Sandton and back. |
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| Always time for kisses while you are waiting for a train. |
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| Gio finally agreed to get his haircut before camp. I was thrilled. |
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| Of course, he will do anything to get some screen time! |
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| After. |
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| Friday night at the movies! And so ends June. July will be equally busy with Gio's first week at camp (Sugar Bay outside of Durban) and a 3 week holiday in Italy. Until then, Happy Summer/Winter to all! xoxo. Clara |
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