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| Oscar, visiting GDA pup Serina & Jagger More soccer Saturdays... |
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| A visit to the hair salon. |
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| She got princess curls! |
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| Whenever I work at my desk this happens. How I love being surrounded by dogs (and Maria!). |
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| 4 pups (and a cat) on the porch! (Isaac & Salt under the table, Viktor, Jagger & Bruno). I had dropped Oscar off this day for his elbow scopes. We would not get him back for 3 weeks. |
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| The school had a long weekend holiday in the middle of the month so we went with another family to our favorite dog-friendly spot an hour outside of Pretoria (Stone Hill) where we spent most of our time walking with our (combined) 4 dogs. |
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| Maria & Ina gathering flowers (with Isaac as supervisor). |
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| Back in our cottage the children spent hours building with Magna-Tiles. |
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| Jagger & Isaac up to their usual antics. |
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| A man and his dog. |
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| We visited the Cradle of Humankind- Maropeng for the 4th time since we moved here. Our children love this museum! |
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| Isaac & Maria on an evening walk. |
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| Isaac loved the dog swimming pool... |
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| ...shaped like a bone, of course! |
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| Time for sundowners! |
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| Braai with friends- our favorite SA tradition. |
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| My morning run. |
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| Visiting again our favorite candle making place. Gio is a boy of many contrasts. These are the two candles he chose! |
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| Wiped out after two 5K walks! |
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| Driving home. With two children, 2 adults, 3 dogs and luggage this was the only place I could put Isaac! |
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| Jagger, our bed hog. |
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| "I write like the big kids now!" Love her multi-age classroom! |
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| Another morning waiting for the bus, another independently made outfit choice! |
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| Flight academy class at Bounce on a rainy afternoon. |
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| I got to visit Oscar a few days after his operation. He was in good spirits and did not seem to upset about the haircut! |
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| After my visit with Oscar I brought Jagger's two sisters (who are in training now) back to their puppy raisers in Pretoria. (from left: Jagger, Jade & Joss-Lynn). Jagger looks so sleepy as he had just finished a grueling hydrotherapy session. Maria vs Spaghetti |
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| Spray-a-thon to raise money for cancer treatment. |
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| I was asked by GDA to take another puppy and I happily said yes (hoping the third time would be the charm!). Meet Alaska. She (YES, my first girl dog ever!) is 7 months old. Her original Puppy Raiser was returning to FT work so could not longer keep her. I happily stepped in. |
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| Sometimes the school days are extra tiring! |
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| Usually I find Gio's swim team stuff crumpled in a soggy lump in his bedroom. Imagine my surprise when I found this recently! |
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| Alaska (purple collar) joined our family when we were already hosting 6-month old Bessie for a week. I could only tell the difference between the two based on collar color. |
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| Alaska came along to Jagger's check up at the vet. Jagger and I are working towards becoming a therapy dog team (http://www.therapytopdogs.co.za/) and part of it requires a a vet certificate. The vet had just entered the room with the dreaded thermometer. Both puppies were clearly concerned! |
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| My twins Bessie (left) and Alaska |
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| At the end of the month Gio's grade had a sleepover at school. |
Camp meeting
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| Final morning of February. Perhaps Maria senses winter is on its way.... |
