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Sunshine gets a soft toy.

Like many golden retrievers, Sunshine just loves to mouth things. One of her favourite things to do is to explore wastepaper baskets and steal things out of them when she thinks we aren’t looking. Unfortunately for her, we have eagle … Continue reading

01. February 2012 by Jean
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Sunday hi jinks.

The girls didn’t want to go to a park yesterday, so K blew up the inflatable pool for them to have an evening dip. All was relatively peaceful until a playfight began and someone splashed water onto the deck as … Continue reading

30. January 2012 by Jean
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All about critters.

This evening, we realised that the mouse that Emily had spotted on our dining table a couple of days ago was hiding out under the sofa. What gave it away was its smell and movement which caught Bryan’s attention. He … Continue reading

28. January 2012 by Jean
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A crocheted crown for Zoe.

Zoe asked for a crocheted crown, so I made her one using this tutorial, which I mentioned earlier. It took me two nights to finish, mainly because I had to rework the six points several times as they were rather … Continue reading

27. January 2012 by Jean
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Bryan and Sunshine’s first trip to the beach.

We are bad dogparents. Very bad. Bryan is nearly three years old and today marked his first time on a beach. We don’t know for sure if this is Sunshine’s first time ever since her former family could have taken … Continue reading

23. January 2012 by Jean
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