Friday, June 22, 2012

Legs 11

How quickly the time flies.  Can't believe Jayden turned 11 in May.  
In the morning before school, we let him open up some of his presents.
 He was really thrilled with the M&M dispenser that Taryn bought him.
 And seemed to like the skull shirt.
 He thought the All Blacks duvet cover was pretty neat too.  He's actually quite an easy kid to please, as he appreciates everything that people give to him.
 He was blow away with the new sports watch that sported both analogue and digital displays.
 But I'm pretty sure his favourite was what he got that night before going to bed.  His first Swiss Army Pocket Knife.


 On the Sunday we had family over for afternoon tea and this is the rainbow cake I made for him.  7 layers - Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo & Violet.  Complete with matching pebbles (although the green and violet pebbles were a bit pale in comparison.  Jayden just thought it was awesome, which is all that really matters.

More presents on Sunday - lollies & money
 Star Wars PlayStation game
 Puzzle of the London Underground.
 And as part of the present from Nan & Pop, firstly (as a joke) Special K - mum had seen it on special and knows how much Jayden loves it, so added a box to his present, which also included 2 pairs of shoes that he had pointed out previously, a pair of gloves and another puzzle.



 Jayden wanted to light the candles
 And then blew them out again.

All in all, a great birthday week for Jayden.










Wednesday, June 20, 2012

Milo the kitten


The kids begged us for ages to get a kitten.  We sat them down and discussed how they would need to be prepared to pay for her, her food, her vet bills etc.  We also said they would need to be the primary caregivers, cleaning up any accidents, cleaning out her litterbox box, feeding her etc.  The two of them discussed it, worked out the cost of everything and a plan of how much pocket money it would take each week and then agreed to go forward and get a kitten.
Due to some soft brown markings, they decided she looked like she had Milo stains down her back and so called her 'Milo'
She was so tiny when we brought her home, but grew super quickly.  Milo is a bit mischievous, so fits into our family well! 


She loves to cuddle up and fall asleep on us, or just sit on us and watch what's going on.



 Sometimes she lies down in some funny positions.
We love her dearly and hope she will be with us for a very long time.