Week 11

Time is flying by now with our departure date now in sight. We began this week with Ella attending Mabel's 6th birthday party after school on Tuesday. With a bunny theme - the girls had fun with all the party games. Dinner was fish and chips served in newspaper cones with dessert being a rabbit birthday cake. The party bags were very creative too - a carrot shaped cone filled with lollies (of course) with a lid in the form of a green tissue paper twisted stalk. A really lovely party and family.

The week was dominated with lots of sad news from home though. Nayne (Nat's Nana) who turns 90 in a few weeks, had a week stint in Royal Perth Hospital with a kidney infection. Although she has mostly physically recovered, mentally Nayne is still quite confused. Thus she has not been allowed to return to her 3 bedroom house and instead is recuperating in Bentley Hospital awaiting to be assessed as to future options for her care.





Next was Rosie (our chicken) who passed away from a suspected infection. Diego (together with Isa), is house sitting, felt really bad about this and before we knew it Mollie had a new friend! Christened Holly, the new chicken probably doesn't think much of Mollie who is has been exerting her dominance by being a bit of a bully. Hopefully that will soon calm down and Holly will stop escaping from the chicken coop!



On Wednesday, while I was skyping with my parents, Dad discovered their 11 year old german shepherd Lady had collapse in the back garden. They rushed her to the vet where the news was not good. Lady's temperature was low, her vital signs were fluctuating in a dangerous manner and her stomach was full of blood. The diagnosis was suspected advanced pancreatic or stomach cancer. She was put to rest and will be buried at Lawnswood close to Meg and Holly.




Thankfully our week ended on a better note. On Friday after school there was a free community Be Active fair on the Summymead Oval adjacent to Cuttleslowe Primary. The girls joined in the fun - some soccer drills, noughts and crosses, hand painting, bouncy castle and Ella even tried out some taekwondo moves! Marvin the penguin, the mascot for the Oxford Ice Rink, made an appearance. Ella went straight up to give him a cuddle while Katy initially blankly refused. After quietly assessing the situation, Katy slowly built up her courage from high fiving him to a quick cuddle right at the end. What a brave girl!!