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It was nice for Dad to get to sleep in this morning. The girls woke just after 7 and then came and joined him in bed. And yes, sleeping till 7am is really sleeping in for Brendon.
Ruth pulling funny faces...
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A kiss for Dad. Weekend's are so nice for them - they don't get to see him in the morning during the week.
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After spending almost the whole day out yesterday I suggested that we just stay home today. I did not want to miss out on having a weekend rest. So after watching a sermon I had downloaded off the Internet we had morning tea out in the sun.
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I had bought the needed screws for the bike chair yesterday, so Ruth "helped" Dad get that put on.
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While there were busy Hannah touched a stinging nettle and learnt the hard way that they are really painful. And believe me - it really stings.
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Showing where her hand is sore.
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When the seat was ready off we went for a picnic. Ruth & Hannah really loved the ride.
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I think this is becoming our favorite picnic spot - 650m down our drive. And a regular snack that I bring with is a packet of chips and dip (a tin of reduced cream with 1/2 packet tomato soup mixed in - a kiwi favorite which we love).
What an absolutely stunning day.
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The girls enjoying some time in the sandpit (photo taken from the study window). They spend ages out here on sunny days.
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Quickly getting the front grass cut before the girls have their afternoon nap. Unfortunately we missed cutting last week, so Brendon had to rake up - there was just too much to just leave it.
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Rachel helping out a little while we put the little two in bed.
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While Brendon was finishing up with the raking he walked over to the bush with the egg and saw the duck was sitting on the eggs. I went over with camera in hand but got too close (I moved a leaf to try get a photo) and she jumped off. But she just stayed here - right next to the nest and a little later got back on. So hopefully we will have little ducklings waddling around at some point.
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One of the other things I bought yesterday was some plants. Left to right - lettuce, tomato (I could not resist getting such a bit plant - but it will stay indoors for another week or two) and sugar snap peas. Although I have seeds for all three it was so nice to get a few weeks head start with these.
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Brendon and I then got stuck into doing some weeding. In no time at all we had finished the front bed (the one I had been busy with through the week) and so we tackled this bed. A whole wheelbarrow full of weeds from there. But it went rather quickly as we work well as a team (one with the fork and the other pulling out).
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While digging we found these little bones. The vertebra on the right is only as big as the top of my thumb.
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Enjoying some reading time before the little two wake up.
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Ruth and Hannah so love helping bring the wood in. Even Hannah carried big pieces in. We want to do all we can to keep this helpfulness going. :D
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Ruth's favorite puzzle building time is after dinner. This evening she flew through all three of these.
This really was such a lovely day. Wonderful time with my family, getting loads done around the house and just getting to the end of the day and feeling so refreshed.
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