I love my Daddy!

Today is Fathers day and Mummy and I have been planning for this day for weeks! We spent one night making a card for Daddy which I signed with my colored crayons. We also went to a big mall where I had to try to stand still and smile as a nice woman took lots of photos of me and big light flashed in my eyes. I think I was very well behaved but Mummy may disagree.

Today when we got up we purposely didn't mention Fathers day and went about our business as normal. I could tell Daddy looked a bit sad and disappointed. He gave up waiting for Mummy to cook breakfast for him and started making pancakes for us instead. We took this opportunity to sneak out the front door and to put our plan in progress! We chose some lovely flowers from the front garden and made a little bouquet which we tied with a little elastic band. Daddy was still in the kitchen slaving over our pancakes when I burst in with flowers in one hand and his card in the other! His eyes lit up and he looked so happy! I even managed to resist eating the flowers before handing them to him and was very proud of myself!







Here I am giving the flowers to Daddy....






Later that day we spent time on Daddy's boat where we danced, sang and had lunch. I even got to stroke a fish which dad had caught. We threw it back in the water though....






Here I am looking up at the radio on the boat waiting for some good dance music!









And here I am tormenting my mummy by trying to bite her knee. I don't know why she doesn't find it as funny as I do!





Later on we went to the beach. Daddy surfed and I played in the sand and went for a 'swim' in the sea. I had a great time getting covered in sand and talking to the other people on the beach. What a great Fathers day!!!

Sheep to Shawl 2006

Mummy heard about Sheep to Shawl through some Mothers group list on her computer and decided to drag me along to it. Where were we going now???? As it turns out I had the BEST day out ever!

We drove not too far from home along the coast to a farm/ranch called Elkus Youth Ranch. Mummy used to cycle past this place before I was born and always wondered what it was like. She is so lucky to have me and to have excuses to visit these places. Shame about the lack of cycling, but you can't have everything and I'm sure she'd much prefer my company to that of a pile of metal on wheels ;-)

Anyway, I was so excited to see that there were animals everywhere at the ranch! There was even a lamb called Charlie who thought he was a dog and was being led about with a collar and leash. I'm sure I even heard him bark at one point!

Sheep to shawl is a yearly event here where you learn where wool comes from and how it turns into a sweater or scarf. I saw the sheep being sheared, wool being spun and dyed and lots more. It was so much fun. But the best part was being able to play with all the animals. Luckily mummy had her camera (for once) and tooks some photos....






Me with a lovely goat called 'Curly' coz her ears are curly at the ends.










Me and another goat. This one is a male and has horns. I liked pulling them and luckily he didn't seem to mind!








The lovely fluffy rabbits. They were a bit more timid and didn't like it when I tried to climb in the hutch with them!






Me, Mummy and a little chicken! I really liked this little chick and since Mummy told me that this is where the chicken that we eat comes from, I've decided to become a vegetarian!


I had such a good time running about chasing animals and trying to kiss them! We also had a lovely little picnic before heading home. I hope we come back here next year...maybe Daddy can even join us!!!

One naked girl - one strategically placed ball...

Skye is very blonde, now we're wondering if she's part Swedish as these photos look like they are from some 1970's Swedish movie!




Very tastefully done Skye... showing off a little, but not too much!





Skye loves her new ball and likes to carry it about with her whenever she can!






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Caught in the act (again!)

It suddenly went very quiet in the Monteith-Larsen household. It took us a few minutes to get suspicious and to go and see what Skye was up to....

This is what we found!


Just wait until she's a teenager...then we'll *really* be in trouble!