May
6
2010
Great grandpa Maury went in for surgery on Tuesday. He’s had a second angioplasty and a surprising number of stents put in. Not bad for his first heart related problems (at 97!)
Grandpa Maury is still looking great! Grandpa Maury tells us about his surgeon during lunch, on his 97th birthday.
Everything went fine, but they are keeping him under observation to make sure there are no complications. Mum had the kids draw pictures and went to visit him yesterday. He loved them!
And of course, the pictures that they drew:
LR's drawing depicts a scene of devastation around an erupting volcano, complete with ash clouds masking the sun, portending environmental disaster... and a kraken attacked a ship.
RJ tackles a classic theme... A kraken brutally attacks a pirate ship; its quivering maw and writhing mass of tentacles preparing to unleash a storm of destruction..
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Sep
30
2009
While mum was away, dad kept the kids busy and tried to completely wear them out during the day. On Saturday, we went to the zoo. On Sunday, we went to a Wild Fairyland Festival.
We’ll be going back to the zoo again sometime.
LR goes for a close-up of a snake.
At 5 metres long (16feet), he's not a giant, but he is still impressively large.
RJ and LR get face to face with the salt-water croc.
LR takes a moment to record some observations while RJ wolfs down a sandwich.
RJ and LR stop for a moment to let Trisha get past.
They're quick, but dad's pretty fast with the shutter.
Gotcha!
The kids thought this kangaroo needed some exercise.
LR was careful to take pictures of each animal.
The wildflowers are still blooming everywhere.
On Sunday, we went to the Fairy Festival. Just look at the delight on the kids’ faces! They eventually cheered up, but it took most of the day.
Her face painted, LR is ready to have her nails done!
We tortured LR by leaving her in the middle of a tent full of fairy-obsessed 4-7 year old girls. How could we be so cruel?
On the other hand, the Drippy the Dragon puppet show was a huge hit.
RJ was pleased to have cake provided for him.
See? Sparkly nails AND face paint!
A fairy delivers some magic dust to LR so she can make a wish.
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Aug
11
2009
Conversation between RJ and LR in the back seat:
RJ: Sharks like to eat big animals.
LR: Not really big animals.
RJ: They do too! They like turtles and seals and people. And even crocodiles.
LR: They can’t eat crocodiles.
RJ: Can too!
LR: No they can’t. They’re too big.
RJ: They can eat baby crocodiles.
LR: Baby crocodiles live in the river, silly. Sharks don’t go there.
RJ: Bull sharks do.
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