What have we been up to well.....
Caitlin went on an activity weekend to Robinwood with 24 classmates and had an amazing time, conquering fears and trying amazing activities like caving, rock climbing, the giant swing and the PIRANHA pool.....;o) They all had an amazing time and gave us a presentation on it last night - complete with a song - words written by Caitlin, music by Nick and performed by all 25 of them :o) Really great! Caitlin also auditioned for the Pied Piper of Hamelin production in school - and found out this week that she's been cast in the starring role as Pied Piper :o) She has solos to sing and a LOT of lines to learn!! Very proud of her :o) Here she is looking way too old and grown up!!
Izzy is learning to read - she recognises about half the letters of the alphabet now!! She can recognise all the numbers from 1-10 (and maybe a few more!), cut out beautifully, do the most complex jigsaws and do amazing things on the trampoline! She's also extremely funny!!!! She can count to 10 in Spanish and French - and hopefully she'll get chance to really improve her French this summer - she's certainly very keen! Here's our graceful Izzy, in a wedding dress, sprawled on the floor ;o)
Nick's off to Mauritius on Wednesday - I can hear you all feeling so sorry for him, having to go to Mauritius AGAIN ;o) He's away for about 10 days, back for 3 days then off to Cyprus for 2 weeks including a few nights off in Aia Napa - that sounds messy!! During this "working" trip he will be filming a Greek Cypriot friend's wedding - which sounds like an amazing affair lasting several days!!!! Lucky him!!I'm STILL just working........;o) but me and Caitlin are going to see Girl's Aloud on Saturday night which we're both VERY excited about :o) We're all still having fun at church and in Razmatazz and my little sunday school group are great! Caitlin performed with her Girl's Brigade last Sunday at church - they had a chant of all of the books of the old Testament in order - and they all got it spot on, in time and with no mistakes :o) The only problem is that all the time Caitlin practised at home, it got stuck in my head and I kept walking around saying it!!
Last exciting thing is that our new aupair Renee arrives on Tuesday 3rd June :o) She's here for the summer til the end of August - Renee's also Canadian but French Canadian this time so the girls are looking forward to learning a bit of French and I'm looking forward to practising my VERY rusty French!! Hopefully she won't laugh at me TOO much!! Renee teaches dance and is just finishing up at Uni training to be a teacher so we hope she'll have a wonderful summer with the girls dancing, playing and putting on shows! We've warned her that the girls like imaginary play ;o) heheheeee - hope she likes dressing up! We're all excited to meet her - and she's already been in touch with Lauren so hopefully she knows what she's letting herself in for!!!!!! Please keep her in your thoughts and prayers for a good flight over and an easy transfer in Heathrow!
Think that's all for now!
Love and hugs
Nikki xoxoxoxoxox
