Distractions - Wordless Wednesday

Sometimes there are way too many opportunities to waste time. This is my newest distraction.

Our newest family member (the one in the cage!) is waiting to come home with us.

A Rebel up close.

Helping me read.

Rebel is our star for Wordless Wednesday and we are playing along with Trish from My Little Drummer Boys.  Head on over and check out all the other Wordless Wednesday stars.

Introducing Rebel

So what did you do this beautiful sunny day? We went on an adventure, looking for love.

Our first stop was at the Lost Dogs Home in North Melbourne.  There were different cats and kittens there for us to meet this time and it didn't take long before we found love.  Before we knew it, we were waiting to take our kitten home.

The little kitten that we adopted was known to the people at the Lost Dogs Home as Ling but that was just her nickname as she was waiting for a family to love her and take her home where she would get her forever name.  As her new family, we had the job of finding her a name.

I have to say that choosing a name for a family member is hard work.  The name has to fit the kitten and fit the family.  There are so many names to choose from and Fat Amy and Leia were on the short list.  We liked those names but they didn't quite fit.  It was a tough call but eventually we found the perfect name for our little kitten - Rebel.


I think that Rebel is the perfect addition to our family and she loves to have her photo taken!

Welcome beautiful little Rebel, I hope you love to be in our family as much as I love having you in our family.
Love Princess George

A Letter to My 11 Year Old

Dear AJ,

This time 11 years ago my world changed, you entered my world.

I can't believe how fast that time has flown by, it seems like only yesterday.  Tomorrow you start Grade 6.  I know that this year will be big and exciting for both of us.  There will be so many changes and challenges that take place but know that I will always be by your side, supporting and encouraging you.  

You have grown to be an amazing young guy.  One who is caring and understanding, brave and smart,  perhaps a little lazy but very cheeky and definitely easily excitable.  I look forward to watching you grow even more.  It won't be long before you are bigger and stronger than me.  Already we can share shoes and some hockey gear.  You love ice hockey and have been playing for a few years now.  This year you start development league and you will get to play real games.

I love that you still like to curl up on the couch next to me for a snuggle.  I love that you are not too big to want to hold hands as we walk together.  I love even more that you still want a cuddle-kiss every day when we say goodbye to one another and again at bed time.  Somedays I wish you would cut your long scraggly hair, other days I would be happy if you would simply drag a comb through it so I can see your gorgeous smiling face!

AJ - I loved you with all my heart then and I love you even more now
Love your very proud Mama xo

Decision time

It has been six long and lonely weeks since Lucky disappeared. Tornado is sad and has no one to play with.

Now that the holidays are ending, we thought it was time that we did something to make sure that Tornado didn't get too lonely.

We headed to the Lost Dogs Home and then to Lort Smith Animal Shelter to see if we could find a friend for him.









Between the 2 different shelters, there were only 3 kittens there ready for adoption.  They were all really really cute.


Pepper was a beautiful little girl but she looked so much like Lucky that it broke my heart.


Then there was Phoenix, he was really cute and a little bit playful too.


Finally there was this little guy who was crazy, even too crazy for us.  We had heaps of fun playing with all of the kittens but they just weren't the perfect fit for our family.  As difficult as it was, we said goodbye to the kittens and hoped that we would eventually find the perfect kitten to join our family some time soon.

Love Princess George

Sundays in my City #13 - on Friday the 13th

This is the my second Sundays in my City post for the week, making up for missing out on posting last week.  Here are the beautiful people that I missed as I was trekking through the jungle of Papua New Guinea.

the superRelish family :-)

Wandering together around Werribee Open Range Zoo - the only activity we have managed to share as a family during the holiday break.

If you want to join in the fun of Sundays in my City too, click on over to Unknown Mami.

Not really a Tornado!

With a name like Tornado, you would expect a cat to be pretty wild and crazy wouldn’t you?  Well our cat Tornado can be pretty wild sometimes but most of the time he is the snuggliest and most pliable cat in the entire world.  He let’s us move him wherever we want to get him to pose for photos.

Isn’t he the coolest cat in the world!

Love AJ Pickle