New school term

So the school holidays is over...:( It was so nice. Every minute, every week. Three weeks of bliss. Pity it had to come to an end. Just the weekend left, then it's back to school. Back to the normal routine. All the running around, the activities, the homework, the early mornings, the lunch box preparations, the school clothes, etc. etc. etc.

The kids arrived safe and sound back from the grannies on Wednesday. They had a great time! Boeboe was very pleased when she saw her room when she got back. It's all sorted, packed, stacked, and looks neat and orderly again. Wish I had time (or rather, the energy and inclination) to now tackle Monkeyman's room, clothes and toys! Fortunately Mr N's room is still nicely ordered and neat. His toys just neats sorting, and we did half of that.

On Thursday, my sister brought us a new puppy! He's still nameless, since we said everyone has to agree on the name. Trying to get 5 people (or at least the 3 kids) to agree on a name seems to be almost impossible! The puppy is very cute. Still small. And a mixture of quite a few small-breed dogs. Very soft, longish hair. Cutest little face. And a personality that seems would blend in easily with our family. We're trying to make it an outside dog. Only allowed in the kitchen at night, since it's winter and very cold at night outside. After the years of struggle with Boeboe's accidents, I just can't face doggie pooh and wee all over my house too. As it is, it already happened once because Boeboe left the door open. And of course quite a number of accidents in the kitchen during the night. But I throw newspapers in the little area we block him off in. So that's easy enough to clean up every morning. Not nice though, so I look forward to winter being over, so that the puppy can sleep outside. The kids are trying to teach it to only wee and pooh in one place (at the back of the garden). Since they're the ones who have to pick up the pooh (with a poop scoop).

Here's some pics:

The new puppy

Mr N with the puppy

Our puppy on the right, with his brother. We could choose which one we wanted.

Introducing the puppy to the bunnies. Both were rather skittish...:-)

Fluffy kept him in the eye. She didn't trust to leave the cage and leave him in there, LOL.

Monkeyman being silly, pushing his head in front of the camera...:)

The twins...as MIL calls them. They're always together, always playing, and absolutely adore each other.