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Twin Tuesday & Tortie Tuesday or (Almost) Wordless Wednesday?

Mamma Kerr — Wed, 16 Feb 2011 14:55:56 +0000

Here’s a couple of pictures of my twin daughters not long after we adopted our wee tortoiseshell cat, Heidi in November last year…

The first photo is Rachel. Check out her wobbly tooth! LOL She ended up with no front teeth before Christmas!

The second pic is Sophie, who still had all her top teeth at the time! She also had no front teeth at Christmas!

I’m linking up (albeit late!) to:

Twin Tuesday
Tortie Tuesday

… and also Wordless Wednesday.

New Meme – Tortie Tuesday

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 11 Jan 2011 20:41:39 +0000

I’ve discovered a new meme! Tortie Tuesdays at The Beaded Tail.

It’s a great way to share photos of our lovely tortoiseshell cat, Heidi!

Visit The Beaded Tail to see the beautiful tortie, Isabella, who is celebrating her fifth birthday today!

Happy birthday, Isabella!

Post It Notes and Scratching Posts

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 02 Nov 2010 13:57:54 +0000

The One Minute Writer – Pet

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 24 Aug 2010 16:14:58 +0000

The One-Minute Writer: Today's Writing Prompt: Pet

Today, I have to describe an everyday scene from the point of view of a pet.

Yikes! I nearly bounced through the roof of the run there! I wish The Nice Lady would get that noisy back door fixed. Every time the humans open or close that squeaky door, my sister and I get quite a fright. Us rabbits are nervous creatures, you see. That’s on account of us being prey animals. Our fight or flight responses are finely tuned.

We soon calm down when we realise that it’s just The Nice Lady coming out of her home. Then we watch her to see what she’s up to. Yes! She’s opening the trunk with all our rabbit goodies inside. It must be feeding time. Yippee!

“Race you to the bowls, Sis!”

Hop, hop, hop!…

The One-Minute Writer: Disagree

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 18 May 2010 17:42:16 +0000

Today’s Writing Prompt: Disagree

Think about the person you are closest to. Write about something on which you disagree.

I am an animal lover. Hubby is not. I would love a pet cat (or maybe even two). Hubby does not want any pets.

We do actually have pets. We have two rabbits, Chip ‘n Dale, who live in a hutch and run in our back garden. I adopted them from an old school friend, whose rabbits had babies. Hubby did not want rabbits. Hubby does not want any pets.

One day my daughters and I will talk him round. One day we’ll convince him that our little home needs a little pussy cat (or two) to roam around and laze in the sunny spots of our livingroom floor. But for now, at least, Hubby doesn’t want any pets.

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Twin Tuesday – Twins & Pets

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 20 Apr 2010 21:41:33 +0000

This week's Twin Tuesday QOTW is:

Do you have pets and, have they caused any problems/issues since becoming a parent of twins?

I'm actually a mamma to TWO sets of twin girls - my beautiful daughters and our two pet bunnies, Chip 'n Dale.

You can see some photos of our bunnies here.

We didn't have any pets before the girls came along. Hubby and I were pet sitters for family and friends, who were going away on holiday.

However, I wanted the girls to have a pet, so in November 2008 we adopted two bunnies from my friend, Debbie. We don't have a lot of room for cats or dogs, and with me working fulltime we were looking for a pet which would be easy to look after.

The rabbits live in a huge hutch and run in our back garden, just beside our back door.

The girls enjoy feeding the rabbits and watching them play, but they don't get to handle them too much - just the occasional stroke - they certainly do not lift them up!

The girls are good around animals. Their Nana and Papa have a cat, and some of their aunties and uncles have dogs. I'd like to introduce some more pets into our family at some point but, at the moment, we have enough on our plate! LOL

Head over to the Twin Happy blog to see how to enter their giveaway to win a copy of Marley and Me.

Get Creative With Your Easter Egg Hunt

Mamma Kerr — Tue, 30 Mar 2010 09:53:08 +0000

What’s Easter without an egg hunt?

My five year old twins look forward to their annual Easter Egg Hunt. Hubby and I like to hide a mixture of decorated hard-boiled eggs, chocolate eggs and other Easter novelties around our back garden. However, living in Scotland, we have once had to resort to Plan B and hide the eggs around the house instead, because it was a wet and windy Easter Sunday.

The girls believe it is the Easter Bunny who leaves their treats for them. He also leaves treats for our own pet bunnies, Chip and Dale.

Are you looking to have an Easter egg hunt for your children? With a little creativity, you can make the experience enjoyable for children of all ages.

Pre-school children

For pre-school children, hiding real eggs can be a rite of passage at Easter. You should limit the number of eggs that you hide, as young children don’t eat as many of them. It’s important to store your decorated Easter eggs in the fridge until just before the egg hunt begins. In spite of the eggs being hard-boiled, they could spoil if left at room temperature for too long, especially as they will be hidden outdoors in the sunshine. (Although, sunshine cannot be guaranteed, particularly in rainy Scotland!) Keep the egg cartons aside for after the egg hunt. Assign each child an ample section of the egg carton to hold the eggs that they have found. If there are lots of children involved in the hunt, you might want to award prizes to the top egg finder or perhaps even the top three finders. In the excitement to find all the eggs, it’s likely that some eggs might get damaged. This is, of course, absolutely fine, as it’s all in the name of fun.

Primary School Children

Older children probably won’t be as interested in a traditional Easter egg hunt. For them, you need something slightly more challenging. Hide plastic eggs instead of real ones. Plastic eggs can be filled with coins, sweets, small toys, and stickers. The hiding needs to be a lot more difficult since more is at stake. Older Primary School children will find this particular kindof egg hunt good fun without being too babyish.

High School Children

Turn the egg hunt into a scavenger hunt for high school age children . This idea requires thorough planning from start to finish. You can place handwritten clues inside each plastic egg. If you are planning an Easter egg hunt for lots of children in this age group, divide the children into teams, and give each team the same clue to start. Solving one clue, will lead them to another egg, containing another clue. The winning team shares the prize.

Happy hunting!

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Wordless Wednesday: Life is About Two Questions

Mamma Kerr — Wed, 17 Feb 2010 11:59:10 +0000

Life is About Two Questions Courtesy of MckLinky Stuff - FREE!



	Life boils down to two questions:

Should I get a dog?

	
Or should I have children?

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Wordless Wednesday – Mamma’s Pets

Mamma Kerr — Wed, 14 Oct 2009 09:45:55 +0000

Chip in the garden.

Dale posing in the garden.

Catch me if you can!