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Been Busy

Sorry! For not posting anything for a while. We have been absolutely slammed at work with the boat show in town. So I have two events I had wanted to write about that passed and with Halloween fast approaching I just wanted to have a bit of a catch up.

Firstly as everyone knows by now, England lost in the Rugby to South Africa......but I just wanted to say how much fun it is to be able to go somewhere and support your nation. It really brought me back to my Uni days, and of course made me very homesick. But Lily brightened my day. She had an amazing time and really got into the spirit of things, cheering standing on the table, shouting and giving everyone in the bar a "design" with her face paints.

We also have been busy getting ready for fall/Halloween. This involved our annual trip to the pumpkin patch to pick out our pumpkins to carve. Lily loves this and this year the tradition grew to involve four different families, then it was back to our house for lunch and to begin the messy job. We saved all the seeds and roasted them......delish!

The Tooth Fairy

Lily has been very apprehensive about going to the dentist, and as her best friend Max went only a month ago and loved it, we have been having lots of discussions about how when max went to the dentist the tooth fairy (or dental hygienist) was really nice and showed him how to brush his teeth properly and gave him stickers for being so good.

She cried in the car on the way there! She told me she was not feeling brave today and that she will go there when she gets big.

Kicking and screaming I carried her from the car, telling her we were just going to go inside and check everyone was nice and friendly. They were but it didn't help! When it was our turn to go in Lily changed from my beautiful little girl into a raving lunatic that kind of resembled the girl from the exorcist!

It really was like something out of a horror film and they actually had to strap her down to the chair to keep her from wriggling.....and her head spinning!! (it was more like one of those boards that they put you in if you break your neck or back!).

That unfortunately wasn't the end of it because then she refused to open her mouth, started spitting at anyone that came near her and would bite any fingers near her mouth! She went from being the exorcist girl to more like a rabid dog.

They managed to finally open her mouth and put in a plastic wedge that kept her mouth open, the dentist must have been in there for all of 30 secs, they quickly cleaned her teeth and put on a fluoride treatment and told us we were all done - no cavity's!

As Lily was getting up and quickly morphing back into my precious little girl they said, "it will be better next time! we will see you in 6 months!", to which Lily replied "I will see you when I am six!".

Although I found the whole experience very horrific, Lily was back to normal very soon. Maybe one of us should get sedated next time :)

Lily does Disney!

Aunty Sandy and Luke took Lily away for the weekend to Disney.... YEAH! Well..... for most kids it would be the trip of a lifetime but Lily actually hates the whole people dressed up like animals thing, and gets quite upset. We were very proud of her though as she hung in there and hung out with the other kids.

She had a fabulous time with Sandy and Luke's nephews and niece, and has been talking about it non stop. Her favourite part of course was Sea World, and I can't wait to take her back one day. I guess she is just not the "princess" kind of gal!

Go ENGLAND!!

I am sorry for not writing for a while. Things have been crazy since we got back from England. This weekend was my first bit of breathing space and I have spent it at the pub watching the Rugby World Cup !! England are the champions from the last world cup but nobody really expected us to make it to the final as our team hasn't been strong for the last couple of years. Which really makes it even sweeter that we made it to the final against South Africa next Saturday! Terry (South African) and I are very excited, we have our team T-shirts ready and are looking forward to a good game. I have the face paints ready for Lily and the red, white and blue ribbons for her hair.

Although we normally watch sports at Waxy O'Connors, this time we have a new spot. Bigger pub, great food, less crowded. Biddy Early's is about 10 minutes away off of Oakland park, and we thoroughly recommend going there - great atmosphere!

Lily is doing great, she started Gymnastics and T-Ball since we returned and loves being active. Aunty Sandy watched a gym class and said she thought Lily has found her forte! Its great for her to be able to excel at something size appropriate, maybe one day I'll skip out of work a little early to be able to watch her myself :)

Mark and Alecia

On Saturday we were happy to join with our Aunty La La as she married the wonderful Marky Mark at St. Georges Church, in Wolverton. It was a beautiful day and even the sun came out, which was surprising giving the days running up to the big event.

The night before I was lucky enough to stay with Alecia and Julie in her hotel room, and catch up with her during her last night as a single lady. It was a precious time as with having around 200 wedding guests, the next day our time together was limited.

I feel so lucky to be able to have been there for this wedding and last year for Mandy's. It is so hard missing all of the other important events in your friends lives. So even though I am sad at having to go back to Florida, at least I am taking back new memories that will last a lifetime.

Lily on the other hand couldn't have been happier! She was the most beautiful flower girl and was so good during the service, even crossing herself at all the right times and saying Amen! She didn't quite understand why she couldn't sit o her Aunty La La's lap at the reception....she wanted 'to be on the stage' too!!