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Day 39

Wow-ee! Jorja gave me a run for my money today...

First, she woke me up by pulling my hair! Then, she proceeded to feed herself, eat the soap, drain the bath (pre-maturely) and apply her own body lotion to her legs. Eventually, I had to swaddle her in a mini-straight jacket style and beg her to have a nap. In all fairness, she obliged, but was up again, beady eyed and recharged after just 30 minutes!



Before lunch time, I managed to capture her reaction to a Colgate (pronounced: Kol-gattei) Toothpaste advert on TV. This is one of her favourite adverts at the moment and she's pretty good and recognizing the voices and music, even from a different room! Seems she's working on her own Colgate Smile these days...


The walk to meet P-J is always a welcome break in the day - and more so today! Jorja had just dozed off, so I quickly bundled her into the carrier and walked down to the canal. Of course, she was awake by the time we met up with Dad. And P-J had some exciting news: Charles' apartment is being featured in a Spanish magazine, and his kitchen - along with this chef's creations will be included in the spread. How exciting! We will send more information as soon as we have more.

Take a look at the contraption we've devised since the weekend. One of the bathroom doors don't close properly, so we've had to tie the handles together to keep everyone and everything safe!


As a treat, this evening, P-J let me watch Grease (without too much complaining about the frequent breaking into song)! I thoroughly enjoyed the movie - created long before my time but a part of all of my school career. Jorja appreciated the toe tapping songs and we were all afforded a much needed break after a busy day.

It's almost supper time and Jorja is now asleep in the carrier so we'll see what the night holds...

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