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Day 84

The icy cold wind has let up just a little today and it was enough for us to venture outside for more than just transiting between the car and front door. With that said, there still wasn't enough heat in the sun to dry the laundry!

After a mid-morning Skype to Ma and a second breakfast of eggs and ham, we took a drive to find some socks for Jorja...and ingredients for tonight's dinner dish.

Jorja has had more than just a couple growth spurts during our time here. Our latest discovery is that she now wears a size 13 shoe! I'm beginning to wonder how she walked around for most of the Summer in her size 11 and 12's ...then I remember that she spent most of it in those liberating slip slops! Coupled with a need for larger shoes is the need for longer socks. Fortunately, a bulk pack of standard cuts and colours is easy to come by here.

On the menu tonight was St Croix Lamb - four cheese - lasagne with farm fresh vegetables. What a pleasure to watch from the youngest to the oldest enjoy this hearty and colourful dish. It's not every day that you see two year olds devouring food not of the burger and fries variety!

But before dinner, we spent about 45 minutes trying to clean Jorja's face of the green koki ink that she'd applied to her eyelids, lips and toenails while she was supposedly napping. And did I mentioned that she'd also lightly shaded some colour into her cheeks as blush? I had to take a photo. I'll probably bring it out again on a special birthday or other suitable occasion.




So now we head to bed, toaster warm in our home with satisfied bellies and tired legs (and everyone is their respective beds, nogal!). That pre-dinner water fight with industrial sized spray bottles can really tire a person out!


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