Our grownup girl

After months of cramming for exams and frantic accessory shopping Chloe has had her graduation and formal dance.

Rather than separate these items in two separate events her high school combines them into one huge gala.

The kids march through in pairs to receive their graduation certificates. If they have a parter for the formal they process in with their formal partner. If not they are paired with a random person.

Chloe and her partner 

Next the graduating students performed a traditional round dance called "the Pride of Erin". Guess that celtic heritage is very present.

Finally, after a speech from the principal, the boring part is over, the parents leave, and the newly graduated "adults" have their school formal.

Are you done yet?

Having a family of 6 people all living in a house with only one shower means you are sometimes told to rush.

Dave, Chloe and I tend to take ours in the morning with the boys taking theirs at night (Brynley under great protest).

This morning I got up to take my shower, took my glasses off and hopped in. As I did I noticed a blurry leaf shape stuck to the side of the tub (remember the glasses?)

I figured it was something left over from Bryn's bath the night before and went about my shower. As I turned my back to the shower head I noticed that the "leaf" had moved!

Giving a closer look at the "leaf" I realized I was sharing my shower with a young gecko who was not very pleased about the whole thing. He was finding the wet tub too slippery to climb up and was not happy about having Niagara-force water pelted on top of his head.

I hurried up with my shower, and told Mr. Gecko to get out at his leisure. :)

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