At Seventeen

With all the excitement and travels back and forth we celebrated

Miss Claire's 17th Birthday. 

She managed to celebrate it in both New Zealand and England.

Lucky girl!

A night out in Auckland...

and at home in England with

a cake made with love

by her Father...

Surprises all around.

Ah to be seventeen again. 

Do you remember?

A favourite at seventeen for me....Janis Ian

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Safe Landing

A safe landing into Heathrow this morning.

Always a comfort to return home :)

Best wishes for a wonderful weekend!

Jeanne

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Miss Claire and Miss Kate along the River Thames

Miss Claire and youngest son, Connor....a peaceful moment this morning and I stress moment!

Helping Mother

'Helping Mother'

Painted by

Jessie Wilcox Smith (1853-1919)

 This little girl looks just like my Miss Claire (child #3) did at the same age. 

All curls and as cute as a button. 

She is just shy of 17 and still as cute as a button and as of yesterday is officially on 'summer vacation'. 

Vacation is great but can be exhausting for Mom. 

I haven't told her yet but Mom has a few things on her list for Miss Claire to accomplish this summer.

'The List'

-Learn how to cook a complete meal by herself.

- Learn how properly stack and run the dishwasher.

-Learn how to sort and run the laundry machine and dryer.

-Learn how to properly iron clothes.

-Learn how to mend her own clothes.

-Learn how to get her doona (duvet) into her doona cover.

and..

-Learn to take the initiative to do all of the above without being asked!

Of course, with all this comes self satisfaction for her.

Oh yes, she also has to learn how to drive a car :)

Am I being a taskmaster???

Should I calm the Virgo in me?

Did I mention that I own this too?

PS...Thank you to everyone who commented on my 

'Shoeless in England' post. All I can say is wow!

So many fantastic suggestions. I am going to write a post on your suggestions.

Stay tuned....

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