22ND MARCH 2006

Aalya with my old camera. This was done to enter her in a Mother’s Day competition of a child using a camera. She may not have won, but we know she has a winning smile.

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I left Aalya in the sand pit at pre-school and told her I was going and she asked if I would come back later and I said yes. As I left she stood and the teacher looked worried, but she called out "I love you Arnee Dinnar", and blew big kisses and waves, one of the other teachers suggested that I run, but I said no, we do this with her sister and I think that's what she expects from me, so lots of waving as I was walking away and lots of kisses.

9TH FEBRUARY 2006

We were reading a 'lift the flap book' called Dear Zoo which has an animal on each page.

It goes like this...

I wrote to the zoo to send me a pet. They sent me

(lift the flap and name the animal) a camel!

He was too grumpy, so I sent him back.

So Aalya points and says "there it's baby in its tummy Arnie Ninnar!"