New pets...not some exotic African animal, but 3 delighted kids!

Katie's teacher at school had two bunnies that she needed to find a home for... and we were the lucky family!  On Friday after school we came home with Oreo and Lumpy (named for some cartoon..Lumpy Space Princess?).

Ownership was immediately established, Kelly and Katie own Lumpy and Charlie and Dad own Oreo.  (Mom just gets cleanup duties I guess?)

The kids had a fabulous time with them, our yard here is perfect for them, high walls and gates so its not like our Massachusetts backyard where you would worry about random dogs, etc walking through.  Also our setup here is nice because we have big floor to ceiling windows in the lower level that look out onto our small yard, so you can see the bunnies hopping around.  (notice our former horse stable being tested as a bunny toy)

The girls did tons of research on bunny care and learned about what to feed them and also learned its good to cut up old boxes and make houses, so they already did that and we made a trip to the pet store for supplies. They also got some baby blankets and onesies that they dressed them in, they loved holding them, Kelly's friend came over and they looked like a couple of grannies happily holding newborn babies!

So far they have been great fun for all, we have to say they are much quieter than our old dogs!  The grateful girls just finished their thank you notes to Katie's teacher.

Our other excitement this weekend was we had no water for about 24 hours, along with the entire province of Gauteng.  It was due a pump failure at the water pumping authority and they did not have an operational backup pump. (newspapers are having a field day today as you can imagine) It didn't really effect us, but the nice thing was the Embassy sent a guy around to the different houses delivering cases of fresh water, it was a very nice gesture and we were impressed with how they take care of their people!