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JANUARY 2017

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Happy, happy New Year Emily Ann! I am wishing you a wonderful year, full of happiness, love, friendship, achievement and good times. It is 2017 and this year you will be 9 years old.  When I started this blog in May 2008 I did not imagine that I would still be writing for you 9 years later! You started school in a new classroom with a new teacher, only 3 girls and 9 boys in your class.  You have made new friends and still play with your old friends at breaks. You will join a drama class and will also continue with dancing on Saturday mornings as well as swimming, OT, Physio and remedial so you are going to have a busy year but much of it will be during school time.   Lucy has been you favourite 'Baby' for while now.  She has lovely clothes, can eat and wet her nappy.  In this photograph you look like a grown up Disco-Queen! You are looking forward to Kevin and Jackie will be visiting you guys next month with their baby Ethan. Thank you

2016

 What happened in 2016? On 5 January 2016, Temba Bavuma became the first black cricketer to make a Test century for South Africa.  Besides Donald Trump - a TV actor and hotel magnate - becoming the president of the USA, the United Kingdom voted to leave the European Union in a move nicknamed BREXIT  Famous people like Prince, David Bowie and Muhammed Ali died. It was the summer Olympics in Rio and Wade van Niekerk set a new World Record in the 400m We first read about WikiLeaks dumping hacked emails from the Democratic party in the US Oscar Pistorius is sentenced to 13 years in jail for killing his girlfriend Reeva Steenkamp Mother Teresa is canonized

DECEMBER - 2016

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My darling Em, This is the last post for 2016 - an eventful year for you. You started at your new School - La Lucia Junior Primary - in January.  You made friends with Ethan and Captain - two big Labbies - after being afraid of big dogs; you had a holiday in Johannesburg and at the river with Jeff and Gail in April and September; you did your first 200 m swimming badge in June; we went to the Midlands Saddle and Trout and to Hluhluwe in June: Jeff was diagnosed with cancer in his tonsil and in June and had to undergo surgery, chemo and radiation. In August you cracked your big toe (ouch!); you had two birthday parties in October - one with beanbags at your house and one at the SPUR in Durban north.  You had two treatments this year and you grew 5.5cm to 1.2m tall. Although you passed everything in Grade 11 it was felt that you would benefit more from repeating grade 11 next year than going to Grade 111.  It was difficult for your Mom and Dad to explain this to you and you were no