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Sometimes life just seems like an endless round of birthdays. Juniper has entered her teenage years, Caper has become toddler, child and teen, Blue has gone through her toddler days and entered childhood. All three are doing well in school, Juniper made the honor roll and, much to the dismay of her schoolmates, has pretty much stayed at the top of her class ever since. It was her idea for them all to go to the library each day after school to do their homework, and with the extra books and resources available there, all three of them have been getting good grades. Of course, it's not just the kids which have gotten older, both Don and I have gone grey. Don realised his dream of running 500km, and his doctor has said that the effort will put years on his life. He recently travelled to both egypt and china for work. One to learn the strategies involved in an ancient game, and the other to learn martial arts. They did give him some money towards the trips, but it didn't cover all of his costs. That reminds me, Caper and Juniper have just returned from France. Caper had an assignment from the school newspaper to intervies the local's over there, and managed to talk Juniper into visiting with her - though by all accounts, Juniper never left the base camp and worked on her book and her paintings all the time they were there. Caper visited the local museum, did her assignment, learnt how to make nectar, and even ventured into one of the tombs! She found enough bits and pieces of jewels and relics to easily cover the cost of their trip, and even had enough over to order a nectar maker - It should arrive next week sometime, giving us time to expand the house. Don has been promoted several times recently, so his bonuses will help us do that. He has nearly reached the top of his career. For myself, I retired pretty much as soon as I could. As well as bringing up the kids I have been working on my paintings, one was acclaimed by the local gallery as a masterpiece - although I don't think that much of it myself. My little garden has all pretty much died, I'm hoping that Caper will take it over. Since her return from France she has been grapes this, nectar that, and has even asked us to cover the cost of a gardening lesson for her to get her started.