From an early age, Kayleigh seemed to have an obsession with money - especially finding it when we were at the shops. Every day that we went shopping Kayleigh would be checking underneath counter and the supermarket checkouts and picked up everything she found, even it it was just 5c. Kayleigh saved all the money that he found and most time she would come home with at least a $1 to add to her savings. The best find was under the photo/DVD counter in Kmart - the store person said they could go behind the counter and keep anything she found - I think the total was close to $10.
A day in december last year, Kayleigh found $20 on the path outside the Commonwealth Bank in Tuggeranong. We looked for the owner but couldn't see anyone so Kaylegh decided to keep it, but not for herself. With the $20, the first thing she bought was a coffee for her dad, and then she paid for a family Christmas photo. She insisted that we were all in it (even though I hate having my picture taken) an I am so glad that I did. It was to be the last Christmas we had together.
Monday, November 29, 2010
Saturday, November 27, 2010
Favourite: Toys
As Kayleigh got older her choice of favourite toys changed (as everyone does) and her choices reflected what she liked as opposed to what was ''popular'' at the time.
As a baby Kayleighs favourite toy was her rocking horse that she called 'Row Row'. She got Row Row for Christmas just after she turned one, and she would spend hours and hours on him rocking. As previously written in a post, for a number of years she had her Moosie. When she was about 7, I got Kayleigh a Care Bear which she had several 'talking' ones. She also got into Winx as well. For her tenth birthday, one of her friends bought her a Bratz doll - much to her disgust - as she hated Bratz and the only Barbie she ever owned had an unfortunate accident and lost its head and legs within days of Kaylegh getting it. The christmas that Kayleigh was 11, she got a Robosapien (clear) which played with for months - she really liked to have him do its dance and she taught herself to dance the same way - it was too funny watching her.
When Kayleigh got into High School she wanted more electronic toys.For her final christmas she got a Wii, and she also got an R2D2 - which was voice activated and controlled and funny enough this R2D2 only seemed to respond to Kayleighs voice, every time I tried to use him he wouldn't work.
As a baby Kayleighs favourite toy was her rocking horse that she called 'Row Row'. She got Row Row for Christmas just after she turned one, and she would spend hours and hours on him rocking. As previously written in a post, for a number of years she had her Moosie. When she was about 7, I got Kayleigh a Care Bear which she had several 'talking' ones. She also got into Winx as well. For her tenth birthday, one of her friends bought her a Bratz doll - much to her disgust - as she hated Bratz and the only Barbie she ever owned had an unfortunate accident and lost its head and legs within days of Kaylegh getting it. The christmas that Kayleigh was 11, she got a Robosapien (clear) which played with for months - she really liked to have him do its dance and she taught herself to dance the same way - it was too funny watching her.
When Kayleigh got into High School she wanted more electronic toys.For her final christmas she got a Wii, and she also got an R2D2 - which was voice activated and controlled and funny enough this R2D2 only seemed to respond to Kayleighs voice, every time I tried to use him he wouldn't work.
Thursday, November 25, 2010
Noo-Noo Kisses
Kayleigh loved teletubbies as a child - her favourite was Laa-Laa and she had a talking Laa-Laa for her 2nd christmas because she wanted it really badly.
Kayleigh always though the Noo-Noo was funny (Noo-Noo was teh vacuum cleaner) - the way it sucked up the Tubby toast and tubbytustard. Kayleigh invented a new way of giving Terence and I kisses, which she called Noo-Noo kisses - she would give us a kiss on our cheek and suck in a little. It felt a little weird and she always laughed after. I miss Noo-Noo kisses even though it has been years since I last got one.
Kayleigh always though the Noo-Noo was funny (Noo-Noo was teh vacuum cleaner) - the way it sucked up the Tubby toast and tubbytustard. Kayleigh invented a new way of giving Terence and I kisses, which she called Noo-Noo kisses - she would give us a kiss on our cheek and suck in a little. It felt a little weird and she always laughed after. I miss Noo-Noo kisses even though it has been years since I last got one.
Wednesday, November 24, 2010
Roses
We have had a rose garden in front of our house on and off since we have been here. All the children had a rose bush to call their own. Kayleigh always chose the white iceberg rose everytime. I think she liked the pure white as she liked wearing white clothes as well.
Each year we always had a bet whose rose would flower first, most years it was Terence's Kardinal rose, one year it was my Queen Elizabeth. The iceberg rose never flwered first much to Kayleighs disgust. This year Kayleighs iceberg rose was the very last one to flower.
Each year we always had a bet whose rose would flower first, most years it was Terence's Kardinal rose, one year it was my Queen Elizabeth. The iceberg rose never flwered first much to Kayleighs disgust. This year Kayleighs iceberg rose was the very last one to flower.
Monday, November 22, 2010
Ghosts
Kayleigh believed in ghosts and though that we had a ghost in our house because some of the unexplainable things that sometimes happened. First the computer turned on by itself. Then Terence's battery razor turned on in the middle of the night, when I went the check on it, I turned the light on and it turned off, and then when I turned the light off, it turned back on again. A remote fell off a shelf and then when it was put on the shelf it immediately fell off again. Lastly, Kayleigh was standing on one of our stools (the type that you can ajust the height) and it went up all by itself with Kayleigh on it.
Since Kayleigh died, there had been two instances of unexplained thing, both with nerf guns. We have the battery powered Nerf 'Machine gun' and one time Terry was cleaning up his room and it shot him in the bum with no-one around him. It paused and then shot him until there was no bullets left. The second time, a different Nerf gun was sitting on Kayleigh's bed and started shooting when no-one was in the room.
Since Kayleigh died, there had been two instances of unexplained thing, both with nerf guns. We have the battery powered Nerf 'Machine gun' and one time Terry was cleaning up his room and it shot him in the bum with no-one around him. It paused and then shot him until there was no bullets left. The second time, a different Nerf gun was sitting on Kayleigh's bed and started shooting when no-one was in the room.
Friday, November 19, 2010
Denon
Denon is our current German Shepherd. When we picked him up form the breeder, Kayleigh held him the whole way home from Kaleen to Theodore and made sure he was happy. Kayleigh taught him to lay down on command after I had taught him how to sit.
Kayleigh play fought with Denon every afternoon after school, running around the backyard with Denon chasing her and throwing him the ball. She would play tug-a-war with a tea towel and tease Denon and then give him a big hug. Kayleigh always helped give Denon a bath - which was a task in itself as he is such a big dog. The day Kayleigh dies, a friend of our said he was whining at the gate, which is unusual for Denon - maybe he knew what was happening.
Kayleigh play fought with Denon every afternoon after school, running around the backyard with Denon chasing her and throwing him the ball. She would play tug-a-war with a tea towel and tease Denon and then give him a big hug. Kayleigh always helped give Denon a bath - which was a task in itself as he is such a big dog. The day Kayleigh dies, a friend of our said he was whining at the gate, which is unusual for Denon - maybe he knew what was happening.
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| Denon as a puppy |
Thursday, November 18, 2010
Rollerblading
I had a pair of rollerblades whcih I left behind at my Dad's house when I moved in with Terence. along with this was a pair of rollerblades my younger brother had. Kayleigh discovered the rollerblades when she was about 7 - but they were too big for her to use. By the time she was 10, she put on thick socks and practiced rollerblading in her Grandpas backyard. Kayleigh and Natassja would go up and down the path for hours.
Eventually, grandpa decided they were good enough to take out of the backyard, so he took Kayleigh and Natassja to Lake Burley Griffin where they rollerbladed (while Grandpa walked) between the two bridges and past the carillion. Kayleigh really enjoyed rollerblading - she liked the feeling of gliding. Kayleigh went rollerblading with Grandpa alot as he wanted to do walking for exercise - and he always bought her a gelato after :)
Eventually, grandpa decided they were good enough to take out of the backyard, so he took Kayleigh and Natassja to Lake Burley Griffin where they rollerbladed (while Grandpa walked) between the two bridges and past the carillion. Kayleigh really enjoyed rollerblading - she liked the feeling of gliding. Kayleigh went rollerblading with Grandpa alot as he wanted to do walking for exercise - and he always bought her a gelato after :)
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