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In September, we said goodbye to Mhel and hello to Reycie.

Mhel joined us on 2 July 2003 - the day before Ben and Ella arrived. Actually, right around the start of this blog, in case you want to refresh your memory.

She has played an vital role in not only caring for Ben and Ella, but for helping them to become the smart, loving, polite little people that they are. We owe Mhel more than the word “thanks” can ever convey.

She and her family will always be part of our chosen family.

Arm in arm, they headed off for the first day of JK. Ella in her green sundress. Benny in his aquarium t-shirt, with his baseball hat worn backward and cocked to the side.

(”Why do you wear it like that,” I asked him recently. “It’s cool!” he exclaimed. Should I be worried that a 4 year-old is conscious of what is “cool”?)