Hey Scotland!

Hello everyone in Scotland!

We are thrilled to hear from you, guys again! We got our certificates on the 30th of May. At the moment we all have summer holidays till September.
We wish you a fabulous summer and see you soon!

Best regards,
Murdo and Mrs Laane's class

Alister and Juta

Over the weekend Alister and I went to an Austin 7 ralley at the Glenfernate estate. Austin 7s are old vintage cars. Alister drove a quad bike with a dog in a basket/box on the quad bike behind him. On the Saturday we went up to Fealar a bigger estate above Glenfernate. We went up to the Fealar estate house and to get there we had to go up a very bumpy and rocky track, Alister and I were bouncing all over the place. On the Sunday we went to Pitlochry a small town in Scotland where we went shopping and then we went on a long run back to Glenfernate. I had a great time and I really look forward to my next adventure!

Hello everyone in Estonia! It has been so long since I talked to you because first we had long holidays and then the children have been doing exams. So it has been fairly quiet and serious here in Dundee. But now spring is here and we have had some really hot weather and people are in shorts and T-shirts and going down to the beach! last week I went to Fraser's house where we played a lot of music! First I helped Fraser to play the piano,because of course I am a really good player and then i listened to some songs on the MP3 player and the portable CDplayer.Wow! Then Fraser let me play on his guitar and before we went to bed each night we read some of his fantastic books! Next wek I am going to be showing you what our school is like here so you know where I am! I enjoy reading Murdo's adventures and hope to send you more news from Scotland soon. Lots of love for now, Juta.xx

Murdo's Week with Rene

Dear fellows!

I visited Rene`s aunt. She lives in the country.
I helped her to drive out the cows from the cowhouse.

After that we layed the trees into pile.

And then we drove along the field on a tractor.

I had a busy but amusing day.

See you soon,
Murdo

Murdo and Kristjan

Tere! (It means 'hello' in Estonian)

Kristjan likes rollerblading very much, so I went with him.
Kristjan likes to rollerblade in Pirita. Pirita is situated near the Baltic Sea. Kristjan's school is also near the Baltic Sea, so most of the time here is much windier than the other places in Estonia.

Kristjan's favourite activity is rollerblading, especially in summer.

Kristjan's family wants to buy a new car. They went seeing a new Nissan. They liked the test driving. All were satisfied with the new car's quality, so did Murdo :)

Murdo's Week with Kristin

Hey guys!


Last week I spent at Kristin's home. She had a very lovely home.
On Thursday we went to play tennis with Kristin.
In this picture I was sitting in the ball box. That was so comfortable. Me and Kristin's mother were watching how her daughter was playing tennis.


Kristin got herself a new mp4 player. I was listening to the songs and they were cool!



On Saturday Kristin and her family had a big cleaning day. I and Kristin cleaned up her room.

On Saturday we were outside helping Kristin's father. He put 3 bird's boxes on the trees. I was peeking were they cosy and nice :) Yes, they were.

See you next week!
Yours,
Murdo

Murdo and Easter in Estonia

Hi!

Sorry I didn't write before, but I had to find all the eggs :)

Easter here is a bit different I think. Estonians don't hide the eggs, they only kick them togehter. Whose egg is fine, I mean is not broken, is the winner. But Mrs Laane's class hide some eggs just to please me.

Anyway, I spent my Easter with Iris family. Iris and her family taught me how to colour eggs. It was fun.

In this picture Iris taught me how to colour eggs. I looked so closely that I fell :)

In this picture you can see the egg I coloured myself (of course Iris helped me a bit, just only a bit).

I coloured all these eggs :), but this brownish one, this is Iris' grandmother's egg. She knows how to colour eggs so called old fashioned way. Old fashion colouring means that you use onion shell go get such brownish patter. I hope I remebered all the tricks and can colour eggs in Scotland too like I did here in Estonia.

That's all for today.

Best wishes,

Murdo

Murdo's Week with Kevin

Hi everyone!

It’s Sunday night and my week with Kevin is soon to be over. I would like to look back to my favorite and the most exciting trip I’ve ever had.


Here I am in Estonian National Opera. I had a chance to see a new ballet


“SNOW WHITE AND THE 7 DWARFS”












Just an hour before the ballet started. I looked around in the opera house with Kevin and his dad.
























Sweet kiss with Snow White. Ouuu that was really nice.


















Scene from the ballet. I had a good opportunity to watch the show from backstage.























Here I am with Doc. Doc was my favorite character. Kevin liked him also. He was so cool. Don’t you think so?























This was one day with Kevin. The week bypassed quickly but I spent my time with Kevin’s family doing some cooking, playing Play Station and visiting ballet.


















See you all soon

Yours,
Murdo

Molly and Juta

This is Broughty Ferry! It is where I was staying with Molly. Broughty Ferry is very pretty and has lots of old houses and great shops. If you look closly you can just see the Tay Bridge in the background! When it was built it was the longest in the world!

This the Howff Cemetry! It is a grave yard in the centre of Dundee. On the grave stones there are pictures of what the person who lies there used to work as hundreds of years ago. It is really spooky!

This is the Courier Building! It is across the road from our school. This is also the home of the Beano comics! The Courier Building is where all the newspapers are made.

This is me playing with that naughty girl Minnie the Minx! She is always in trouble in our favoutite comic the Beano.

On Tuesday I went to meet Desperate Dan! He likes to eat cow pies! Desperate Dan is from the Beano comics. They were made in Dundee and are famous all over Great Britain. Minnie the Minx stands behind Desperate Dan in the centre of our town trying to hit him with a catapult shot! What a naughty girl!

The grand Caird Hall! I wanted to go and see a big show but there was no time! So I just stood and looked at the grand building! I wonder who is performing here tonight? Many great stars perform in this building! Perhaps I'll be one of them before I come back to Estonia! Juta xxx

Murdo the Magnificent!

Dear Murdo, we are all a bit worried about your new appearance! Have you become a Hippy? We know life was a little boring for you in Scotland but we thought a trip to beautiful Estonia would do you good! Now you have gone to a desert island and changed your hair and are probably surfing every day and swimming in the sea! Your brothers and sisters are all a bit jealous because you look so trendy now, not just a little grey mouse any more, but a Time Traveller with secret wishes! Please take care of yourself ! Juta is having a great time doing all sorts of things but we don't have holidays for another three weeks so she has to be patient for adventures while the children are still all learning their lessons! Please send us more news when you can. Love from us all, Mrs Goddard.

Hello everyone!

It has been a long time since my last entry in the blog. I do have a story to tell this time, so here it goes...

I, as all the people in the whole wide world, have my inner mysterious wishes. One day I decided to do something to fulfil my wishes.

I stepped into my jackboots which allowed me to travel fast through time. I, the little animal suddenly ended up in the time machine.

As the appearance of me tells you, I had gone through a huge change and even the place I am at, is a bit different – a tropical island, that is.

What was my inner wish? That you do not know, but it certainly was connected with the changes in my appearance. Only faith and courage help me to achieve it.




That is what I have been doing lately. I and the Estonian children are on holiday at the moment. About the holiday I'll tell you later.

Best wishes,
Murdo

George & Yuta

When I was with George we had a great time.I didn't get to George's house until Wednesday when George had rugby.I didn't want to get my fur dirty so I stayed in my box.On Thursday I met everyone in George's family.On Friday we went to Cairnie Fruit Farm.I had great fun going on the crazy bug ride and I got lost in the maze but got found. Unfortunately we forgot the camera so we didn't take any pictures. On Saturday I went to Ju Jitsu with George and his brother. All the people looked pretty scary so I stayed in George's bag. On Sunday it was George's birthday and the cake tasted really good and we all had great fun! The whole week was very tiring and we all had a good time. Especially me.I hope everyone at home is feeling ok.Lots of love from Juta.

Juta and Rhyan

When I was with Rhyan I took the job of being a lifeguard when we went to Broughty Ferry near Dundee to visit its famous castle. Fortunately nobody was drowning that day so I didn't have a lot of swimmimng to do! Then I went into Broughty Ferry Castle where there were lots of interesting things to look at. I saw whale harpoons which were used long ago to capture whales and bring them back to Dundee for whale oil to use in making jute. There was a massive piece of grass to play on with a play park called Castle Green. I had great fun on the swings, slides and the Castle Mound round-abouts. We went for tea before going home after another great visit! Love from Rhyan and Juta.

George and Juta

I arrived at George's house on Wednesday when George had rugby, it was very rough and muddy and I didn't want to get dirty so I stayed in my box.On Thursday I stayed at home and watched the Simpsons. On Friday I went to Cairnie Fruit Farm but we forgot the camera so no pictures that day! On Saturday George had Ju Jitsu(which is a type of martial arts) and it was pretty scary so I stayed in George's bag! On Sunday it was time for a party because it was George's birthday and we had great fun.The cake tasted really good! I hope George had a good time with me. Lots of love from everyone in L6 and me in Scotland, Juta.xxx