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

Harry and Juta on Burn's Night

Harry took me home with him for a very special occasion in Scotland which is the celebration of our national poet's birthday. He was called Robert Burns and he wrote many wonderful poems and songs. We always have a special meal which is called Haggis, and Burns liked it so much he even wrote a poem "To a Haggis "which is strange because it is all sorts of meat mixed with oatmeal and cooked in a sheep's stomach! The haggis is always piped into the room by a piper playing the bagpipes. Here you can see me trying to have a go! Harry is learning to play the pipes so he can pipe the Haggis in when he is older. Then we sit down and eat the haggis with potatoes and turnips just like Robert Burns would have done. Here I am with my meal!

Then we had lots of singing, dancing and retelling of some of Burns' poetry and it all ended with a "wee dram", al ittle drink of good whisky! I went to bed very happy and am learning more and more about Scotland every day! Love to everyone, Juta.xxx