Hello, Ludo here, offering you our Reflections on the A2Z Challenge. And we have an announcement, which is very exciting!

To make life easier, we will show who is talking with the initials L for Locksley, V for Victor and P for Pippin. And my name’s short, so we’ll use Ludo for me. But I am also your host today, so if it doesn’t say, it’s me.

What did we enjoy most?

L: I enjoyed doing it, and also seeing how we each tackled our letters. I wouldn’t have thought of some of the subjects, for sure.

V: I liked finding out stuff to say in my posts. And Mummy helping me with pictures.

P: I liked seeing my name in print, but also I LOVED the post for Z, by my daddy!

Ludo: yes, I’m not sure which was more surprising, discovering that you are part of a family who are all going to be three years old next birthday, or seeing the picture of your daddy and thinking it was you! I really enjoyed delving into the origins of guinea pigs, and the other exploring I did on the internet.

What didn’t we like?

L. I found visiting quite hard. Well not, the visiting, because the list was easy to use, but most of the people I visited I didn’t understand what they were talking about, so I left again. It was tiring, too. But it was lovely being visited, and that must be tiring for them too, so THANK YOU for visiting us!

V: I liked it all. Especially the carrots Mummy got to keep our energy up.

P: is that why we had carrots? I didn’t need them to keep my energy up.

Ludo: I noticed, Pip. I think I enjoyed all of it, but you’re right, it was quite tiring. I’ll add my thanks to our visitors too. Well said, Locksley.

Would we do it again?

L: no, I think once is enough. Besides, some letters are really difficult to do without repeating things we’ve said before.

V: if you do it, I’ll join in.

P: ooh, yes, please let’s do it again, and I’ll do the visiting bit!

Ludo: well, this was my second time. I think that’s enough for me, especially as putting it on Facebook didn’t help much. Although Mummy says the stats underneath the page show people saw them. You didn’t see that, but I put it there nearly every day.

And we need to thank all our guests for their posts:

• Augustus (and Auntie Dawn)
• Garfield (and Auntie Noelle)
• Marmalade (and Auntie Doris and Uncle Bob)
• Squeak (and Auntie Zoe and Hannah) pictured above

And not forgetting Joshua the degu and Artemis the tortoise for their contributions from our archives.

L: We should thank Dr Rebekah for her help, too.

True. We all have lots to thank Dr Rebekah for. Including looking at my teeth!

So all in all we enjoyed it, and once again, we would like to thank everyone who came to visit. I think Locksley visited everyone who came to us, but didn’t leave messages on many of the others. There didn’t seem to be as many animals as there were last time I did it.

And now…

ta-daaa THE ANNOUNCEMENT

Mummy had an idea, which we’re all very excited about. She’s going to put together all the posts for the A2Z Challenge we’ve done over the years, and turn it into a book! Isn’t that wonderful?

I think it will be called The A to Zs of George’s Guinea Pig World, or something like that.

Does that sound exciting? Yes, it does. (We all said that).

As long as the A2Z organisers don’t mind. Somebody needs to ask Uncle J, I think. (Locksley just volunteered)

So thank you for reading our Reflections, and our A to Z Challenge posts, and we hope to see you again, on your blog or ours. We post every Monday, but you can visit any day, we’re always open.

love from

Ludo, Locksley, Victor and Pippin xxxxxxxx