Kayra can tie her shoelaces

Kayra insisted that I teach her how to tie her shoelaces. After 3 tries she had it. Scary!

Mountain Zebra national park

We just got back from 5 days in the Mountain Zebra national park just outside Cradock.

The 1st night was extremely cold, we woke up to frost on the ground and frozen water bottles. The only stuff not frozen was in the fridge. Luckily we were prepared and the tent was cold but bearable.

We bought a portable toilet, it cost an arm and a leg, but it paid itself off on the trip. Taking kids to pee in the middle of the night with frost about would not have been a pleasure.

We didn’t see the leopards this time. But we did manage to see 3 Rhinos the day before we left. We also very luck to see small animals we hadn’t seen before, like African Spoonbills, Aardwolves and Bat Eared Foxes.

A good time was had by all, it was just too short!

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Kayra the kitchen helper

Kayra decided its time she helped mommy in the kitchen by making a salad. The cucumber and tomatoes ended up in some funny shapes, but generally it was a job well done and no fingers were lost.

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Shirley’s quiet birthday

We had the family over for a quiet birthday braai for Shirley’s birthday. As usual, Shirley had to make life difficult, and she went for a early morning dive to do some PR work for Pro Dive. The dive was dismal, maximum visibility 1m and a huge surge. She was home by 11am.

We had a great day relaxing in the garden and had a great meal, braaied to perfect by yours truly!

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Rosy got spoilt

Bunny Rosy got spoilt by Jorja, she thinks ‘give the bunny some carrots’ means ALL the carrots!

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Night time Easter egg hunt

We went to aunty Taryn and uncle Peter’s house for a braai. Taryn had bought some ‘glow in the dark’ Easter eggs. Well, after supper the heavens opened and so we had to quickly hide some eggs inside. That was a blessing in disguise because they did not glow in the dark!

The girls has a wonderful time, Peter sneakily managed to get them to find eggs they had already found. Luckily none of them twigged that their baskets weren’t getting any fuller!

Kids are back from St Francis

The kids went to ouma and oupa in St Francis for the 1st week of their school holidays. We went out on Friday afternoon to pick them up.

They were very happy to see us. I think Shirley missed them more than they missed her!

We has an Easter egg hunt on Saturday morning. Jorja was so excited to hunt and find the eggs!

We came back on Saturday afternoon for a quiet long-weekend at home.

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