National Braai day!

On on Wednesday we had a public holiday and to the general public we call it National braai day, so we did our deed and had a braai at home. We had my brother and sister-in law around to celebrate with us. Heath just loves having braais - I must confess that this is not one of my favourite meals but it is great every now and again.

The weather was fantastic and Reece and Bryce had a great time outside. They washed their little motor bikes and that at least kept them out of our hair for a little while.

They wanted to swim but it was not quite warm enough for swimming so they chose the next best thing - find the hosepipe, attach the spayer and run through the water. They were soaked but had a great time. They did venture to swimming on the step of the swimming poll for a while but decided it was toooooo cold. They must have dressed about 4 times but then landed up in the water again.

Cheerio for now!

Cheers

Nicky

Relaxing times!

Well this week-end has been great - I cannot remember the last time that we stayed at home and relaxed. I spent the morning yesterday with the boys in the garden and we ran around playing games and having fun. I then found some time to relax on the garden chairs and catch up on some reading. I cannot remember when I last read a book and caught up on some of my magazines. Heath made a great potjie so it was a great end to the day!

This last week at work has been hectic as I have started on a new project. So all the relaxing time we can get has been great!

Today the weather has been really cold and of course just the best to relax at home. We spent a couple of hours with my mom and dad as well this morning so we did get out for a bit. My mom and dad are in the process of cleaning out their house as they are moving to the UK. They are hoping to get to the UK by the end of this year, but the guy who has bought the house is dragging his heals on many issues so who knows when they will eventaully move. Wow they have alot to sort out but they have more than enough time to sort out everything. I have a good friend at work who is helping out at a childrens home so we at least have a great home for all the old blankets, towels, clothing & bedding that my mom is giving away. I have had my eye on my gran's standard lamp for many years and now I will be getting to keep it safe and sound in my house!

I actually do not even want to start thinking about my mom and dad leaving so I am just taking one day at a time. We are also thinking about making a move to the UK if Heath's job hunting does not get any better but we will make that decision by the end of the year only.

Well signing off from cold JHB - hopefully it is much warmer as the week goes by.........

Party, party, party!

Okay I know I have been missing in action and I have no excuse other than - just too lazy to sit behind the computer and write lately! So there you have it!

This week end we had two kiddies parties to attend - one on Saturday and one on Sunday. The one on Saturday was at a friends house whose little boy Braedon was turning 2. Well I thought that the party started at 11am only to find when checking the invitation that the party actually starts at 10am - beside the fact that it was already 10am and it would take us at least 45minutes to get there. So in a mad rush we ran around like mad fools dressing the kids, packing bags, packing pressies and dressing ourselves and were in the car at 10:15am. Whew!!!! It is amazing that when you have no time you somehow get a million things done :) Not sure if I would want to live life like this though. So we still got to the party at 11am - just like I thought! Thank goodness they are good friends of ours and well when we eventually left at 5:30pm we had had our fair share of the party and they still wanted us to stay for longer. The boys had partied so hard that as we drove out of their driveway they has passed out, even Reece who recently does not sleep in the car. So the rest of evening was spent lounging around catching up on my favourite series "Brothers & sisters!". I had 3 episodes to get through and due to recording them all I was able to fast forward through the ads. Brilliant!


On Sunday we had our nieces christening and her first birthday party. It was a good relaxing day and wow did we have some fine weather. I cannot believe that we are still in spring and this is the weather we are already getting. Maybe we will get some use out of our swimming pool this summer!


During the last week my brother in law Shawn was up from Cape Town on a project management course. He is staying in a hotel just down the road and we then get to see him in the evening for some supper at our place. As the weather was so great we were outside on these evenings having supper in the entertainment area. Heath took some pics of the boys zooting around outside. They just love being outside and by the time they get inside they should really be sent to have another bath! In the last pic below you can see how dirty these two little monsters are....

Also during the week Heath needed to replace the rollers on the kitchen pot drawers and as the one drawer was out this was the perfect opportunity for two little boys to find a new play area. What fun it is to be a kid!

Well keep well and chat again soon!

Cheers

Nicky

Spring day ...... maybe!

It has been a hectic week since Reece's birthday. We have had a heat wave over the last week where I even started wearing my summer clothes, great to have something different to wear and then over the week-end the weather became very windy and started getting a bit colder.



Well today was freezing so once again one of those weird cold snaps before we get the real summer coming along.



We had a party yesterday to celebrate Reece's birthday. It feels like we have been celebrating since Tuesday when it was actually his birthday. We hired a jumping castle and a slip and slide for him. He had such fun and so did the rest of the kids! I also attempted to make a birthday which was supposed to be a dragon but Reece called it his Dinosaur and everyone else called it a crocodile but anyway it took hours to make and 5 minutes to demolish - great fun!

I will publish some more pics soon - just that I have been having loads of hassles loading them lately.

Well have a great week.

Cheers
Nicky