Give Eli a knife to cut his sausage and he uses his teeth to break off little bits while threatening you in a typical Capetonian fashion.

Getting some brother/sister love while watching something after a nebuliser session due to Grace having a coughing fit. Luckily the poor girl seems to be doing okay after that.

We were sitting eating dinner and Eli was saying something about the baby, “Baby cry. Eli cry. Gracie cry. Mommy cry.” Grace then joins in and says, “Mom, does daddy cry?” She pauses, just ever so briefly to think about this and answer herself and says, “No, he’s the shouty one.”

Well, what does one actually say? An inside out and backwards leotard over your clothes with sunglasses on….I don’t think it is going to be the new hipster trend.

This morning after I got ready I went into the play room to ask Grace and Eli what they wanted for breakfast. When I walk in there are two very chuffed children. Grace had dressed Eli up in the leotard (backwards), and put a tutu onto him, and he looked very proud of his outfit. I just thought it all looked a bit chilly for 06h30 on an autumn morning. It seems that the morning inspired some afternoon dress up too.

Celebrating Ben’s 5th birthday

Eli only greets for one time of the day – morning! When Donné collects him from school in the afternoon, “Morning mommy!” when he arrives back in the afternoon after a playday, “Morning dad!” or when he has just stepped out of the room and come back, “Morning mommy!”

Today at lunch he holds out his hands to Grace and I so that we can make a circle, like the circle they make at the end of day in their class. He then sings the goodbye song, jumps down from his chair, runs into the scullery, hugs the washing machine and says, “Morning mommy!”

Eli’s substitute mommy for his game. It looks like he is trying to pull the door off, but he is actually hugging his “mommy”

At bath time Eli takes off his clothes, lines himself up, throws them into the laundry basket, yells, “Bullseye!” and then has a laugh at how funny it is. If he misses he laughs, picks them up and starts the process again. He learnt “bullseye” from Paw Patrol, where one of the characters uses it.

Eli’s class went to Monkey Town today, but Eli seemed to care more about when he could eat his snack rather than the monkeys. He did have fun in the playground at the end of the tour…..and after he had eaten his snack.

Taking some friends for a ride on his motorcycle