A little while back Aunt Keren’s car was stolen and Grace has been very concerned about whether they have found it yet. Donné was driving and asked Grace what she was doing, “I’m looking for Keren’s car,” she says looking out the window. When she sees a car that looks like Keren’s she asks, “Is that Keren’s car?” and every now and then asks, “Have they found Keren’s car yet?”

After a bath Grace stands wiggling her privates with her fingers and says, “Look mommy, I can wag my vagina.”

We use smacks as a consequence for certain behaviours, and do our best to follow a particular pattern when applying them. The one day I gave Grace a smack, which turned out to be a light one. She turns to me and says with a serious face and flat voice, “That smack meant nothing.”

We’ve been very blessed and Eli was discharged this evening, and is back home and sleeping in his own bed – thank you Lord for hearing our prayers!

He responded well to the treatment and in the doctor’s words, “These are different lungs today.” The blood works came back and it turns out it wasn’t RSV as suspected, but Rhinovirus (a common cold), which is why he recovered so quickly. Eli was a champ and did so well with all the prodding, poking and check-ups.

We’re just happy to have him home and for Donné to be able to get some sleep in her own bed too.

Thank you Lord for looking after him.

We have been very fortunate that the only reason we’ve been to hospital so far is to have babies, but unfortunately Eli was booked in today. He has a chest bug, probably RSV.

Fortunately he is responding well to the treatment and the doctor is very happy. He might look really sick with the oxygen tubes in his nose and the drip needle strapped to his forearm, but he is bouncing and happy – just frustrated that he can’t move further than the length of the tube, and disturbed by the constant checking up on him.

After a number of juice spills, and general kiddy messiness, the kitchen and lounge needed a mop, so after cleaning some dishes Grace decided she wanted to help mop…and Eli just wanted to be a part of the action.

Grace decided she wanted to mop her dirty feet

Having some fun sweeping

Eli is obsessed with all things electronic. If you have a phone in your hands he is there with his hand to his ear and letting you know that he to would like to have a look. When we are out and about he tries to befriend people with electronic devices, well in truth he tries to make friends with everyone. The man eating sushi, the granny in the furniture store, the man who said hello to him, the guys in the carpet shop, hugs and high fives all round. Very endearing, gets me talking to everyone (which is good for the introvert in me), but freaks me out at the same time because anyone could steal him.

Grace playing a game on the tablet and Eli getting a closer look – aka interfering!

We went to the Drakenstein Lion Park this morning for Grace’s end of term school outing. It is a sanctuary and many of the lions have been rescued circuses or zoos where they have been mistreated.

This lioness was seriously stalking us…I was glad for the fence between us.

Questions for the guide

This lion was rescued from a French circus and is blind and stunted from the way he was treated. He is fully grown, but is about a 3/4 size lion.

Tiger watching

The two tigers were donated by the Tygerberg Zoo when it closed down. I think tigers are stunningly beautiful cats.

We’ve been hearing “Oh! Montessori!” for the last few months, which finally culminated in the graduation performance.

Grace decided that she wanted to wash the dishes after supper, and cleaned the ones she washed really well. She then helped to pack the dishwasher and tidy up. She may have a long and illustrious career ahead of her…