Monthly Archives: March 2017
Brothers on their bikes
Adam has been getting better and better at riding the little pink bike and tiny firetruck. Today he got to have some riding time with Eli who was home after a doctors visit to try and clear his blocked up ears.
Eli’s hug card
A little while back Eli didn’t hug me before going into class, and was apparently upset, so he set about making a “hug” card. Two hands, traced from his and cut out, stuck onto a card and able to flap so that they can hug you. It is a really sweet card that he made for me, and I love it.
Move-O!
Grace created a game over the weekend – Move-O!
It is a simple, move around the board and do the action on the block game. You have to roll the exact number to win. In her words, “The ladders are really cool because you can go up or down them,” i.e. land on the top and you go down, land on the bottom and up you go.
She made little playing pieces to move around the board, and then Eli and Grace played a couple of games and had good fun doing it. We’ll have to add it to our next games night.
Game time!
This was the draft version which got neatened up a bit
The sleepover
Grace had her first sleepover on Friday night. There was loads of excitement through the week as Anna, Nyasha, and Grace prepared for the big night. She had loads of fun, stayed up late, got up early, had ice cream and flapjacks, and it sounds like they got up to some mischief as well…..pin holes in a bottle, varnish on the soap…
Thank you Monametsi’s for hosting our daughter for the night!
Ice cream after supper
Flapjacks for breakfast
Party Saturday
It was party Saturday today, with Eli going to Callum’s reptile party this morning, and Grace going to Janpaul’s Star Wars party in the afternoon.
Spending some time with a ball python, which is quite cute because it hides its head under its body in a ball when frightened.
The Cape Cobra…now there is a snake I wouldn’t like to run in to in the wild. They are diurnal, so it was relatively hyper compared to the other snakes, and extremely venomous.
This morning’s party was getting to know some new people, and the this afternoon was hanging out with some friends we’ve know for a while – both were good
Janpaul’s cake
Micro fish swims again!
Micro has grown a lot in a year. He (or she) was just a tiny little egg a little over a year ago, and is now going strong at about 10-15cm (compared with the 80cm or so of the other fish). Micro still loves living in the lillies, even when the water is low.
Eli’s embroidery
Eli did his own embroidery design in class. The orange fish is for Donné, the blue shark for me, the heart is for Grace, and the little button is for Adam.
Farmer, builder, basher
These two, having some fun together playing, “Farmer, builder, basher.”
The first family games night
We had our first family games night tonight! Donné put Adam to sleep, and then we sat down for games of tic tac toe, paw patrol memory game, Race for the Treasure, Guess Who, and Zingo. We all really enjoyed it and I’m looking forward to more.
“Poop!”
For the last week or so Adam has been saying, “Poop!” when he had pooed, and when he needs to make a wee or a poo. We’ve put the potty and and put him onto it when he is saying he needs to go.
Today Adam woke from his morning nap, got up and went to sit on the potty. Donné took off his nappy and he made a wee – into the potty!
Tonight at bath time he went to the potty saying, “Poop, poop,” and then made a wee in the potty again.
Quite surprising!
