Cleaned up and ready to go to Heidi’s 40th birthday party. Jacket courtesy of Grandpa and Donné’s dress courtesy of Heather.

We had loads of fun at the party, so much so we decided to go back to the party after returning home to feed Adam. 

Adam is getting going in all sorts of ways, like starting to take a few steps with the help of a chair

And also starting to figure out how some things work (if bashing until you get the desired effect is figuring things out)

And as always, just being cute

Peaceful time in the garden pruning and feeding roses and planting some lavender 

The pyjama gang

It was a very peaceful birthday today, taking it chill, being able to have a cup of coffee alone with Donné (with grandparents looking after the children), and enjoying some time in the garden

Today is Granny’s 60th birthday, and they are spending some time with us in Cape Town

May the year ahead be surprising and refreshing, and filled with lots of joy.

New skills everyday

After a very quick trip to the voting station, it was time for some tea with friends.

Collectables are all the rage at the moment, and Grace has been gathering her set(s). The sound machine with the animal collectables from Pick ‘n Pay is fun for everyone…

Meanwhile elsewhere, the boys were making a noise with an old printer

Adam is shuffling along, but only to his right. He is also saying lots of “da, da,” “mum, mum” and “ba ba.” He is climbing stairs, and even able to go up a full flight of stairs. He can’t go down yet and needs to learn to scoot down backwards, which means we’re backwards and forwards trying to make sure he doesn’t land on his face. The cute little guy is full of smiles and lots of fun.

Grace has a certain height that she likes to stay below, and if she happens to cross that height threshold her eyes go wide and she wants to come down again. The height is around about the top step of our ladder, but the same goes for trees and other things you may climb.

Grace wanted to help me clean some leaves out of the gutters, but to reach the gutter she was going to need to stand right on top of the ladder and this presented a challenge, especially seen as she really wanted to help.

Getting up to that top step took a bit of time, with Grace asking questions like,

• What if I fall?
• What if the ladder breaks?
• What if the wind blows the ladder over?

Grace did get to the top though. It look a few rounds of things, but eventually she was brave, overcame her fear, had fun cleaning out the leaves……and made it back down again!

Happy birthday Daniella! We joined Daniella for a pink my little pony  birthday, and enjoyed some sun and good friends – a lovely relaxed time.