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Chewy, loud and wild
Grace, while bathing with the rest of the clan, says to me, “Adam, he is chewy,” (while Adam is chewing on a face clothe), “and Eli, he is…..loud.” So I say to her, “And how would you describe yourself Grace?” Moment’s pause, “I’m a cute munchkin!” she says, then thinks again, “No, I’m wild! Chewy, loud and wild!”
Having a visit with Bella and Gabby from next door – they were the fire crew and Eli was the dispatcher, sending them off to fight fires in different parts of the garden
Mosaics and glasses
Mosaic fun together, with blue glasses so that Eli can “see”
The boys
Jip, it’s a cat blog… (Eli is very enamoured with Chipski)
…no wait, it’s a dog blog
Dizzy dumplings
The crazies
Eli and Grace woke up on a high today and did a LOT of spinning around. They called the game Dizzy Dumplings, which entails spinning around shouting “Dizzy dumplings” until you fall over.
Grandpa and Eli in a team busy playing Cluedo with Grace, Donné and Granny. Grace and Donné figured out the mystery.
More fun digging in the sand
Sand castles & milkshakes
Building sand castles together
Fetching water for the moat
Adam, the intrepid explorer
Grace first wanted to make a smoothie from her crafts book, then realised she doesn’t really like smoothies, so she decided to upgrade to a milkshake. Turns out milkshakes are super simple and, like ice cream, are loved by children and adults alike.
Cat play & cuteness
Playing with Chipski (or rather, being played with by Chipski)
Just being cute
Pancakes and cats
Grace made pancakes from a recipe in her new crafts book for the family get together today. The stove still freaks her our a bit, but with some help she produced a very tasty batch of pancakes.
Who is stalking who? Okay, it’s official, we have a cat blog.
Winter Chipski
Adam and Chipski
Adam has been enjoying following the new kitten around and giving Chipski love
While dad is wrapping up some work, Adam is working on that apple.
Long sleeps and happy travels
We travelled to Jeffrey’s Bay today for a short break, and left early in the morning for a change. Adam was a champ and had a huge sleep, which meant that we could get through most of the trip without stops or crying. So overall, it was a great success – thank you Lord for the safe travels.
This little champ is getting to be a big boy – now he can even pose on his own for photos
And these crazies….well, they all are very special (and in this case are yelling, “Jeffrey’s Bay!” I love how they get super excited about our time here.
Grace’s 7th birthday and the big decision
Finally, after what feels like it has been a huge birthday week, Grace has turned 7. We started off the day making bouncy balls with one of the experiments from the experiment kit that we put together for her (including some small bought experiments, and a number of household items like vinegar and bicarb for her home brewed experiments).
At this point, we also started with The Big Decision. We decided to let her choose an audio book for us to listen to in the car on our trip to Jeffrey’s Bay…..but boy did that decision take long….the whole day in fact. All she needed to do was choose a Roald Dahl audio book, and there aren’t too many of them. The challenge of choosing started early, and ended late.
After croissants and egg for breakfast it was off to the scratch patch for the first time to search for shiny objects.
The little guy also thought it was fun to play in the stones.
We then went aboard the Logos Hope, a floating bookshop and Christian outreach boat, and followed that with a search for food and ice cream. Grace has been wanting ice cream on her birthday (actually she has been wanting some really nice gelato), but when we got to the shop it was gone! Fortunately we had the traditional birthday sushi in hand at that stage and found a good frozen yoghurt substitute.
Sharing a birthday frozen yoghurt
Grace was popular today, with calls, message and voice messages from family and friends to with her happy birthday.
Supper came and went, but no decision on the audio book had been made, with Grace flip-flopping between the choices. We even helped to whittle down the choices, but still no decision was made. Bath time came, and eventually, with lots of, “I can’t choose!” a little bit of , “Which would you choose?” and a game of Rock, Paper, Scissors, Grace finally made her choice, about 10 hours later. And the book choice? Matilda, by Roald Dahl.
Happy birthday my girl! May you be blessed.
