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Happy chocolate day!
We celebrated mother’s day with friends and something that all the mommies that I know love – a good dose of chocolate…
There’s that dose of chocolate – chocolate fondant with chocolate soil and ice cream
One of the benefits of friends on Mother’s day is busy children
Just got to love this cute little guy
Mom love
Haig, channelling his inner male model
Story time
Enjoying story time with my two little guys. I think Adam’s main goal was to eat the book, but he was restrained and waited out the story before giving in to his inner desire.
Boys in balls
Adam had a chance to sit in his own (very small) “ball pit.” Eli, being himself, wanted to join in, even though there wasn’t quite space enough for two.
Eli’s rough day
Eli said he had a very bad day at school – he didn’t work with any, didn’t play with everyone, and Raphael smacked him, and then Madison smacked him, and then the rest of the class lined up to smack him, and then they were just sitting there thinking about smacking him. And do you know where the rest of the class is now? Sitting at home thinking about smacking him. And the teachers, what did they do about this? They smacked him too.
Oh Eli, the stories you tell! We have no idea if anyone at all smacked Eli, and the story gets more elaborate each time it is told.
Hand over the keys dad! I’ve got places to go….
The duck parade
We visited Vergenoegd wine estate to see the duck parade this afternoon. They have a flock of working Indian Runner ducks who go out into the vineyards everyday to hunt snails and other insects. Every morning at 09h30 and every afternoon at 15h30 they parade past the restaurant area on their way to and from their home.
They have duck feet (all 800 of them), and yes, the one in the front is going to win.
Waiting for the ducks
We also had a tour of their hatchery and breeding areas (they breed for competitions and for sale of the ducks) and got to hold some Egyptian Geese goslings.
They use Emden geese (the big white ones) to protect the ducks against falcons and snakes – I called them the bouncers. Grace and Eli spent the tour time feeding all the different ducks.
We really had a lovely afternoon.
Pasta a la Grace
Grace decided to make up a recipe this morning. It started with some basil leaves picked from our little basil bush. She wanted to have four ingredients, so I suggested pasta. She added tomatoes and cheese to the list – now that sounds like a good list to work with. We decided she should throw in some bacon to add to the meal.
Chop, chop, lets get ready to cook
I love how she looks so chuffed with herself in this picture. She was much more comfortable with cooking at the stove today.
A dorky, happy smile
Things are coming together
Waiting for supper
Pasta a la Grace! Grace made her first supper for the family, with just enough assistance from mom to make it all come together perfectly, and it was yummy.
Muddy fun
A group of us went to help Tahila clear out a waterway and do some general clearing out and fixing in her new farm space (she gives horse riding lessons and breeds horses). This did involve some good old fashion digging in the mud, with the expected consequences…
Just about knee deep in it, but still time to strike a pose for the fans (thanks for the photos Kim!)
I’ve got some washing to do when I get home.
We did manage to make a decent ditch for the water to run through (mainly due to the people who did all the hard work before we arrived), so hopefully no more water running through the shed.
I eat you up!
Adam loves plastic, if he can reach a piece with any part of his body, then it is in the mouth ASAP. Sometimes he chooses something a little bit too big…
Heather the baby whisperer, with her special baby bounce.
