Grace has become a voracious reader so regular trips to the library are needed to keep feeding the reading machine. Eli also likes to stock up on new story books and was super happy to find baskets of Christmas stories, so we brought a number of those home too. Fortunately we have a lovely library here in Somerset West.

Grace lost her other front tooth yesterday, leaving her now waiting for her two front teeth for Christmas.

Time to weigh in…in the red corner we have:

• Grace, weighing in at 24kg
• Eli, weighing in at 18kg
• and last, but not least, Adam, weighing in at 13kg.

Adam also continues to learn useful skills like opening a door and bashing more things (just harder this time).

Adam is 13 months old today! 13 months seems to have brought a new swagger and waddle to his walk as he confidently traverses the entire length of a room now – still a bit wobbly, but getting more and more distance without having to stop for a break. The desire to climb his siblings chairs, open the window and try to climb out of it is slightly disturbing though.

Adam took his climbing and sleeping to a new level – he can now climb up the slide and last night he slept through all the way until 05h00! Sleep is always erratic, but let’s hope that this holds at least for a while so that Donné can start to feel more like a normal person again.

These three really are good bath buddies – Addy in the middle observing, with the other two being examples of the level of crazy required to be a part of our family. 

This year the school held a talent show for the end of year concert – a variety show with the children choosing what they would like to do – and as always, it was loads of fun, and there were smiles and happy children all around.

Grace recited a poem by Roald Dahl, and sung and danced in her group acts, and Eli danced in his class act. Herewith, the short, personal, version of the show…

Adam is always up for learning something new, so first he figured out how to ride on the little ambulance, then decided straight afterwards that the pink scooter looked like a good challenge too. When he started with the ambulance, he jammed his feet into the ground every time someone tried to push him a little, but then he loosened up…

It just takes a short moment of distraction to create a happy baby in a puddle of flour

When you’re all left inside while dad empties out the compost bin, and everyone wants to be outside, then it is time for a bit of group comforting.