8 years!

I have survived 8 years of parenting and Quintus has survived 8 years of my parenting. Good things happen all the time! ^_^

I think he had a very special day, starting with Zander carrying his birthday cupcake to him (tradition to wake up the birthday boy with a cupcake with a candle in) and ending with ice-cream & songs by the staff of the lodge where we are staying. It helps that he also got too much money, swam in the sea and had a mini birthday party with just us.

As is right and the way life should be, I learned a lot through parenting Quintus. He has also made it very easy for me. He can be very patient with my parenting style and mistakes. He sees me as the princess of the house and often tells me so.

I am very proud to be the one he calls Mom…..or Moekelaris.

Happy birthday Quinty. I hope that you have gone to sleep happy every night of your 8 years and known that you are loved by all of us.

 

On the beach

We have put our feet in the sea. We have touched the sand. The boys have swam. We are at the sea.

Zander put his feet on the sand and almost the same instance turned around and started taking off his shirt. He just wanted to get into that water.

The road down here was just fine. Until Tommie could smell the sea and started pushing my the speed limits. Then we almost ran out of diesel and that made the last 40 minutes even more pleasant.

That was all forgotten as soon as we put our feet on that sand. Beautiful soft sea sand. There just is something magical about seeing the sea. Watching those waves break.

We almost didn’t make this trip down here though. We spent two hours last night looking for our new puppy. Shouting, calling, begging. Up and down the streets. All over. We decided that at 11:30 pm there was nothing more we could do and as we got into bed, that little one crawled out from behind the bed. Clearly just woken up from a deep sleep. We were very relieved and thankful. Though also pretty ticked off that he ignored all our calling!

The flat we are staying in has a lovely view of the ocean. It’s in a quiet ‘non-holiday’ type of town. The boys have loads of beach to run up and down and shout to their hearts content.

Tonight I want to get loads of sleep and wake up tomorrow…with the sun rising over the ocean.

 

I am honoured

I was invited earlier this evening to be a guest writer on this Blog and it was like a Sjoe moment for me.

 

Thanks Mel

 

I havent even written on my own blog for a few days but will not miss this opportunity for the world

 

I am  We are so lucky to have you as a friend.  Wenchy really values you and as a result (and because I have seen you and interacted with you enough) so do I.

 

Jy is baie spesial en alles en ons het jou lief.  There was some of my best Afrikaans for you.  I will not overstay my welcome so I will stop now. 

 

From the Sir!!!

 

Strike!

I just threw Quintus the most relaxing birthday party ever.
I’m big on birthday parties. I go through a lot of trouble. Starting at invites that are way more than just ‘date, time and place’, brilliant cake, decorations, games. The works. This also causes me a lot of stress.

This year however we will be spending Quintus’ birthday at the sea. So I just wanted to do something small for him with his closest friends. We took 9 kiddies to play 10 pin bowling, then out for waffles.

The kids LOVED it. It was amazingly stress free. They have been looking forward to this for days and it was perfect.

Zander did a bit of bowling himself. So much so that we ended up getting him his own lane, since he doesn’t quite have the ‘waiting for your turn’ thing down just yet.

The other big thing is actually that this was way cheaper than a party at home! And I got home to a perfectly clean home!