Beach on a Cloud

Smiling Tiger

Finding the crabs

Delight! is biggest game was pretending to be scared of the crabs

Lessons on the beach with dad



The title is strange I know, but today we went to the beach - it was warm, the wind wasn't blowing, it was a lovely day - except for the fact that it was completely foggy and your could hardly see 100 meters ahead of you at any given time. It was so atmospheric. The boys had a fantastic time - they discovered crabs and spent all their time building them a house and a river and then a huge big hole for the crabs to swim in... it was a great day...

Yay - A Beach Day!

So this is summer, this is it! We ditched everything today and went to the beach - and what a beautiful day. Daniel fell asleep in the car and so when he woke up the beach wasn't his favourite place... He didn't like the sand, he didn't like the water and he DIDN'T like the little boy who kept nicking his hat (and he doesn't even like his hat!)... It was very funny - and we got some good shots, so here they are...


Sorry, the first one is of Rachel, fully sucking her thumb...






How cute is this....

Daniel's Birthday

Well, Daniels party is over for another year, but in four months we have Bens and five months after that Rachels first - we have managed to spread our childrens birthdays rather evenly over the year... It was a lovely day thank goodness, a little bit of wind and a bit cloudy but importantly, no rain. Also, the kids loved the space, and it gave the mom's and dad's some space to :). Unfortunately, we haven't had very well children since then though... Ben has a really high temperature that responds to medication but not for very long and yesterday it was up to 97.7 - the highest he's ever had. Strangely though, he has no other symptoms and so we really don't know what's wrong with him. Daniel doesn't have a temperature, but if very sleepy, tired and cranky which is great fun. Rachel is teething definately, but is her usual happy self.

Other than the party we had friends stay with us on Saturday night and it was so great to catch up with them as we haven't seen them in about two years and yesterday Father's Day! I got a lie in!!! then when we managed to get the kids to all sleep together (yes!!!) we watched Mama Mia (I knew there was a reason that we didn't make an effort to go see it in the cinema - at least it didn't take itself to seriously). When the kids woke up we attempted to go into town and see the Street Performers World Championchips. And that is were things went pear shaped - three small children, one big double stroller, two grumpy tired parents and about 19 thousand other people all milling about straining to see a small man juggling a cabbage on his head or bouncing on a violin did not work well. The first show we managed to get good seats for was unfortunately a puppet show, so Ben started freaking out (he is not a puppet lover!!) so things went from bad to worse!... Finally after about an hour we admitted defeat, packed the kids back into the car and headed for the safty of home... Anyway - here are a few snapshots...



Party in the Park

Cute shot of Rachel


To much Party

Looking sweet









Our Spot









The Cake












The Big Digger - A bit of hit

All About Rachel

I can't help it, but I just love playing with her - we're having such fun with Rachel. We were at a birthday party over the weekend and she was the life and soul of the party - primarily because she laughs and smiles for everyone so easily....

Well, Daniel is two on Thursday and so a lot of planning is going into his party. We are going to have it in the park (hopefully optimistic of me) as I think it'll be more fun having him tear around outside (and also a picnic party will be a little less work for me). I'm hoping to make a fish-shaped cake for him, and lets pray it turns out okay... Will let you all know.

So here are the latest pictures of the little lady :)...

I'm getting cuter and cuter

Today is a momentus day - Daniel is potty training himself, and as much as I'm not ready for it he is... He went to the toilet and did all the business! Rachel is just so amazing, we got a new bumbo for her (supporting south african products :) )... and she loves it. I had to include the pics of daniel jumping off the couch - his newest pastime! Even that has become boring now, and so he's devised a new game, stand on the windowsill, bolamakissi over the couch and roll onto the floor. It's heart stopping... I think I should get a standing order prescription of valium because he is going to be our extreme sports guy and I think we might have one or two trips to A&E in our future (in fact I'd put money on it)...