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Tag Archives: Family
The New Kettle
It was a bit disturbing a few weeks ago when I went to put water in the kettle there were bits of red plastic floating in the water. The red plastic covering a pipe thingy was perishing. In the end I took … Continue reading
Back To Front Day
This morning, we woke up after a really good night’s sleep. A public holiday in South Africa (roll over from yesterday’s Day of Reconciliation), it felt like it should be a day that I could chill. But I had done … Continue reading
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Heading Home
We have had two wonderful days in Swellendam. We have just loved hanging out with Elsie, chatting to Adrian and Stacey and seeing Adrian’s Dad as well. Our plan was to leave at 5am tomorrow morning, but we have decided … Continue reading
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Elsie Time
I was awoken by Mike early, early this morning. The alarm had gone off and I hadn’t heard it. I hopped out of bed, dressed and at 4-38am, we drove away from the house and headed for Swellendam. Surprisingly, there … Continue reading
Funny Things David Said
So today I’ll write out some of the funny things David said. While Stacey was measuring (at 2 she took Mike’s tape measure and said “now I’m going to measure 14, 19, 14, 19, 14, 19!), David was observing people … Continue reading
Funny Things Stacey Said
I found the Stacey & David ‘talk book’. When Stacey was just over 2 years old, I realised that I needed a place to jot down some of the things she said. Playing with words and experimenting with sounds came … Continue reading
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Elsie is 1 Month Old
21st June 2018 – Elsie came into the world a month ago today and is thriving. She now weighs 4.5kg, is growing well and sometimes even sleeps through most of the night! She loves looking at her Mom. The other … Continue reading
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This Happened Nine Years Ago
It is always a very significant day in the life of parents when their daughter gets married. For us that happened nine years ago today. The 20th June 2009 dawned bright and clear. Despite it being winter, the sun rose … Continue reading
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Special Moments
There are lots of special moments being with the family. Elsie is so absolutely adorable. Adrian and Stacey could catch up on a bit of sleep this morning when I took her and even though she was awake and varied … Continue reading
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Grannying it Up in Swellendam
I love to see Stacey and Adrian, but now they have Elsie added to their family, she is the one that grabs my attention. We left Caledon shortly after 10am and took a slow drive to Swellendam, arriving an hour … Continue reading
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Day Trip
Today Julian and David arrived at about a minute before 7am and about two minutes later we were on our way. The three of us headed to Swellendam for the morning! We made good time and got there within three … Continue reading
Elsie Goes Home
That was the event of today. Elsie went home. She was packed up in the car seat and didn’t make a peep the whole way. In this photo, David looked a little like this at the same age. Mike and … Continue reading
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David’s Contract
One of the great things about having adult children is seeing how they turn out in relation to their childhood traits and personalities. Stacey was the great inquirer as a child. She was always curious as to how stuff worked … Continue reading
Mixed Up Monday
I felt a bit out of kilter today for two reasons: I didn’t go to gym. We had no internet. On both accounts it served to interrupt my routine. No internet was particularly irritating because the reason I don’t go … Continue reading
Today I Took The Plunge…
Literally! Remember this… For Christmas I got a swimming cap, so when I went to gym today, I went with my swimming costume, towel and cap specially packed. Gym was busy. I ran 5km (in 34 min 37 seconds) and … Continue reading
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