Posts filed under ‘2010’
Girl Time
It was Erik’s 4th day in Kindergarten today and after yet another awful goodbye scene he apparently had a pretty good time! He even drew a couple of beautiful pictures together with his Muh-Kuh! (his stuffed girl cow)
While he was enjoying himself (despite trying hard not to) we girls went for a nice walk at the dam. You’ve already seen the cute picture of little Miss in her summer outfit.
Now here is Anja taking a dip with the duck family …
… and Lilly enjoying the entertainment.
And I thought …
… dressing a little girl in WINTER was fun!
(this little dress is meant to be a nighty – what a waste to hide this under a duvet, don’t you think?)
A Date
Last Saturday Glenn and I had AT LAST scheduled a date for us again and we thoroughly enjoyed a very yummy and relaxed breakfast at Nitida
http://www.tablesatnitida.co.za/services.html
followed by a little wine tasting.
This beautiful spot is only 10 minutes away from where we live. On our way home we stopped at Bloemendal
which was where I was SUPPOSED to leave Nena & Nobbi last March while taking Erik to his toddler class. Instead I’d accidentally taken them to Bloemendal wine cellar where they understandably didn’t care to stay for two hours. 
Glenn’s ankle has been giving him trouble for the last couple of days which is why you will see him back on crutches. He’s much better today though!
The pictures will give my German friends a good idea of the area we live in. Vineyards everywhere, the sea and Table Mountain Range on one side, the Hottentot Holland Mountains on the other – look closely and don’t mistake them for clouds.
We are very lucky to live in such a beautiful part of the world!
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Erik Of The Jungle
Finally! Today was the big day and Jungle Mania put up Erik’s (and Lilly’s of course) jungle gym.
Here’s the documentary in pictures:
Great excitement! 
Finally – when Daddy came home the jungle gym was ready for the little monkey quality test:
And here it is! Isn’t it a beauty?
Erik bravely tested Lilly’s baby swing. Test result: Excellent!
Only downside – Erik will have to wait until tomorrow to climb it because the varnish still has to dry.
Thanks so much to our sponsors Nena&Nobbi, Steve&Dolores, Bim and Pia!!
And thanks to Jungle Mania for the great work!
Happy New Year!
On the last day of 2010 we combined an errand with some fun and paid the playground a visit.
Unfortunately it was full of flowers which were very popular with the bees. Erik did not like that and even refused to go down the slide for fear of ending up amongst them.
He also did not understand why Mama wanted him to pose in front of a tree.
But he did enjoy the carousel and the swings while Lilly was entertained by Selina in the shade.
(Thank you, Cindy & Family for the cute tortoise outfit!)
The seeds from this tree that we found on the ground also were very suspicious to Erik who figured that you can’t be sure that bees don’t live in them too. So Mama was not allowed to take them home for crafts.
Altogether we had good fun, although it ended with a record tantrum when we came home. (it involved wanting to drive Mommy’s car, not wanting to go inside and the like which can be translated into “I’m so hot, thirsty, hungry and tired.”)
After some Spaghetti Bolognese and a good sleep the world was a happy place again and at six o’clock we headed over to Angie’s and Clinton’s who had invited us to join them for a pizza evening with them and their family.
Once again their lovely pizza oven was a big hit (look at the back).
We had a really great time and the evening was wonderfully balmy with no wind.
It was the latest night the kids ever had, but they really seemed to enjoy it. Erik especially as he got to play with the hose pipe, …
…dance to the music in the lounge and see real stars for only the second time in his life.
Lilly played on Mama’s lap …
… and then just chilled with her eyes open until nine o’clock when we went home to put the kids to sleep. (Glenn went back later and partied wildly ’til morning )
Today it’s unexpectedly raining which makes this day a nice, lazy start into the new year.
We hope that all of you had a good start as well and wish you all the best for 2011!
Love from Glenn & Erik and Meli & Lilly
Cookie Art
Today Erik and Mama decorated the cookies they’d baked yesterday. It was great fun …
…interrupted by a wild tantrum involving a nappy change …
… and we proudly present …
… the results!
And they’re YUMMY too!
Post-Christmas Fun
Since we didn’t have much time before Christmas to do fun Christmas stuff like baking cookies we are now catching up and did exactly that today.
Mama and Erik …
… baked two trays of star-, manie- and heart shaped cookies …
… and only burnt a few of them.
We were going to decorate them too, but then Granny and Oupa came to visit and we gladly postponed to tomorrow.
Later we were very surprised to find two notifications for parcels in our post box! Straight away we drove to the postoffice to collect them.
One was for Erik …
… and turned out to be a late birthday present from Brenda and Jim!
Just think – it had actually gotten lost on a ship to China because the Americans don’t know where Africa is!
Well, it finally found its way here and Erik loooves his new Etcho Sketch!
Thank you, Brenda & Jim!!!!!!!
The other parcel …
… was a present from Lilly’s and Erik’s great aunt Gabi …
… and turned out to be a beautiful nostalgic picture book for Lilly.
Thank you, Gabi & Gunther!!
And thank you, Nan for the cool car and the pink puppy!!
Vielen Dank, liebe Bim, Christina und Nena & Nobbi!
Fuer eure Weihnachtskarten, die gestern angekommen sind! Und fuer die schoene Bernsteinkette von Christina!
Ant’s Mom’s In Town!
Ant’s Mom’s in town and not only that – they spent the weekend in Blauberg Strand which means we HAVE to meet them – or they us, whichever way you want to look at it …
… at Ons Huisie. What a chore …!
The kids looked cool in their sunglasses on our nice walk on the beach.
