How to say COW in Karate?

Time flies when your having fun!

Pete and Aunty Bel got married again and we all had a fab time - Eva recruited me to hook her up with some cool long haired MUCH older boys. When I did not immediately order them to play with her she caught up to me and whispered loudly MUM - HE JUST WALKED RIGHT PAST YOU AND YOU DID NOT ASK HIM .... Ben (we found out was the poor lad's name) spent the rest of his evening chasing/ being chased by Eva...

Niamh was far too busy having a very big serious boogie with her Dad ... and even Flynn quite enjoyed the dance floor.

Angus and Nunu stayed over and Niamh and Mangy got to sleep together again for the first time in years - it was very sweet seeing them lying in each others arms in bed both reading a book! Niamh has a new favourite series : Mr Majeka!

We have also recently survived some time off in Namibia. Apparently all my progeny are totally into killing fish ... then again to date none of the kidlets have actually caught one. On holiday they did see fit to get up before the sparrow stirred to fart to fish off our deck.

The Big Mr Jones figures Camp Kwando has not a fish to its name but much fun was had by all... except maybe Flynnigan who celebrated our little holiday with raving tonsillitis (of course we treated him for malaria for a couple of days)

Mum drove every km and felt very proud of herself!

The shopping did not really happen in Katima however - no - way can beds and food and a trip to the hardward store for Dad be fitted into x minutes! (With kids sick and well accompanying!)

I woke up a couple of nights ago to Flynn standing next to my bed saying loudly - MUM. I just KNEW you needed me RIGHT NOW so I came STRAIGHT AWAY!!!!

(Midnight cuddle excuse # 701)

Eva has made a new firm friend Elke - who has promised me she would only speak Afrikaans to her.

Niamh is on the farm - apparently she has exchanged quadbikes for sewing - be still my beating heart!

Flynn and Eva are having their first karate lesson tomorrow am - this will probably be worthy of a post all in itself BUT I taught them how to count for Karate... only to have Flynn come back after a couple of hours and recite the numbers ... and then ask me "Mum, how do you say COW in Karate????"

Finally both Flynn and Eva tonight had one ear pierced - Flynn so he can look like his Daddy. (Gave Steve the pharmacist the old is that your best shot look!) Eva because she was too hysterical after one to contemplate another (she says she will wait for Riaan so she can have a snuggle from him if it hurts!)

Adam & Eva....

Eva has discovered boy knickers!
She also reckons she would look very gorgeous with reading glasses and straight short hair.
... what are the chances of finding french cami's for little girls IN KATIMA???

Flynn is working on the best password for his dad's storeroom:
1.Nickel Chromium Molybdenum Steel
2. Mrs Balls Smokey Joe Sauce
3. Supergalifragilisticexpeealidocious
Although he thinks it would be super cool to have all three together!

Niamh has finished the Bible and is now busy sorting out the difference between Sparta and Athens... (so far Sparta is losing badly!)
The two of us are working hard on our carbon footprint by walking to school every day. She seems quite a lot calmer (touch wood!)

We had a visit from a very baby brown housesnake today!

Most exciting - we caught it and took it to the snake park!

Less exciting was our attempts at communal eggpealing for our pubdinner.

Never mind - at least our dining room is now FUZZY FIDDLEHEADS (thanks Dad)!

Upatree

Remember Out of Africa where they tell the story about the chap who lived up a tree with a baboon? Male or female they asked. Oh female of course - there was nothing queer about the guy.

So Jonah was up the tree cutting it down while Mum was googling Espaliering trees! It is going to take us forever to make this your dream home ... and then you will be spreading your wings to find your own homes!

Eva and Flynn had cupcakes for breakfast and Niamh said that today's lunch was the first time EVER her mother made edible food - hooray for mum! (who is feeling muchos better today as well!!!)

.... turns out the first thing we should do is take the doors off the bedrooms - Flynn just received the slammed door treatment on his pinkie from his sisters...

meer dae meer dinge....

SNOT, BATS, CUPCAKES & LAMBS

Mum is listening to baby iPod and thinking of Jason
…and the last thing I see is my heart still beating and breaking out of my body and flying away.
Like a bat out of hell

Bit melancholy as I am SO happy we have Dad around to be grumpy and lovely.

Niamh & Dad were having serious AD and BC discussions today trying to move Mum to the AD side of the timeline - with Dad saying Mummy looks VERY daft in my timeline picture!!!

Eva is excited as she has the chance of displaying one Chicken pops any minute now! Although there was great excitement when it first broke out we have yet to see actual evidence of the dreaded disease...

Flynn has not had a great day - the grown ups are seriously trying (again sigh sigh) to curb television time - and he missed out on a green energade at school (Flynn is VERY into green drinks - preferable if they closely resemble snot which is strange as he remains the only child I know who is COMPLETELY anty getting anything from his nose in the vicinity of his mouth!!! He tried to cover it all up by saying he was only missing his mummy!

My little man!

It is Dad's week for taking kidlets to school so Mum is trying to stay in bed in the morning.. and failing miserably ... but WILL try harder!

We also baked CUPCAKES today ... and we are having lamb for dinner....

yummy scrummy!

Although Eva did say she is not sure and might revert back to her occasional 30 minute vegetarian stints...

Sunday alone...

Dad has taken all the kids to the farm (Poor old Mum is sick/ feeling sorry for herself/ all alone at home and missing out on all the fun!) Hopefully everyone will be back with full bellies, happy hearts and updates on the donkeys, cows and humans from the farm. The latest treat is sitting on top of Oupa's car... although this adventure has of course ended in tears a couple of times and Mum is petrified about the reaction from Dad AND Oupa if they cotton on! Mum is looking forward to baking the special cakes Dad bought the mix for today... teaching piano... and reading bedtime stories this week. Niamh is having play therapy with Janet tomorrow and the grownups are all excited and worried about it. (Dad is looking forward to reading his book under the big tree!) Fiona and Mongie look smart with their new collars (pink & blue) and they might have just forgiven Mum for this indignity by now. Our house is inching along ... there is a HUGE ditch in the garden which has revealed our perfectly buried secret steps... and Dad and Flynn are planning much more treefelling this week.