Wineclub

Such a great evening, with such fun friends! We learned about the Bordeaux blend and its components.

A red bum and a brown bum

To keep Arden and Reese out of mischief, we put them in the bath...they managed to turn the bathroom floor into a lake and Reese had diarrhea in the bath...nice.

Nina and Paige

Due 2 days apart, and born 10 days apart, Raine and i have walked this special road of pregnancy, birth and mothering together. I'm sure the girls will grow up to be good friends.

Arden's 3rd birthday

Happy Birthday my sweet, precious boy, i love u with all that i am and have so enjoyed sharing your party excitment with you.

Nina and Ouma

Nina enjoying time with her Ouma at the party.

Party time

Arden was beside himself with excitement in the runup to his party, especially at the unsupervised abundance of sweets! Poor thing came down with a cold the next day.

Race track cake

Arden had a racing track cake- please note the zebra crossing and stop sign! And we made a race track in the driveway for the kids to play on-they each brought their own bike along.

Party prep

Baking for Arden's 3rd birthday party...i think i dirtied every dish in the house!

Playing golf together

I feel terribly sorry for anyone trying to play golf when we arrive, pram,kids and all. Arden gets his own 100 balls to hit, most of which land up in a pile 1m from him...until he finds something more interesting to do-like wearing swimming goggles...

Borrusso's for supper

We went out for supper last night, with our precious children- who were surprisingly good company! Ernst and I have "crossed the Rubicon"... 

Our beautiful country

Driving along the R365 again... what a privilege.

Holiday at Citrusdal Hot Springs

We had such a wonderful, relaxing, fun time away as a family last week, at Citrusdal. It's our favourite winter gettaway.

Nina's 1st swim

My little water baby couldn't contain her excitement in the water. Please appreciate the swimming cozzie... can you handle the cuteness?

Swimming solo

Tong Master

We set up a portable baby monitor in the kid's room, which allowed us continue braai-ing outside and enjoy supper and swimming by ourselves in the evening, knowing that they were ok!

Early morning swimming

We tumbled out of bed and down to the warm pool in the mornings. Arden is clutching his precious marshmallow- a reward for not waking us that night... More secrets to a happy holiday- bribery!

Kissies

Arden said to me the other day, "you the best mamma in the world"... totally out of himself. Melted my heart faster than that marshmallow disappeared in the warm water.

Nina

Nina sitting at the edge of the warm pool waiting to swim on a cold and frosty morning.

My cherub

Outside pools

On the last day we had a picnic lunch here and swam. It was so lovely to be in nature and warm despite the air being very cold.

Indoor Victorian Bath

Arden's class

We went to the Green Point park last week, for this term's school outing.

Double rainbow

First time i've seen this, how beautiful. (you have to look very carefully, but it is there).