Oh sooooo tired.......

I was browsing through my stash of photos looking for another that I could touch up to make another header -

and came across these...

This child must have been absolutely exhausted when I snapped them!

They were taken over a year ago and I have absolutely no idea what we had been up to prior to this.

 But it must have exhausted both of them!

Oh. My. Word.

It looks inebriated.

I didn't give him anything, I promise...

I hadn't discovered Cinnamon Rolls with vanilla-flavoured gin icing...

;)

Even the Jord looks like he was battling to stay conscious!

I think I'll set these photos aside for display on their 21st birthdays...



PostScript:
The Man just rang - he took these. Which is why I can't remember any of the details.
He says that The Frog wasn't well and had just woken from a nap.
I suppose I should stop laughing at them now...

A Grandmother's Love...

My mom was doing something on Vistaprint today and asked me to find her a photo of her and the boys.

I found this one.

It was a really difficult photo to take! There was constant movement and this was the best result of the bunch.

But she loves it.

And it made me think about just how many photos I have of the grannies in my kids' lives with them, and the answer is sadly, very very few.

For example I wish I had more photos of this particular Grandmother.

But she lives 11 timezones away and my kids only see her on Skype now.

We miss Ouma.

I must say that I think my children are very blessed to have grandparents in their lives.

I know children who, for various reasons, don't.

And Grannies are special creatures indeed to a young child.

Exploding the Volcano

There was much excitement last night after dinner, when I promised The Jord we would go outside and explode the volcano that he made before.


It's been a while since we paid any attention to it, purely because of the amount of time it's taken for this particular piece of artwork to dry!

Anyway, I told him to paint it yesterday and once it had dried we would put the 'potion' in and make it explode.

The kid was beside himself!


He couldn't wait. 

No particular significance to this photo -  I just posted it for those who want to know how the bump is doing.


Now you know...


I look like a buddha statue.

I don't know why we had a red mountain...


I had envisioned a green one with red lava.


He obviously had a different vision.


So I went with black lava.

Adding more vinegar...

The black lava actually had a pretty cool effect!

And it's almost over...


... and it's done.

The kids loved it!

Happy Birthday Little Sis

Keren and Molly

Tomorrow is my little sisters birthday.

I still remember the night she was born. I was 5.

I remember being woken in the middle of the night and driven to my best friend Storm's house.

A few days later my mum came home with a very little person.

The siblings

 This little person would prove to be a very interesting addition to our family....

Certainly the prettiest!

The most lovable.

Many times the most annoying!

 :)

Just getting you back little sis...

(Actually, I really envy the fact that you got the nice-bum genes! You suck!)

Because of our age difference there were often times where we didn't see eye to eye - purely because we always seem to be at different stages in our journey through life.

But over the years she has matured into someone I am very proud to know.

And I love her - lots!

 See? I told you she was the prettiest one!

Happy birthday Keren.

I love you!