Another great day.

We had another great weather day yesterday - almost windless and hot. Boy, are we lucky!

When we realized that the weather wa great once again we headed to Tabke Mountain and went up the cableway. It was absolutely spectacular and The Lil Miss loved every moment of it. I tell you, the girl has no fear.

After a nap we decided on the pool in stead of the beach (we had a tired little cousin Madleien) and the day ended with a great braai and ample red wine.

And boy, am I gettig good on this mobile phone -I am posting all this via mobile phonE.

We could not have hoped for a better day...

We are having a fantastic time here in Cape Town. We left bwhind am unseasonally cold and wet Pretoria to land in Cape Town's infamous South Easter wind. Bit when we woke up this morning the weather was picture perfect with just a slight breeze and hot and sunny weather.

We spent the day at the Two Oceans aquarium and the Victoria and Alfred Waterfront, headed home for a lunch time nap and to the beach, just a 10 minute drive (and visible from their house). Now, off to bed.

A break..

So The Lil Miss and I are off to Cape Town for our mom and daughter trip. And not a day too soon. We are having freaky winter weather today (and for the rest of the week) and Cape Town, quite unexpectedly is promising hot sunshine days.

I thought I will have some posts pre-posted and lined up, but not! I don't. Blame my boys for last week's rough bed times.

So please excuse me if I do not read and comment, or post for that matter - we are taking a lekker (nice in South African) break. Maybe I will post some by mobile - just getting into that.

Light and love to you all!

Cat's bookclub - new review added

To read a review of "Handle with care" by Jodi Picoult, click on the image.

Two for Two-sday - concert two-somes.

And for two for Twos-day - have a look at our pictures - there are two great two-somes.

I have so many great two-somes from the concert, that I decided to do a bumper post today. So without further ado - The Lil Miss and:

Teacher Nomsa - her first teacher when she was 2.

Best friend at school Gabi.

Granny.

Teacher Kirstee - her teacher this year.

So guess what happened last night? Hunter was working late - we had the usual routine: dinner, bath , bible story, prayers and into bed. I said good night, turned off the light and walked out to read The Lil Miss a story. Sent them back twice, but that was the end of it! 10 minutes later - sweet silence. I am flabbergasted! Wow! And they slept right through until 6:15 this morning - a miracle, I tell you (being cloudy and cold helped)

Makes my Monday - yeah, daddy rules!

Playing along with Cheryl every Monday.

So the going to sleep saga continues....
We live on the highveld are in South Africa, famous for spectacular thunder storms (and scared kids). Friday night was a low point - after battling to get Little man L to sleep, he finally went down at about 9:45pm - way way too late. Just in time for me to catch the rugby (South Africa VS France) with the hubster, when a phenomenal thunderstorm hit us. Little man C was awake and hysterical - Little man L was so exhausted that he slept through it all. The result was me not seeing a minute of rugby and finally getting downstairs 10 minutes after the match ended - around 12:00 pm. Again, no time for mom and dad. At 3 am Little man C was awake again and at 5 am his brother was ready to go for the day. SO dear Hunter let me sleep and I woke up just in time to catch my lift to go riding at 8 am. A definite low point.

On Saturday night we got home late from visiting friends an it took the boys about half an hour to fall asleep - at last a bit of time for us.

But last night Hunter thought he'd give it a go with the Boys and I read to the Lil' Miss. I tell you, wonders never stop. 5 FREAKING MINUTES! He could actually put the to bed and leave the room and join us for storeys, like we always used to do. What is this? Is it ok to terrorize mom for hours but for dad, we'll do it in minutes! I was shocked. Let's hope this is the start to a better routine - and now I am convinced that my little trip is really the right decision. This really makes my Monday.

Friday Fragments and

I am just loving Friday fragments- so tempting to be able to just wrap up the week in little tidbits. So here goes:

Everybody that has ever given me an award knows I am terrible acknowledging these - so, I now make a point of doing it on Fridays. And this award just fits the bill nicely for some randomness on a Friday.
The always charming and delightful Debi over at Who says eight is enough? gave me this lovely award....
The Gorgeous Blogger Award

Here are the rules:
By accepting this award I am required to tell you six things about myself that you don't know and then award it to six other gorgeous bloggers.

1. I hate wearing the same pair of shoes for two days running - I never do. I will change my outfit if I have no other choice rather than wearing the same shoes.
2. I am currently addicted to health muffins sold by a Deli doing the rounds in our office park. This has to stop - it is costing me money and not being very kind to my spastic colon. At least they are jam-packed with healthy stuff.
3. When I get home in the afternoons, I immediately take of my shoes and jewellery. I can not stand to have them on any longer than that.
4. I love to drink a cup of tea in bed before going to sleep. Before bedtime downstairs is just not the same. I don't know why.
5. I am really not going to the gym as much as I wanted to - I really need to get on with this one!
6. I can literally not wait the week and a half until I get my images for the rest of our photo shoot. I am just so excited about them and can not wait to get going on Christmas presents for the grandparents. No Jeanette, I am not rushing you, take your time - I am just excited.

I started my blog reading when I was pregnant with the twins and subsequently my blogging friends are mostly moms of multiples in America and Canada.So I am currently trying to get to know more Africa bloggers, therefore I am nominating the following girls who most are brand new friends (except Candice and Momcat) - here's to new blogging friends : ( I also know some of my readers read my blog because I am from this little corner of the world, so explore a bit more in the Mother continent)

Candice @ Wolf's on safari - an American girl living temporary in South Africa
Cairo typO @ Wondering the world - a new friend who is just the most loyal commenter and who is at least currently living in Africa.
Jenty@Jenty's ramblings - a working mom and brilliant photographer
Lynette@A work in progress - what a gran - if I can only look like that when I am a gran.
Gillian@ A peak into our lives - a Scottish girl now happily South Africa
Momcat@Truth is stranger than fiction - mom of teenagers and loyal follower for a while
Girls, I don't even know if you "do" awards, but take it or leave it.


Hosted by Cecily
These black plastic motorbikes are a South African favorite. For the boys we got the "new improved" version, called a Y-bike, but the Lil Miss still has her old one and uses it. So how do you liven it up and more important, get it girly enough? So we did a bit of crafting:

You need:
One black plastic bike
Acrylic paints
Glue
Glitter

And the result:


She loved helping mommy with this and is so proud of her personalised bike.