A very late 17 months update! August has been good; lots of time playing in the garden 🚗🌿🌤, helping Mum plant seeds and dig holes 🕳, making swings and enjoying swings, watching the birds (Henry’s favourite) and watching cows, adventuring higher with climbing and speeding up with walking! George has discovered a new favourite and …
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“Brrrmmmm brrrmmm” and “mooo mooo”
We’ve passed the 16 month mark (this month has felt like a long and slow 🐌 one)! George still LOVES cars, lorries, tractors, anything with wheels that moves 🚗🚑🚜🚛 and spends most of his days pointing at cars and making car noises. Henry has learnt to spot cows and dogs 🐮🐶 in his books and …
Planes, twins and automobiles
The end of January, one month into 2020, we’ve reached 10 months old and we’ve done our fare share of globetrotting already ✈️🗺! Henry and George have visited Victoria Falls in Zimbabwe 🇿🇼, driven back to SA through Botswana 🇧🇼, then a few days later hopped on a plane to England 🇬🇧 with a quick …
Nappy changing with a view
Another week flies by and I have to admit I’m loosing track of their age in weeks 🙈😂 but we did celebrate 4 months old this week! Peak: quite a few this week! 😊👶🏼🏨👶🏼 Henry’s health is improving and although George has also now caught the same bug he is on a whole host of …
Growing up? or just older!
Recently I celebrated my 27th birthday! I still definitely don't feel 27 and feel like sometimes I'm actually much younger and this 'pretend adult' with responsibility is going to get found out one day. Birthday's are a good time to reflect on the year that has happened, and by all accounts we've had quite a …
Google maps in Africa
Potholes..... the dreaded P word! Potholes! Life in Africa has taught us to be prepared for all things and to always laugh at the situation. This situation wasn't particularly bad but the severity of the potholes did make us chuckle. Many years of driving in Zim prepared John well. This sign was actually a bit …
Africa
My plan is to write this year through the alphabet, so here goes.... A....Africa Africa, South Africa more specifically, has become a home. Her rolling hills, cane fields, mountains and oceans, valleys and deserts. Her blue skies and green endless plains. Her rich and poor, hope and desperation, hurt and love. Her goats …