Food Glorious Food

One eats, the other does not...



But we love them just the same...

Father's Day at the Parnell's

We spent Sunday afternoon (after work) in Ballito with the Parnell's. We had a great time as usual and Riley and Ethan enjoyed the time away from home.

Riley often asks to see her cousins and enjoys the "farm life" when we go there.

This week-end she got to ride the quad (so did Ethan), see the fish, get weighed (12.95kg), rode the scooter and just generally play with her cousins.

Greg has also offered Riley a fiber glass slide, so that I can build her a jungle gym.

When asked as school why she loves her Dad, she said because I sleep with her (put her to bed) and am going to buy her a jungle gym (build a jungle gym).

Ethan also had a blast - he loves the animals, he rode on Romeo and terrorised the birds.

Riley Goes to Sleep

I am amazed almost daily by the kids and what they do. They grow up and learn so much so quickly, and routine seems to make a HUGE difference in making them happy!

Since Riley was much younger we have always (every night) read her a bed time story (or two, or three...). She now loves books and now even "reads" to herself once she is in bed.

We have had a CCTV camera in her room for a while to replace the baby monitor, so we are able to see what she does when she goes to bed.

She always wants her "monkey light" which is a night light that Melanie gave her, and since Claudia brought her a wind up torch she likes to have that too.

This clip shows her routine. She reads her book, puts away the torch, turns out the monkey light, throws something off the bed, pushes Melanie out the way and goes to sleep.

She went through a stage of leaving the monkey light on all night, wasting batteries, so I started to ask her every night to switch it off, which she now does every time.

Tonight, after this clip she actually got up and went to the loo and then back to bed...



The flashes etc on the video are from the CCTV and are impossible to prevent... Sorry.

Riley and her Bike

Looking very grown up, Riley still loves her bike. She also enjoys playing with her old school bag. She loves to back things in bags and "go shopping" etc. The house is full of bags with toys etc in them.

The problem obviously comes in when trying to find a specific toy... Can't just scan around for it.

Then ... Just because it was a nice picture... This is what I got from Melanie for my birthday. It is on the wall at the pool.

Riley Feeds Ethan

This morning Riley woke up in an exceptionally good mood.

While I was giving Ethan breakfast she decided she wanted to have a go. Since Ethan eats so well, this was not a problem at all.

Looks like they both had fun.

Riley School Photo

Recently Riley had photos taken at school, which we received this week. I dropped her at school on the day, so was asked to pose too.


I think the results are great...

The above is the class photo... Her teachers are Mrs Maharaj and Mrs Krummeck.