A Day of Fun!!

Friday March 12 was a busy but fun day!! It started at school with an amazing Sports Day. It is a day of fun races for the kids.. all the families come watch and enjoy the day.
Aiden dressed as his dad.. the first race of the older children is a grown up race where they dress like their parents! Fun

Here is Evan and his best buddy Ethan

Aiden running the race...

Evan running his race.. he is the one in second place! Yeah Evan!


Well after that great morning.. we headed off to a great birthday party. Then hurried home for the big event of the night! Our local cricket team is the Chevrolet Warriers. They were playing in the final game for the championship at home. These games are usually a father son thing.. but a couple of the fathers were out of town for a bike race so Scott offered to take all 5 boys!! They had a blast and we WON!! Go Warriers!!
The team warming up. They are a great team and lots of their players are on the National team.

The 5 boys, with their faces painted.


Whew! A busy day indeed but so much fun!

What have we been up to?.......

Well it has been a great couple of weeks... We had a braai at Evan's school and it was a blast talking to the new parents and just having fun.
All the boys having a great time... Evan of course would not get in the picture.

All the wonderful teachers hard at work! Love them!!


The boys have also started Karate this term and really love it. They have also learned to count in Japanese. FUN!



Well it only took 6 years....I have always heard all the stories of friend's children getting scissors and cutting their own hair. I have not had that problem until now.. Aiden decided the front of his hair was too long and proceeded to chop it off... I guess mommy didn't schedule hair cuts fast enough. Can you see the chuck taken out of the center of his forehead??? And this is after mommy tried to "fix" it a little....


We also headed to Addo Elephant National Park this past weekend. It is only about 1 hour and 1/2 drive from our house. It is a beautiful park with of course lots of elephants... I think these have become my favorite african animal. The lion of course is amazing.. but the elephant is so graceful and just an awesome animal once you learn a little about them. Although when we stopped to watch a huge herd one crossed in front of our car and turned toward our car like he was going to charge... scarry!! We also had a picnic in the park, it was so nice. Just a great family day!!




OK - Well here is the BIG News! I have told most of you that we were told we would be heading back to the Good Ole USA sometime this year, well things change :) Scott has been asked to stay and help with some upcoming projects so we will be here for awhile. At least until 4th quarter 2011 possibly til June 2012. So all my friends that are interested in coming to visit you have some additional time!!! Start booking those flights. With the extension we will be coming home in December for a visit and hope to see alot of you then! So.. now I need to start looking at schools for Aiden. He will be going to Grade 1 next year.. WOW! My baby is growing up. We will be able to enjoy the great weather and all of the great adventures we have ahead of us. Yeah more traveling!!!

Hope everyone is doing well out there. Keep in touch!

Valentines Day

We celebrated Valentines Day in style... We hosted a couples sushi party! It was alot of fun... We had sushi made and invited 4 of our favorite couples over for some food,drinks and "love".

The set up... the sushi.. along with that we had beef stir fry and fried rice. And I made red velvet cake and meringue with cream for dessert

The girls... Megan, Charlotte, Kim, & Paula


The boys..Randy, Clayton, Pat, Scott & Stan.



Lots of Love!!!

Get To Know You

One of the first events at school is the "Get to know you Braai". We had Aiden's this past weekend and it was a great time. We had hot dogs and the kids played.It is a great time to get to know other parents, especially the new ones to school. Then as the evening went on there was a father-daughter/ mother-son dance. Of course, I couldn't get Aiden anywhere near the dance. We also went on a torch (flashlight) walk around the school property.. the kids had a ball doing that. The evening was a great success...

Aiden playing Soccer with his buddies

Our friend Ross dancing with his beautiful daughter and a friend.

Me and Aiden hanging out...

Bikers.....

Here biking is quite a big sport. We know lots of people that bike on a regular basis and love it. There was a race that most of them rode in and we went out to cheer them on! (won't catch me on a bike!!!) The boys had a great time cheering for everyone and looking for people we knew. We are very proud of all our friends who participated! Congrats!
Boys watching the bikers...

Pat -- having a little too much fun

Stan.. he works with Scott.

Our friend Randy - poor Randy had a flat tire :)


They all did so well!!

Aiden's Birthday Pary

Aiden had a great party on Friday with all of his friends! There were 30 kids at the party and they all had a great time. We had the party at the Cricket Academy.. they supply two coaches and you choose between cricket and soccer. Aiden chose soccer and the kids were taken out to the field and played and played and played! It was a great time. I also brought along beads for some of the girls. Aiden loves sports and playing with his friends so he was in heaven! Even though it was a soccer party, Aiden asked for a snake cake.. so mommy complied... Enjoy the pics!

Aiden is 6!!!

Last week Aiden turned 6! He took in cupcakes to school. At school each student draws and colors a picture for the birthday child and the teacher makes a cover for the book, as well as makes a crown. It is very fun. Then of course he wanted a snake cake for his party (which is this Friday) so I thought I would do a miniature version for his actual birthday and practise.. I think it turned out pretty good. He is such a big boy!

Aiden at school with his class...


The book and crown he got... (don't know why it is coming out sideways???)

The mini snake cake, will be attempting a large one for Friday!

Aiden blowing out his candle.


Look for more on the big boys birthday... his soccer, snake party is on Friday! Yeah!