Monday, January 11, 2010

The week that ran away....

Well I can hardly believe that hubby has been back at work a full week now... We miss having him around the house. Thankfully it has been a little quieter than it was at the end of last year. However the prospects are good and they will soon be busy, but it has been great that he has been able to get away a little earlier once or twice in the last week.

On the weekend we worked on getting things in order round the house to prepare for the up and coming school term. Space was made in the garage for items cluttering the house and things that should have been turfed long ago were finally given the boot. What a good feeling!

Hubby got in a game of cricket and we were invited to an old friend for a wonderful seafood paella. We used to babysit her girls before we had little ones of our own. It was amazing to see them all grown up and finished school.
We also had the pleasure of enjoying a wonderful Sunday lunch of roast springbok with all the trimmings at friends and then enjoyed a couple of hours soaking up the sun down on the beach. The kiddies had a great time enjoying the surf despite the cool temperature of our waters.

The children have been making the most of their last week of holidays with lots of sleep overs, movies, and fun activities....this of course has kept me very busy being moms taxi! J has already started extra karate training and may be going up to Bloemfontein as soon as March for competitions. Needless to say, he is very excited about it. His ballroom lessons have also started.
K has spent a couple of days painting at grandpa and has thoroughly enjoyed getting back into her art. She has been helping me so much around the home and in the garden and has been a real blessing to me. She and I have enjoyed a couple of sessions at the gym too.
Z has been playing and playing until he cant anymore. Thankfully his collar bone is on the mend but may not do contact sports for 6 weeks as the healing is not complete.
As for me, besides the enjoyment of getting back to tae bo and a few sessions at the gym, it has been a busy time. There seems to be an endless list of things to do and plan and organise. Bills to pay, things to sort and tidy, appointments to make, schedules to write up, books to order for school etc etc. The garden has also kept me busy as I had been hand hand watering with a watering can! Thankfully hubby bought me an amazing nozzle for the hose pipe which makes the job of watering much quicker and keeps me drier!

Our last day of holiday is tomorrow... we plan a visit to the gym with friends, a trip to the library and an early night. We will ease into the school year gently with some bible time, language arts, maths and story time. We will finish early on our first day and join friends for a picnic lunch and fun on the super tubes in the afternoon. I look forward to the structure that schooling brings and the time we spend together loving learning!

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