The calfs hits the beach

For those that is not familiar with South Africa, Port Elizabeth is called the windy city.If you wake up the morning and the sun is shining with no wind you hit the beach.The Wednesday was a day like that.We packed a picnic basket and this time told grandma to come with.When we got to the beach there was a slight breeze and Anika did not even put her cozzie on.The played in the sand and didn't want to swim with me in the see.

They had a joll.We had lunch and then walked down Happy Valley.This is a stretch that follows a small little river and they have all these characters, much to the delight of the kids.
Needless to say they fell asleep on the way home.

Some pictures.

Johan having a dig

The calfs

Werner

The monsters

Some of the Happy Valley displays

Look mom!!!!!!!!!!!

Visit to the underworld.....

The Tuesday we went to the Port Elizabeth aquarium.The thing about going on holiday out of season is they normally clean tanks and get ready for the holiday season.They were cleaning the seal enclosure and we did not see the seals swim around.

Great grandmother came with again and we got to see some nice creatures.
Here is some piccies.The children was finished and fell asleep in the car.

Looking at the seahorses


The penguins


Baby seal

Dolphin

Anika

Having a drink


Look at the crocodile mom

We went to the beach...

On Sunday we just hang around at my parents house and by Monday my mom was ready to commit herself to the nearest institute.The wind was pumping in PE and I took the kids to the park and to a nearby farm to look at the animals.

They were nagging to see the see so we loaded my grandmother(which is also visiting) into the car and we went to the beach.The sand was blowing against their legs and that was the end of the nagging.We went to the Wimpy for some icecream and that was the end of day 1.

Here is some pics:


At the park(Look at the wind blowing the trees in the back)


Looking at the animals


Running on the beach with the sand lashing at them.They were not impressed



Werner taking a bite of his ice cream


Johan


Anika and her ice cream

Great grandmother and the boys.

So I took the calves on holiday...

As the bull was going to our yearly internet bike forum get together and I need a holiday, I decided to go to Port Elizabeth(Where my parents stay) on holiday.My dad came down with the plain a week before we had to go and he was to drive down with me and the calves.The trip is about 1100km and we were to leave at 4am on Saterday the 1 November.

The calves was very well behaved in the car.We stopped regularly and had lunch in Graaff Reinet.Here is some pics.

My Hippie Biffday

Yes it was that time of the year again and the bull came up with the idee for a hipie party.since the 24th was a public holiday it was decided to hold the part on my actual birthdate.I took the day of and prepared everything at home.

We had such a great time and the kids was shipped of the mother of all cows the mother inlaw.They had a great time with grandma and pa.

The last guest left at about 02h30am and I eventually got to bed at 03h30.Thanks to everyone that shared the evening with me.Angel thanks for my cow badges, I will be wearing those.

Some pics of the evening.

Make a Smilebox slideshow

Summer,sun and green pastures.........

Yeah,summer has arrived. The kids took their first splash in the pool the week before last.The water was icy cold.Anika went in first and the twins soon followed.I struggled to get them out ans they had a blast.
Here is some pics.

The Calves had chickenpox

So we had friends over and the Sunday morning Anika says to me: Look mommy I got blisters
What blisters.So I have a look and my first thought was" Did you try and smoke?
It looked like a cigarette burn.Upon closer inspection we discovered that it is chickenpox.

So she couldn't go to school for two weeks.Two weeks of hell.Besides the fact that she couldn't stop scratching she could not leave her brothers alone.They were fighting constantly.
Eventually she could go back to school just to discover that the twins now had it.Werner had it bad but Johan had it three times as bad.

Here is some pics of the speckled twins when it just started showing.

Johan

Werner