The first half of May

May is two weeks old and it's been pretty busy already... here's photos to show what we've been up to.

2nd of May I took Aaron to the Berario Recreation Centre to see the Fairlands Police Station open day... it was lots of fun... we saw a fire engine, fire dog, police horses, lots of police cars, Aaron got fingerprinted and even got to press the horns/sirens in both the fire engine and police car... little boy's delight!

After the lunchtime fun we went to the Train Staion in Roodepoort and got to ride on the model trains... I bought four tickets and Aaron used THREE of those... I only got one ride... but it was fine as he was really in his element here.

And to round off the afternoon, his last ride was just him and the train driver and Aaron got to "drive" himself.... lots of photo opportunities for Mommy

After I hung up washing on Sunday the 3rd, Aaron was up to his usual tricks... climbed in the laundry basket and pretended to be a rabbit... even had to be fed carrots... "ummm, what's up doc!"

A gorgeous sunset... it looked almost like the clouds were on fire

Three days later, the 6th, another beauty of a sunset.... the clouds were so wispy and all the different colours... God is a perfect artist

Thursday the 7th was Aaron's first piano lesson... he LOVED it and took off so well, even his teacher was amazed... now it's practice practice practice

Came home and tried it out on his keyboard too.

On Friday the 8th I took Aaron to the barber to get his hair sorted out.... Daddy had hacked it a few weeks before and it really looked weird... so off with it all and spikes here we come

And that's that for now... life carries on, the camera keeps clicking away and soon there will be more pics to show.

April's photos

I've been wanting to show off my photos from April but hadn't had a chance to make all the collages.... so today I did... now be prepared for LOTS of pics....

We went to the sunrise Easter service at our church... a very special time and even more so watcing the sky change


After church we discovered that the Easter Bunny had visited the house and left little parcels all over the garden... Aaron had a ball finding all the eggs... even Mommy & Daddy got in on the hunt and found a few. (They are still all being eaten nearly a month later!)

Another awesome sunset... April the 15th

On the 18th my scrap friends came over for a fun day of scrapping... we try do this monthly and have a chance for "kidfree" scrapping... well being at our home Aaron was around... and then Charmaine ended up bringing her little girl too.... playmate for Aaron. Judi also spoilt Aaron (like normal) with a clown sucker (note: some of it is still in the fridge waiting to be eaten).

The kids decided that the jungle was the place to be... they dragged the table and chairs up there to eat their lunch... too sweet to see.

Election day came on the 22nd... perfect day to get some odd jobs done around the house... Keith, assisted by Aaron, painted the front security gate... Keith had eventually replaced the lock after months of hassles with it.

Just an average afternoon... the 25th... Aaron played on his jungle gym and Mommy took some pics

And then there is yet another breathtaking sunset on the 30th... such a different view that then one that Papa & Granny see at the caravan park (see previous post)

Right that's April done... now to do May... so beware of another photo filled post coming up.

Caravan photos

Aaron went with Papa & Granny in the caravan for the last week of April... when his school was closed. They all had a great time as can be seen from all these photos (and the many others that I haven't put up!)

Pitching in to help set up camp
Exploring the play ground... can you spot the monkey?

Holiday attire... hat, scarf, long pants and jersey for the early mornings and then shorts and shirt for later in the day. And don't forget the binoculars for game spotting

Aaron too the pick of Papa & Granny ... got them and the whole caravan in.. very impressive. Also that huge whole he is sitting on the edge of is a Ground Squirrel's home!

Some of the many animals and birds that were seen...

More playground adventures... Aaron even got Papa up on to the slide!

The sunset in the caravan park...

Last day there... sunrise photo plus the animals... the lion that chased their caravan neighbour's car and also waved at them

And there are lots more little stories that go with this holiday... a scrap page in the making.

Please support if you can

Aaron's school is having a fun day at teh end of May... a Passion 4 Wheels Festival... I'm sure it's going to be lots of fun... every little boy's (and big one too!) dream... so if you are in Jhb and are free that day... please come along and support us... you can even have a ride in a limo.

Birthday wishes

Happy birthday to an awesome blog friend... Desire. Hope you have a STUNNING day today... thanks for all the comments you leave each and every time... thanks to for your lovely blog... the cards you make are awesome. Enjoy your day immensely!

Have you seen it?

Sometimes I think I must be sleeping.... I browse the internet all day and yet I have only now found this blog... Creating Keepsakes has it's own blog.... check it out today and leave a comment... you can win a free class with Jessica Sprague... another fav of mine.

Now don't get me wrong... I'm not totally clueless... I've been around on the Creating Keepsakes website for years... and seen lots of changes there... but have NEVER looked at their blog.... well now it's added to my google reader list so hopefully I won't miss out on it anymore. Not that I buy the mag mind you... I just love to know what's what in the scrapping world. Off to read some more...

Have some fun

I was reading my many google reader blogs and had a quiet chuckle with the one from the Daily Digi.... go do this, it will be fun!

Unplugging

I saw this post on Stacy's blog today (it's her birthday but she is not available!) and so followed the link and have decided to take up the challenge too... so head over to Jodie's blog and find out more, then join me and we can be UNPLUGGED for a day together too.

My only decision now is as to WHICH day to do this... guess it will have to be a weekend as I work on the pc every other day for work!

Keep your kids safe

I just got an email from a friend of mine.. it reads as follows:

A friend my office mate and a friend of hers were out to supper last night at MIMO's in Northriding (a new one I believe) and she and her friend were chatting while their two 5 year old's were playing the the enclosed, supervised play-area...

The mom looked up and saw her kid half was across the parking lot... she ran screaming to her - what was she doing? Where was she going... the girl skipped and smiled and said "that man said I can come play with his baby"... and there was an Indian guy with a baby about 2 meters away from the little girl with the passenger door standing open.

When the mom got to her daughter the man pulled off - with the door slamming shut !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Is this not so shocking? 1 minute later and her daughter would have been gone. She said she didn't sleep last night - just sat next to her daughter's bed staring at her daughter all night....

So now, please tell your children AGAIN about the "don't talk to strangers" rule... we need to keep our children safe from these sick people.

My prayer each and every day is that Aaron will be safe... scary isn't it.

I'm learning...

I found a link on Jackie's blog and so decided what the heck and went and signed up to learn how to customise my blog myself.... the course is FREE... so if you are also interested, head over to www.digitalscrapbookingclasses.com quick quick and let's do this together.