Nicholas turns 4 years old!

Once again, my motto seems to be "better late than never".
On August 8th, my dear Nicholas turned 4 years old! I really don't know how this is possible - how is my little baby, now 4?!
The first thing he did, was march up to Musa, and say "now I'm 4 like you!" Proud as could be. . .he just loves his big brother.

I tried asking him the birthday questions, but didn't get too far. His speech has improved SO much in the past 8 months; however, he's still not very eloquent when it comes to answering questions. Here are his birthday answers - lol


20 questions to ask on every birthday

1. What is your favorite color? RED ( As he does not yet know his colours I was shocked to get an answer to this question! Currently most days everything is purple)

2. What is your favorite toy? TOYS

3. What is your favorite fruit? APPLE

4. What is your favorite tv show? TV

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? FOOD

6. What is your favorite outfit? CLOTHES

7. What is your favorite game? PLAY

8. What is your favorite snack? BACKPACK

9. What is your favorite animal? ANIMALS

10. What is your favorite song? SING

11. What is your favorite book? BOOK

12. Who is your best friend? FRIEND

13. What is your favorite special treat? SNACK

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? RIDE BIKE

15. What is your favorite drink? WATER

16. What is your favorite holiday? HOLIDAY

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? BARNEY

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? FOOD

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? PAP with TOMATO and MINCE

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? BIG (LOL - I loved this answer)

 

Nicholas was thrilled to finally have a pile of HIS presents to open!

 

 Pamela, such a great big sister

 

 A cool car from his adored big brother Musa

 

Another car from his other special big sister Sihle

This noisy cell phone from cousin Mario, was a BIG hit - poor Me

 

Birthday cake - yum, yum!

 

So enthusiastic and happy to blow out his birthday candles. . .



 

Oooooo, and that first delightful bite of cake

Happy birthday boy!

Thanks to dear Gramma, the kids were able to have birthday fun at Jungle-Rumble.

Pamela was convinced she was going to win candy from this machine. . .my little beauty :)

Nicholas and Musa found cars, and spent much of their time zooming around

You can see from the fuzz - just how fast Nicholas was travelling. . .

 

Mr. Cheeky!

To end off:

a sweet birthday message from Sihle for her beloved little brother Nicholas

 

Until next time,

best wishes from Africa

 

My Princess Pamela turns 8!



They say, better late then never, so here I am. . .

Pamela turned 8 at the end of July - how she's already 8 I really don't know.

I can so easily remember the little, itsy-bitsy girl who arrived at TLC at 21 months, weighing only 5.8 kgs (12.7 lbs)

She has grown into such a gentle, caring, and thoughtful young lady. She has such confidence in so many situations, and is so caring and helpful with her little sister and brothers - such a joy for my heart to see.

 

I also asked Pamela the "birthday questions". Here they are - see if you can find the "theme" :)

 

20 questions to ask on every birthday

1. What is your favorite color? PINK

2. What is your favorite toy? BARBIES

3. What is your favorite fruit? STRAWBERRIES

4. What is your favorite tv show? BARBIE

5. What is your favorite thing to eat for lunch? MACARRONI AND CHEESE

6. What is your favorite outfit? DRESSES

7. What is your favorite game? TOUCHES

8. What is your favorite snack? ICE CREAM

9. What is your favorite animal? GIRAFFE

10. What is your favorite song? THIS GIRL IS ON FIRE

11. What is your favorite book? BARBIE and the PINK SHOE

12. Who is your best friend? VICKY

13. What is your favorite special treat? CAKE

14. What is your favorite thing to do outside? PLAY WITH A BALL

15. What is your favorite drink? COKE

16. What is your favorite holiday? CHRISTMAS

17. What do you like to take to bed with you at night? SHEEPY

18. What is your favorite thing to eat for breakfast? CHERRIOS

19. What do you want for dinner on your birthday? LASAGNA

20. What do you want to be when you grow up? GRADE 1 and 2 TEACHER

Here are a few pictures from her birthday

 There's a story with this picture. Nicholas was thrilled to look for a special treat for Pamela. Or at least I thought he was. Once he had chosen his special sweet, and we had bought it, he took it, and tried to open it. I explained again that it was for Pamela and he seemed ok with that.

Here Pamela had just open the sweets from him, and oh he was so excited. Just as soon as she had opened them, as you can he, he was convinced they were for him. He was less than impressed to find out they still weren't for him - lol

 

 New boots - yeah

 

Special sweets from Musa for his big sister

 

 If you remember the above theme of Pamela's questions, you will know this present from Sihle was a big hit - after opening this there was singing, dancing and all!

 

 A special present from Mommy - she was thrilled. My kids are all big fans of Nelson Mandela

 

 Pamela asked for homemade Lasagna for supper - yum yum

 

She decided she wanted a South Africa dessert instead of cake this year - Malva Pudding and Custard. Also very yummy!

 

A Malva Pudding should be eaten hot - so it's sticky and gooey

However, I never took into account what a hot pudding will do to Candles. . .

they started falling over, and when I tried to reposition them I found they had no wax left - only the wick - oops

So we ate pudding with liquid wax - I still laugh thinking about it :)

(By the way it was still really really yummy!!!!)

 

 

 

On a different topic, we just came back from the most wonderful weekend family camp.

Yesterday afternoon there was family art time.

I, for the first time was able to make a mosaic. It was SO much fun.

Below is the finished product. . .two hours of fun, fun, fun!

There were also projects for the kids.

Sihle made the heart to the left, and Pamela the hexagon to the right.

Little artists in the making :)

 

Here's a few pictures of the kids that I took over the weekend. . .

My gorgeous girls!

My bouncing, busy boys. . .

Just look at how Nicholas looks at Musa - complete adoration!

Musa has acquired a little shadow. . .

 

All 4 of my cheeky children - oh, how I became so blessed I really don't know!

 

Until next time,

blessings from Africa