03 October 2011 ~ 1 Comment

Mary had a …

At lunch with the family yesterday, granny says to Jessie, “Mary had a…?” Jessie responds: “a little baby called Jesus. He grew up and had disciples. He died on the cross to save us from our sins. One day He will come back to earth and take everyone who believes in Him to heaven.” My [...]

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19 September 2011 ~ 0 Comments

Tale of the bright pink leg

That beautiful pink cast. It belongs to Jessie. Its been like that for the past 4 weeks. The worst part is… None of us know how she broke it! (Yes, yes, horrid parenting skills. I know) She was fine. On the Monday, she played and climbed and did everything like the tomboy she is. Not [...]

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15 November 2010 ~ 0 Comments

summer, swimming and so forth

I love summer! It brings with it warm weather, swimming, braai’s, beach time and a whole lot of fun! The sprogs are loving having a swimming pool. They are both starting to get quite brave. I think that Jess is on her way to swimming… hopefully by the end of summer. Today for the first [...]

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09 September 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Crimi

We went out to Primi (Crimi as jessie calls it) for dinner tonight. We’ve been there before and been to the Table View branch a few times, but tonight was awesome! The kids got aprons, dough, cookie cutters, a pencil case full of jumbo crayons and paper to colour in. They had an absolute blast! [...]

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17 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

i know…

Today I learnt a very important lesson. I know why kids see dad as being cooler to hang out with than with mom. I took Kyla to the clinic this morning, leaving Jessie and Jack with b. Just as I start driving home, I get a message from b telling me not to get a [...]

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16 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

caterpillars and responses

Jessie has a pretty incredible vocab for a 3year old. In fact I think it would be safe to say that she has an incredible vocab full stop. Last week while hunting for caterpillars, she was going around the garden calling “Lucy, Lucy”. After about 5minutes of calling, she came to me and said, “mommy, [...]

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10 August 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Sjoe!

its been a seriously hectic last few weeks! 3 weeks to be exact. our beautiful baby girl is now 3 weeks old! in some ways, i feel as though she has always been here, in others, it feels so brand new still. We have all been going through the adjustment phase. the kids have handled [...]

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26 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Jessie @ 3

My baby girl is now a whole 3 years old. somehow 3 seems so big to me. it marks the end of toddler-hood and the start of kid-hood. b and i are both very proud and amazed at the beautiful person inside and out that jessie is. she is kind, compassionate, caring, loving, smart, stubborn, [...]

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26 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Jessie’s 3rd birthday

Today is Jessie’s 3rd birthday. Its hard to believe that this time 3 years ago, i was stressing about feeding and about how to care for my newborn baby girl. In fact, i think i was still trying to get over the fact that she was a girl. 3 years have flown by so quickly, [...]

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16 June 2010 ~ 0 Comments

Brother or Sister

This was too precious for words! Nana: jessie do you want a brother or a sister? Jessie: I don’t know. We still thinking about it. Hehehehehe. At least we know she will be happy either way! Posted via email from lollyland

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