Christina's Birthday 08

Today, Sunday 27/01/08, we celebrated Christina's birthday with granny Marie, uncle Roger, grandpa George, and of course Gill and myself. The little one is very cute and loves all the attention she got. Later on in the evening we spent sometime in the street playing and talking to the neighbours.

Gold Reef City

What a fantastic weekend. We went to Carol's by Candlelight at the Lonehill Koppie on Saturday evening, and today we went to Gold Reef City for Vodacom's Kiddies Party. At Gold Reef City we went on a train ride, saw animals in the zoo area, watched Mo (Vodacom's mascot) dancing on stage, played in the kiddies indoor play area and generally had a good time. Z

Harvard Cafe

Today, Xenia invited us to celebrate my birthday (in advance) at the Hardvard Cafe in Germiston. The food was good and Christina really enjoyed herself. It was a bit windy but that didn't stop the little one playing and jumping around.

It's been a long time since we've blogged something and so much has happended. Gill, Christina and I have only just started to recovere from the 'flu. As a parent you feel so helpless when a little child cries from pain/fever and can't understand what is going on.

Christina is really developing into a well matured and beautiful little girl. She has already figured out that Daddy allows her onto counters even though she is not allowed there. She also likes to climb on anything. One of the pictures show Christina sitting in a pot drawer after pulling everything out and then climbing in.

Her favourite words currently are: up, light, oh oh, dat (that), dis/this, woof (meaning dog), cat, memee (meaning daddy/mommy), and other grunts.

Fun in the Sun - Sun City

I attended a conference at Sun City this week and decided to bring Gillian and the little one along. We had a good routine; we would go to breakfast together and then split up until the evening when the conference was over. Marie and Roger joined Gillian on the Monday at the Valley of the Waves. On Tuesday G&C spent the day at the Cabanas Pool, and on Wednesday at the warmer Cascades heated pool. They had such a good time enjoying the facilities without me, so we decided to extend our stay by two nights so that I could also have a bit of a break. On the Thursday, I had to experience the heated pool. It was great and so was the pool lunch. Sun City is such a great family venue. On the Friday, we checked out and then went back to the Cascades for a quick swim. Poor C was stung by a bee, but she was a real trooper and didn't complain. Once she is older she will be able to enjoy more of the kiddie facilities. Z

Human Rights Day 21/03/2007

Today is Human Rights Day in SA so it's an excellent opportunity to spend some time with the little one and Gillian. We went out for some breakfast and then went shopping. In the afternoon, the little one spent some time in her favourite place: the garden. I love this photo which I took in the early evening. The expression on Christina's face is priceless. Her back teeth have started to appear and cause her some discomfort, but she is still so happy. Z 

These boots were made for walking....

Christina has started to walk with confidence. Before she would take a few steps and fall, but now she is walking a lot better. She likes to take objects from one place and put them in another. Her hair might not seem shorter but Gillian took the little one for her first haircut three weeks ago. Z