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2010-03-31T11:29:00.008+01:00

Was so cute how she wished him happy Birthday. She does love her big brother lots. They are so cute to watch. I always was a little sad to not have a brother or sister to grow up with and watching these two with each other i know i missed out on something GREAT!!!! They spend all their time together and i am glad we have been blessed to all stay home and grow and develop together!!! They really are best friends. It was hard work to have them so close to each other but so worth it!!! I pray that God will keep them close so they will forever be there for each other!!!
They share most things and are very good at taking turns but certain things i like to keep seperate so they have a sense of self ...like it is his birthday let him blow the candles first the haanah can have a turn afterwards but she was in there before him!!!! But he is such a kind soul he said it was fine as he helped her blow her candles on her birthday so she can help him.......Hannah really has been blessed with the best big brother in the world!!! He always thinks of her. If he is looking through the catalogues and finds a spiderman something he always asks mum will you see if they have a barbie one for Hannah, always thinking of his sister!!!!

This is so cute!!!! I burped!!!! Please excuse the hair..they had just woken up and the curly wurly hair needs some water to make it look cute again!!!!

Jayden's 4th Birthday....7th March 2010

2010-03-16T16:43:00.007Z

Happy Birthday My Angel Face.....

Always wanted to bake a birthday cake......i was very proud of myself.....

Day started with Mummy waking Jayden up as i just could not wait anymore for him to come down stairs and see his birthday table with his cup cakes for breakfast!!!!! We got him all sorts of spiderman things, spidreman, mug, t-shirt, torch, watch, Tv games and lots of toys!!!! We have Spiderman everywhere......Hannah of course had lots of fun joining in the fun!!!!

We really had a great day. The sun was shinning but it was very chilly and we did not spend much time outside but we did have A South African braai with boerewors and pap!!!! Was a long but enjoyable day...did not take too many photos as we were very busy....people only started leaving at 5pm and by 6pm last person left and we could chill and bath etc..............dont know how but kids had more energy than us and even though Jayden missed his nap he was still full of energy and i tried to trick him and tell him there was no Spiderman on Tv that night so we could go to bed early but he was to clever and found it on the Tv and said ' Mum you sneaky , you told a fib to get to bed early!!!'

We had a great day and mommy managed to go through the day without crying.yes i know i am so cheesy but days like this always make me think of the day he was born and all the beautiful moments we have been blessed with....how my little baby boy is now a big boy!!!! I am Blessed to be able to watch them grow but a little part of me sad to see them grow so fast!!!! Love you my Angel boy!!!!!

Snow snow and more snow- January 2010.

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We had a great relaxed few days at home. Justin was on leave and Vicky ( Justins niece) came to visit us for a few days. We stayed home and relaxed and ate ALOT!!! Christmas morning was very fun ...it is great to see the excitement in the kids eyes!!! How I do love Christmas and my family xxx

2010-03-01T14:24:00.002Z

I love every min of this........nice Sunday family day, nice sunday roast lunch. Put up the tree as a family, have a nice afternoon nap then that evening put on the lights for the first time.....I love it. We starting and making our own family traditions which hopefully will last a long time!!!! I stand back and i watch them having fun a little....i dream into the future and see and wonder as people add to the family, friends, boyfriends one day, husbands and wifes, grandchild.....ah I love my family and I LOVE Christmas........

My Princess turns 2 with a Barbie party...

2010-02-17T07:41:00.003Z

My 31st birthday at the London zoo. July 2009

2009-12-14T23:19:00.004Z

Happy Fathers Day!!!

2009-06-20T11:34:00.009+01:00

We had a great Fathers day, it started the way each Fathers Day should.....us and the kids in bed and actually thinking of it, it is the way we start our day each day!!!! Hannah and i will be up early we make Jayden and Dada tea and then we go upstairs and wake them up....Hannah loves waking them up!!!!

Then we all lay down in our bed and drink our tea and play games.....we spend about 15min together each morning!!!! Best part of our day!!!!

Well thats how we started, we were suppose to go out to a lovely Castle for a picnic but the weather did not look good so we stayed home.we went shopping instead and bought Hannah a BIG GIRL bed.....Dada spent Fathers day building her new bed!!! Jayden had his tools and was helping all the way!!!

We did not get to go on our picnic but we had a great day!!!! The afternoon turned out hot and the kids had great fun at home with Dada swimming in their boat!!! Had a very nice roast dinner and grannys recipe choc pud for dessert , so all together we had a great time............

Message from Hannah and Jayden.....for their Dada!!!!

To the best dada in the world.....

Thank you for being such a great Dada, you always make time for the babies even if you have to be studying late at night....one way or the other they get their special time with you. I love you very much and having coffee with you was the best cup of coffee in my life............so gald i found my soulmate that understands family comes first the rest comes after that in the line..........

The Card we had printed for our dada!!!

"Sometimes you get discouraged
Because I am so small,
And always leave my fingerprints
On furniture and walls.
But everyday I'm growing,
I'll be grown up someday,
And all these tiny handprints
Will simply fade away.
So here's a final handprint
Just so you can recall,
Exactly how my fingers looked
When I was very small."

Father And Son
You're standing in the doorway.
Your workday is all done.
He waits to see you everyday,
this boy that is your son.

He hopes you will go fishing.
He hopes you'll take him flying.
He just wants to be with you,
this boy that is your son.

He is your spitting image.
To him you are ''The One''.
He hopes to be just like you,
this boy that is your son.

You show him what a man is.
You teach as you have fun.
You are admired as well as loved
by this boy that is your son.

You've got a friend forever.
Until the world is done.
Then, still you will be holding
this man that is your son.

A little girl needs Daddy
For many, many things:
Like holding her high off the ground
Where the sunlight sings!
Like being the deep music
That tells her all is right
When she awakens frantic with
The terrors of the night.

Like being the great mountain
That rises in her heart
And shows her how she might get home
When all else falls apart.

Like giving her the love
That is her sea and air,
So diving deep or soaring high
She'll always find him there.

A girl has many things in life,
Some are replaceable some are not
But a girl only has
one DADDY.

Sometimes her daddy is near ,
sometimes her daddy is far
But her daddy is always
in her heart!!!

No matter how old she gets
he will always be her daddy,
no matter how far he is
he will always be in her heart!

By Debbie Mc Donnell

Fathers Days are always a little sad and i always sneak a few min to myself to remember my Dad have a good cry and get it over for the day.......well this year i wrote him a poem as each year i think it will get easier but it does not....in a way it is not as painful as when he died, i think it is the way he died that bothers me most and how unexpected it was that hurts most!!!! But it is better now but think forever on Fathers Day and the 3rd September and his birthday i will always be a little sad as a girl needs her daddy and watching Hannah with Justin makes me see how much a girl needs her daddy!!!!

No great poem Dad but it is from my heart and how i feel, no matter how old i get there will always be a little girl inside that loves and misses her Daddy!!!!! Thank you for being my Daddy and always bragging about me. At your funeral there were so many people , that some had to stand outside and i know why....you touched so many people by being such a friendly helpful person. You would help anyone and make friends with everyone and i am so glad that one thing i got from you!!!! It was so nice to have strangers come up to me and say how you had been a great friend and how they all knew me as you talked about me all the time............love you......Your Crab!!!!

Good times with Aunty Carla

2009-06-19T09:52:00.005+01:00

Sticking to my theme of Gratitude............Be grateful for the people God brings into your life ....

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Good times with Aunty Carla........6 months squeesed into a few pages of scrapblog!!!!

Carla it was so nice to get to know you and to watch my Angels learn to love you!!! We have many good memories from the past 6 months.............

Hope all your dreams come true back in SA and that God guides you in the right direction to a bright future....stay positive and remember to close your eyes and see your life in 10 years time just the way you want things to be.....now open them and say things WILL be that way.......now work your ass off to make it that way!!!

Love

Debbie, Justin , Jayden and Hannah

Happy Birthday Mono!!!!

2009-06-10T21:21:00.005+01:00

Sticking to my theme of Gratitude.............

How grateful I am to have a friend like Ines.....friends come into your life for different reasons and they fulfill different roles........through our walk along lives road we share our walk with many people. Some people you just happen to be walking in the same direction as them so you say hello and share some moments together then off you go on with your own journey.

Some people enter at a certain time in your life when they needed to fulfill a certain role then once that is done off you go and never see each other again......

But some enter your life and you travel along some of the most beautiful parts of your lifes journey together, they come and go but are always there when you need them and you know that till the end of your journey they will always cross your road!!!

That is Ines to me....till the end of time we will be friends, nothing, NOTHING will ever end that.........you know a friend is special when you low and down they always there for you not only when you happy.........no matter how far away you are you are always connected, no matter how many days, months, years go by without you seeing each other ...when you do things will be the same as the day you left!!!!!

If only i had known how changing schools would change my life forever!!!! I did not want to change high schools but i had to as we moved and i was so sad to leave my friends and i remember the day before school started i took a walk around Sutherland High just to know what to expect!!!! There was no one and i just sat down on a step and cried.....i hated new beginnings as it meant i had closed a chapeter......but if only that day i had know how the next day would be the day i met my best friend forever and my husband, father of my Angels .......all in that first day at school.

I would hate to think what my life would be like if i was not put in 9D......the min i saw this hunk walking down the corridor my heart went boom boom and i knew hey i am in the right place!!! Little did i know i would marry him 10 years later!!! Ines and i connected straight away........it was friendship at first sight!!! We became best friends soon after..........some weekends she would come home with me on a friday till the sunday!!!!!

You know you have a very good friend when just one word can make you laugh and look back in time and feel just the way you did at that moment..........Ines and i have many, pasta and sauce, Emelio died..............ha ha ha........I´m HAPPY!!!!! Ha ha ha!!!!

Best part is many of my best memories of my high school days are shared with my best friend and my hubby!!!! The three of us were a gang, we went to movies together, we spent many good times together!!!!

Mono I LOVE YOU like a sister and you will always be special to me, you were my Maid of honour and you are Jaydens Godmother. We have shared many good times together and we still have so many. Thank you for always being there for me, you were there every step of the way to plan my wedding, you were there at the hospital with me when Jayden was born, you were suppose to be there when Hannah was born and you took leave and had planned to come down for her birth buy we all know Hannah she makes the rules and she came early but you were there as soon as possible to hold her .........you are my sister i never had. Cant wait to return all the favours to help with your wedding, to be there to help when your Angels are born.............

Just like the Friends song says, I´ll be there for you.............

Hope you have a great day and a wonderful year blessed with all the blessings you deserve!!!!

Mwah mwah mwah

2009-05-28T16:14:00.002+01:00

Justin´s birthday Braai........

2009-05-28T08:47:00.008+01:00

We had a very nice day on Monday, here in the UK it was a bank holiday ( Public holiday) so we decided to have a braai!!!! We went to the South African shop and got boerewors, sosaties, pap, chakalaka, biltong, luiqi fruit, Grunberger wine!!!!

We enjoyed sharing our SA braai with our british friends!!!! And it was nice to have a lekker braai!!! Was a lovely weekend with lots of hot weather!!!! Kids had a ball running around naked in the sprinkler!!! Cute photos of their little bums......ah..

Hope you had a great birthday Sweetpea.......we love you millions and hope you have a wonderful year!!!!

Justin´s birthday cake, baked by The Naked Chef Junior!!! Jayden!!! We had such a good laugh as i got the candles that re-light when you blow them out and they just would not blow out and Jayden was very surprised by this. Finally Hannah was helping.....all the adults were having a good laugh!!!!

Happy birthday Sweetpea.....

2009-05-25T23:00:00.002+01:00

To the best hubby and best Dada in the world!!!!! HAPPY BIRTHDAY!!!! We are so very grateful that today is a bank holiday( Public holiday) so you get to stay home with us and enjoy your birthday with us!!!!!

Hope you have a great day and a wonderful year.....we are so proud of you, you have worked so hard this year to be the best dada in the world and study so hard to be the best piliot too!!!! Thank you for always making time for us, we know you have a million things to do but you always put us first!!!!

We love you millions

Jayden and Hannah!!!!!!!!!!!

As you can see my blog has been all about GRATITUDE and boy am i grateful that i have the hubby that I do.......you are a blessing!!!! I truely feel blessed to share my life with my best friend......You have made my heart go boom from the first second and you still do......I will love you always and forever Hope you have a great day!!!!!

Mwah mwah mwah

Happy 5th Birthday Kaitlynd

2009-05-18T12:05:00.002+01:00

Hope you had a great party and have a wonderful birthday!!! Wish we were there to have fun with you!!!! Maybe next year!!!!

My First blessing!!!!!

2009-05-06T15:51:00.004+01:00

I am very Thankful and grateful for my relationship with GOD!!!!! I do not consider myself a religious person as that would mean i belong to a religion which i dont!!! I was brought up Roman Catholic but that did not fulfill me spiritually!!!! I never left church with a message with an urge to go out into the world and do good and be postive!!! So I do not consider myself Roman catholic. I went to the NG Kerk for many years and i have been to the methodist,Evangelist....I have been to all churches!!! And each one touched me a little bit!!!! I still pop into all the churches in my area dont care which religion!!!! There is only one GOD who cares what you call him!!!! As long as you have a relationship with him....

I consider myself a spiritual being!!!! I HAVE a relationship with GOD and i am Thankful for it!!! I would like to count this as my first blessing and it must be the reason all my other blessing followed!!!!

When ever i am in need the first thing i do is pray!!!!! BUT i do not forget to pray when i am thankful or just say good morning to GOD and ask him to be with my family today!!! He is like a friend i can call a few times a day to just say hello or have a quick chat!!! I love this poem.........

Footprints in the sand.

One night a man had a dream. He dreamed He was walking along the beach with the LORD. Across the sky flashed scenes from His life. For each scene He noticed two sets of footprints in the sand. One belonging to Him and the other to the LORD.

When the last scene of His life flashed before Him, he looked back at the footprints in the sand. He noticed that many times along the path of His life there was only one set of footprints. He also noticed that it happened at the very lowest and saddest times of His life.

This really bothered Him and He questioned the LORD about it. LORD you said that once I decided to follow you, you'd walk with me all the way. But I have noticed that during the most troublesome times in my life there is only one set of footprints. I don't understand why when I needed you most you would leave me.

The LORD replied, my precious, precious child, I Love you and I would never leave you! During your times of trial and suffering when you see only one set of footprints, it was then that I carried you.

I want to thank GOD for all the blessings in the past 5 years and also for carrying me through the lowest, toughest times of my life.......and also blessing me with the happiest moments in my life!!!! The past 5 years have been amazing.........once i was lost but now i am found!!!!!

I was lost and had no dreams and had no idea what to do to make it better then i prayed.............I relaxed and i waited , I put my life in HIS hands and look how i have been blessed!!!!!

Gratitude!!!!!!

2009-05-05T17:15:00.006+01:00

Well as you can see my Blog has a new theme.............Gratitude!!!!

Gratitude, thankfulness, or appreciation is a positive emotion or attitude in acknowledgment of a benefit that one has received or will receive. Thats according to Wikipedia..... But gratitude is so much more than that.....GRATITUDE is a way of life!!!!!

The Meaning of Gratitude

"Gratitude is not a mere word; it is not a mere concept. It is the living breath of your real existence on earth."

Gratitude is a quality which is often underestimated. When we feel and express genuine gratitude we are recognising the good and beautiful aspects of life. Gratitude helps us to appreciate the best in others; it is a very powerful antidote to negativity and depression. To experience gratitude is to make a meaningful connection with our inner self.

Gratitude should be unconditional. If we are grateful because somebody has done us a favour, this is good, but it is not the highest form of gratitude. If we only express gratitude when we benefit, it is a limited form of gratitude. Real gratitude is a spontaneous feeling of appreciation and oneness; when we cultivate this kind of gratitude we live in harmony with the underlying nature of the universe.

How to Cultivate Gratitude.

The Heart

Gratitude is most powerfully an expression and experience of the heart. Our mind is judgemental and critical; the mind can easily find fault. The mind will only be grateful when it perceives a direct benefit. When we live in the heart we can feel gratitude because we have a oneness with others. The nature of the heart is to identify with the good qualities of others. It is in the heart where we can feel unconditional love and gratitude.

A gratitude-heart
Is to discover on earth
A Heaven-delivered rose.Inner Silence and Meditation

The noise of the mind creates endless thoughts. If we are constantly thinking, we have no chance to rise above the mundane mind. When we maintain an inner silence our divine qualities come to the fore. We feel an inner happiness that is not dependent on outer circumstances. It is when we feel this inner peace and joy that gratitude spontaneously arises.

Simplicity

Gratitude is a divine quality because we are are identifying and appreciating an extended consciousness. Gratitude helps us to be in harmony with our source. Gratitude teachers us that the secret of happiness is not to be found in the success of our ego, or in the complications of the mind. Gratitude means to appreciate and love that which is not part of our limited self.

Nature.

When we spend time with nature we feel inspired by its beauty and vastness. When we meditate on nature, we feel an aspiration for appreciating the infinite nature of the Universe. Quite often we struggle to comprehend or quantify nature, but when we spend time with nature we feel a growing sense of gratitude.

- Sri Chinmoy

I read this and I wanted to share it!!!! The part thats stands out the most to me is......Gratitude helps us to appreciate the best in others; it is a very powerful antidote to negativity and depression.

I have always been a very postive person. I dont know if it is something you learn or if you are born that way....i hope it is something that can be taught as i would LOVE to teach my children to be positive and to always see the best in people, to concentrate on what they have not what they want!!!! When the going gets tough think of some else worse off than you and you will become grateful for how good you have it!!!!

I strongly believe that doing good onto others and not just treating people with respect but looking after our world and spreading good postive, happy karma will bring lots of joy and blessings your way!!!! I want to teach my children to respect and love GOD, The world he gave us, the animals that share it with us and all human beings!!!!

Something this week made me sit down evaluate my life and everything I saw I LOVED!!!
I am so blessed and I feel so grateful that i have decided to acknowledge all these blessings and show my appriciation!!!! So for the next few days I will be blogging about things i am thankful for....................

Visiting Lauren in Ireland ...............Part 2.

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Went for a walk through Ennis, where Lauren lives.

Ennis (Irish: Inis, meaning "Island") is the county town of Clare in Ireland. Situated on the River Fergus, it lies north of Limerick and south of Galway on the main N18 road connecting these two cities. Its name is a shortening of the original Inis Cluain Ramh Fhada ("Long Rowing Meadow Island"). The town is located only 19 km (12 mi) from Shannon and Shannon Airport. It is a gateway town to the west coast of Clare, which consists one of Ireland's greatest tourist attractions, The Cliffs of Moher.

One of the 52 pubs in the small town!!! Lauren and i had a Giuness as she said cant come to Ireland and not go to a pub and drink a giuness....so off went the two mums with 3 of the kids and went to go have a drink in the pub!!! I was surprised as i actaully liked the taste!!! Love the Irish music just makes you want to dance and drink.....

Jayden not to impressed, said it is beer!!!!!! Yuk!!!!

Took the kids to the Farmers Market!!! Hannah went mad when she saw the calfs as she loves cows, Hannah loves all animals!!!

St. Columba's Church.The disestablishment of the Church of Ireland from 1871 by an Act of Parliament led that Church to sell many of its estates and bishops' palaces, in the process laying off many Protestant workers who themselves then moved away. However the wealthy protestant William Murphy donated land outside the town centre for the building of this quaint church.

The River Fergus flows through Ennis.

A monument to Irish nationalist hero Daniel O'Connell stands atop a tall column in O'Connell Square, the site of the old courthouse where he won the Clare by-elections in 1828. What is interesting is in the Uk each town has a High Street in Ireland each town has a O'Connell Street which is the main road!!!!

Lahinch beach.....Lahnich is a beautiful little seaside town!!!

Castle ruin on the way from Lahinch to the Cliffs of Moher...

The Cliffs of Moher are one of Ireland's top Visitor attractions. The Cliffs are 214m high at the highest point and range for 8 kilometres over the Atlantic Ocean on the western seaboard of County Clare. O'Brien's Tower stands proudly on a headland of the majestic Cliffs. From the Cliffs one can see the Aran Islands, Galway Bay, as well as The Twelve Pins, the Maum Turk Mountains in Connemara and Loop Head to the South.

O'Brien's Tower marks the highest point of the Cliffs of Moher. O'Briens Tower stands on a headland at the Cliffs of Moher commanding views south towards Hags Head and north towards Doolin. The tower was built in 1835 by local landlord Cornelius O'Brien as a viewing point for the tourists that even then were flocking to the Cliffs.

View to the North from O'Brien's Tower ......

Stairs up to O'Brien's Tower.......

My driveway!!!! Yip this is the property i want to buy!!! And the land next to it for Lauren....we could be neighbours and the boys could jump over the wall to play together!!!

We had a great time, Thank you Lauren and Pierre for having us!!! Now you guys better come visit us soon!!! Will try and come visit again in the summer then we can go swim in the sea!!!!

I Loved Ireland, the people are so friendly and it is a beautiful country!!! I have travelled a lot with the kids and it is the first time that they help me. Someone that worked for the airline helped me with the kids and my hand luggage, he walked me into the plane put my hand luggage away and was so friendly while he did it!!! Thank you Air Lingus for excellent service wish i could say the same for the staff and Heathrow airport!!!!!

Irish really are lovely friendly people!!!! I am now proud to say that i come from Irish decent.....proud to be a Mc Donnell!!!!

Mc Donnell- Irish: Anglicized form of Gaelic Mac Dhomhnuill, a patronymic from the personal name Domhnall.

McDonnell Coat of Arms.

Visiting Lauren in Ireland.........part 1.

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We took the kids for a long walk in the woods to try see if we could make them tired!!!! 3 young boys and 1 girl copying everything they do.........what a job to keep them busy!!!!! It was a lovely walk and the weather was great!!! Boys were tired and ready to go home for lunch and more fun in the garden!!!!

Friday nights are pizza and movie night in the Durand home!!! So we joined in the fun!!! Pierre took the kids out to get movies and a chick flik we asked for!!!! We all enjoyed our pizza, hannah sat on Pierre´s lap and shared his pizza!!! Afterwards we blew up the matress which the kids thought was great fun!!! They layed and watched their movies on the wall as we used a projector!

After the kids went to bed it was wine and movie time and this is where it went of the tracks...Lauren and i said as the movie was so boring we had to drink lots of wine to make it better but Pierre says the movie was good we just had to much wine and were chatting and laughing too much, about things we did at school, to enjoy the movie!!! Who knows....but by 3am lauren and i tried forever to get onto facebook, finally got on after realising we had typed faceBOK!!! We took photos together and we were going to put it on our profile and Lauren was helping me update my status....she was dictating in afrikaans and i was typing!!!! No need to tell you what we were trying to say but was something like ...ons is gesup en.....why in afrikaans i dont know, we must both be home sick!!!! Thank goodness Hannah woke up for her bottle and we went upstairs to check on kids and forgot to come back down.....thank you Hannah, who know what else we would have done!!!! Fun Fun Fun!!!

The kids playing in the garden, They had so much fun together!!!! The one afternoon Pierre put out tents and they had lots of fun eating outside and playing in the tents. The next afternoon they has the jumping castle out!!! We had wonderful weather and the kids loved the afternoons outside playing in sand collecting bugs!! And Hannah just had so much fun being rough with the 3 boys!!! Hectic having 4 kids but nice as 2 moms and 1 dad so we took turns to look after then so Lauren and i could fit in a afternoon nap here and there which we needed sometimes because of all the JUICE! we had the night before!!!

Hannah usually does not like strangers but she loved Lauren and Pierre straight away!! Usually she wont go to men but she liked Pierre and would always go sit on his lap and ask him to pick her up!!! The one afternoon she had just woke up and was a little tired still so she just walked around the garden holding her blanket! Then she went to Pierre that was trying to read his book and asked him to pick her up!! She sat on his lap while he read, she then got off went inside and got a book and went back to sit next to him and the two had a quiet moment reading their books!!! So cute!!!

All the kids in the bath after an afternoon of fun in the garden!!!! They needed the bath!!!! Brendan only one that did not fit in so he used the time to water seeds with his Dad and took a shower later!!! On the second night the little ones bathed first then Brendan and Jayden bathed together, while we dressed the little ones they had a fat chat in the bath!!! Jayden would ask what action man is this and Brendan would answer this and his called becuase of........so cute to listen to them chat in bath!!! Big buddies!!!!

dylan and Hannah watching Barney!!!

We took a walk around by the lake and fed the ducks!!!! We had lots of fun getting 4 kids into one car!!!!! The lake was beautiful and nice to see the ducks and swans sitting on their nests, only the daddy ducks came to eat!!!!!

Lauren with Hannah, Hannah loved Lauren and went to her no problem!!!

2nd week without Dada!!!!

2009-04-20T08:56:00.009+01:00

The first week Justin left i landed up at the hospital with Hannah and she was sick, a viral infection!!!!! Then the second week i landed up in hospital with Jayden. He woke up from his nap and was not himself, he would not eat and i could not even get him to eat chocolate. I checked his temp and it was 38.4 degrees!!!! Took him to the hospital and we found out he had tonsilitis, they kept us there till his temp was down and then we were on our way home!!! Luckily by easter Sunday he was a little better and had a little choc but not much!!!! he only had powerade!!!! And Hannah joined in and loved the powerade !!!!!!

Playing in the garden and cutting grass with Uncle Pete!!!! They dug a hole and planted Hannah, NICE!!!! Jayden thought this was great fun and also wanted to get in the hole!!!!! Jayden helped uncle Pete pull out weeds and clean up!!!!!

Car boot sales have began and we have had a ball already!!! We have been to two already!!! Nice as kids run around buying toys and after a long walk we enjoy an ice cream and we all go home to play with our new toys!!!! We got lots of great toys at the 2nd one we went to!!!! Kids love the horses and Hannah got some new books and a Barney bag, she loves Barney!!!! Mummy loves car boot sales!!!!!!!!!!!!1

Spring in the park.......our park is looking beautiful with all the blossoms and flowers!!! We take a walk everyday and have even been having our lunch on a bench at the park. Jayden is a pro on his bicycle now and loves racing around the soccer fields with Hannah and I chasing him!!!!

Playing in the other park near us and in the sandpit!!!! We have a new friend her name is Fei Fei!!! She is 3 days younger than hannah and as cute as a button!!! They live about 5 houses from us and we have been to the library and park together. Hannah had lots of fun running up and down the hill with the other children at the park while jayden built a sand castle!!!! Getting nice and warm!!!!

Fei Fei

Easter hunt and lots of choc....

2009-04-19T22:29:00.005+01:00

It was raining so we had our easter egg hunt inside!!!! Jayden woke up and i told him that the easter bunny had been while he was outside!!!! and that he dropped eggs where ever he played in the playroom!!!!

So the fun and games began of unpacking everything!!!! Hannah joined in the fun too till she found her first one then sat down to eat her egg and left jayden to find the rest!!!!!!

Great fun!!!!!

Easter box sent by Nana!!!! Nice Sa easter eggs are the best!!! Was so happy to find the white eggs in the box as they dont have those here!!!! And the Spiderman and barney lucky packets were a big hit too!!!! Thank you Nana!!!!

Practise run...............

2009-04-09T07:56:00.005+01:00

Jayden enjoying an easter egg!!!

Hope everyone has a great Easter and enjoy the time off with your families!!!! We dont have much planned just going with the flow!!!! But we do have an easter egg hunt organised hopefully in the park if the sun is shinning!!!! Nice roast lamb on Sunday and lots of baking!!!!

Love Debbie and the kids............

Try this recipe this easter!!!! I saw it on T.V here in the UK, Jamie Olivier made it........

Hot Cross Bun bake!!!!

Cut Hot cross buns in half.
Spread Marmalade on the hot cross buns and place in an oven proof dish.
Cover with custard till hot cross buns almost completely covered.
Allow to stand for 15 min for custard to be absorbed.
Place in oven for 15 min at 180 degrees.
Then grill for 5 min till golden brown......

I tried it but i dont like marmalade so i used smooth apricot jam instead and i put butter on before the jam......it was great!!!!! I also did not grill it as i dont like my custard with that skin on!!!! Here are some photos!!!!

Im also baking my own easter cake , found this recipe it sounds great!!!

White Choc Cake.

You will need.....

250g butter , plus a little extra for greasing
140g white chocolate , broken into pieces
250ml milk
1 tsp vanilla extract
250g self-raising flour
¼ tsp bicarbonate of soda
300g caster sugar
2 large eggs , lightly beaten

FOR THE FROSTING300g tub Philadelphia cheese
85g butter , softened
100g icing sugar , sifted

Heat oven to 160C/fan 140C/gas 3.
Grease a deep 23cm cake tin and line the base with greaseproof paper.
Place the butter, white chocolate, milk and vanilla extract in a small saucepan, then heat gently, stirring, until melted.
Combine the flour, bicarb and sugar in a large bowl with a pinch of salt, then stir in the melted ingredients and eggs until smooth.
Pour the batter into the tin, then bake for 1 hr, or until the cake is golden and a skewer inserted into the centre comes out clean.
Cool in the tin. Once cool, the cake can be wrapped in cling film and foil, then frozen for up to 1 month.
To make the frosting, beat together the Philadelphia, butter and icing sugar until smooth. Fold in most of the nuts, spread over the cake, then scatter over the remaining nuts to finish.

Easter cake
To turn this hazelnut cake into a delightful Easter centrepiece, simply make the frosting without the hazelnuts, and decorate the cake with colourful mini eggs.

I am going to try it!!!! Will post photos, if anyone else tries it please send me a photo!!!!

Justin´s first week away.....in Africa

2009-04-06T22:53:00.002+01:00

All photos taken by Justin......

Day is life,
As the roars of lions echo,
And the galloping of the antelope fade.

Night is death,
As the laughs of the hyena haunt you,
And the bush is filled with the sounds of terrorized creatures.

But between the beauty all is quiet,
As the sun disappears,
And the land lights up in the most spectacular display,
An African Sunset.

Thats Wilderbeest enjoying the sunset!!!!

Nothing beats an african sunset!!!! Cant wait to take our kids camping in Botswana or somewhere were the animals are still wild and free!!!! Perfect holiday, roof top tents, evening fires!!!!! Cant wait!!!!

Below .....He went elephant spotting in Botswana.....

When you’ve acquired a taste for dust,
The scent of our first rain,
You’re hooked for life on Africa
And you’ll not be right again
Till you can watch the setting moon
And hear the jackals bark
And know that they’re around you,
Waiting in the dark.

When you long to see the Elephants,
Or to hear the coucal’s song,
When the moonrise sets your blood on fire,
You’ve been away too long.
It’s time to cut the traces loose
And let you’re heart go free
Beyond that far horizon,
Where your spirit yearns to be.

Africa by Emily Dibb

I love the movie Out of Africa, Justin and i have watched it a million times!!!! Now that is when I would of loved to live in Africa.......just like the poem above says once you have lived there and experienced the african bush, you hooked for life...............................

Justin´s Dad taking off before him, they travelled in two planes!!!

Justin refueling somewhere in Botswana.......

Below , now thats a part of Africa I don´t miss, JHB from the air!!!!

Now for our week back in the UK!!!! Not as beautiful.....no lions, no elephants, no wilderbeest just one monkey and one dinosaur!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hannah has a ball outside and wont come in.....she likes to run up and down the drive way in the back garden!!! She also pushes her bike up and down...........She is fast, i actually have to but some effort in sometimes to catch her at the park when she runs off!!!! Watch this space!!!! She is going to be the runner in the family!!!!!

Jayden and I have been baking a lot!!!!! Each time there is a spare min that we could start missing our Dada then i look at him and i say Want to bake?????? We made a banana and raisin cake and i even taught him how to decorate and how to serve it!!!! Aunty Carla likes being served cake all pretty!!!!! With all the cooking and baking lessons Jayden is going to make some lady very happy one day!!!!! Between his baking and his foot rubs and his Dada´s good looks of course!!!!

He is so good that today when we baked Granny biscuits, he grabbed the bowl and the recipe book and said ok mum what do we need, mmmm, first butter!!!!! I was like ok thats my boy, then when we were half way i asked ok lets see what else we need.....he replied, mmmmmm think we need cinnimon mum!!!!! He knows all the
ingredients......will be able to bake them on his own soon.................

You got to LOVE having a girl in the family!!!!! We thought we would bring on the summer by wearing pretty summer dresses!!! hannah all dreesed up in a dress nana
sent her from SA.....her new butterfly clips!!!! Cant wait for the summer!!!!

Funny wigs!!!!!!!

We had a nice touchy feely ball that use to glow in the dark!!! I loved it but some how it popped!!!! Now we use it as a wig!!!!! We hope you all have a great week and hope it goes by FAST FAST!!!! So we can have our dada back!!!!

Please dear Lord keep our Dada safe and hold his plane in your hands while he flies through the sky and gently put him back down on earth.....so he can return to his wife and babies that miss him so very very much!!!

Mother's day 2009

2009-04-04T23:33:00.010+01:00

Walking with mum.............

We had a great day!!!!! We went for a walk in the woods. We walked through the woods to the other side to the park, to feed the ducks!!!! Then back through the woods to the car!!!! It was great but i was a little sad inside as i knew it was our last sunday with our Dada for three weeks!!!!!

Happy Birthday Granny!!!!!

2009-03-27T14:51:00.003Z

Happy Birthday, hope you have a great day and a wonderful year. Wish we were there to give you a hug and have some choc cake.........

Big hug from all of us and a extra big kiss from Jayden and Hannah.

Love Justin, Debbie, Jayden and Hannah

"There's no vocabulary
For love within a family,
love that's lived in
But not looked at,
love within the light of which
All else is seen, the love within which
All other love finds speech.
This love is silent."

Happy Mother´s day !!!!!!

2009-03-22T11:03:00.017Z

Today I feel very blessed to call myself a Mum!!! I thank God for blessing me with two of his Angels.......i promise to nurture, love, protect, educate them with his guidance!!!! From the min they put Jayden on my chest i have felt whole and like i have found my true calling in life...........to be a mum!!!!

Here are a few poems with beautiful words about my passion in life, MOTHERHOOD!!!!

Being Your Mother

Being your Mother
means that I have had the opportunity
to experience loving someone
more than I love myself.
I have learned what it's like
to experience joy and pain
through someone else's life.

It has brought me pride and joy;
your accomplishments touch me
and thrill me like no one else's can.

It has brought me
a few tears and heartaches at times,
but it has taught me hope and patience.
It has shown me the depth,
strength, and power of love.

Being your mother
hasn't always been easy,
and I'm sure
I've said or done things that have hurt or confused you.
But no one has ever made me as satisfied
as you do just by being happy.
No one has made me as proud as you do
just by living up to your responsibilities.

No one's smile
has ever warmed my heart
like yours does;
no one's laughter
fills my heart with delight
as quickly as yours can.

No one's hugs feel as sweet,
and no one's dreams
mean as much to me as yours do.

No other memories of bad times have miraculously
turned into important lessons or humorous stories;
the good times have become precious treasures
to relive again and again.

You are a part of me,
and no matter what happened in the past
or what the future holds,
you are someone
I will always accept,
forgive, appreciate, adore,
and love unconditionally.

Being your mother
means that I've been given
one of life's greatest gifts: YOU.

Before I was a Mom I slept as late as I wanted and never worried about how late I got into bed.
I brushed my hair and my teeth everyday.

Before I was a Mom
I cleaned my house each day.
I never tripped over toys or forgot words to a lullaby.
I didn't worry whether or not my plants were poisonous.
I never thought about immunizations.

Before I was a Mom I had never been puked on.
Pooped on. Spit on.
Chewed on.
Peed on.
I had complete control of my mind and my thoughts.....
I slept all night.

Before I was a Mom
I never held down a screaming child so that doctors could do tests.
Or give shots.
I never looked into teary eyes and cried.
I never got gloriously happy over a simple grin.
I never sat up late hours at night watching a baby sleep.

Before I was a Mom
I never held a sleeping baby just because I didn't want to put it down.
I never felt my heart break into a million pieces when I couldn't stop the hurt.
I never knew that something so small could affect my life so much.
I never knew that I could love someone so much.
I never knew I would love being a Mom.

Before I was a Mom
I didn't know the feeling of having my heart outside my body.
I didn't know how special it could feel to feed a hungry baby.
I didn't know that bond between a mother and her child.
I didn't know that something so small could make me feel so important and happy.

Before I was a Mom
I had never gotten up in the middle of the night every 10 minutes to make sure all was okay.
I had never known the warmth, the joy, the love, the heartache, the wonderment or the satisfaction of being a Mom.
I didn't know I was capable of feeling so much before I was a Mom.

A Mother's Love

A Mother's Love is like an island
In life's ocean vast and wide,
A peaceful, quiet shelter
From the restless, rising tide ...
A Mother's Love is like a fortress
And we seek protection there
When the waves of tribulation
Seem to drown us in despair ...
A Mother's Love's a sanctuary
Where our souls can find sweet rest
From the struggle and the tension
Of life's fast and futile quest ...
A Mother's Love is like a tower
Rising far above the crowd,
And her smile is like the sunshine
Breaking through a threatening cloud ...
A Mother's Love is like a beacon
Burning bright with Faith and Prayer,
And through the changing scenes of life
We can find a Haven There ...
For A Mother's Love is fashioned
After God's enduring love,
It is endless and unfailing
Like the love of Him above ...
For God knew in His great wisdom
That He couldn't be Everywhere,
So He put His Little Children
In a Loving Mother's Care.

I am your little flower, Mom
Please help me grow and bloom;
Take the weeds, but leave the roots
And give me lots of room.

Mom, you are my gardener;
My sunshine and my rain.
Too much will make me wither
With enough, I'll bloom again.

I am your little flower, Mom
I'm different from the rest;
Dont pick me Mom, just help me grow
To be my very best.

Sanity Please!!

Now I lay me down to sleep,
I pray my sanity to keep.
For if some peace I do not find,
I'm pretty sure I'll lose my mind.

I pray I find a little quiet
Far from the daily family riot

I am your little flower, Mom
Please help me grow and bloom;
Take the weeds, but leave the roots
And give me lots of room.

Mom, you are my gardener;
My sunshine and my rain.
Too much will make me wither
With enough, I'll bloom again.

I am your little flower, Mom
I'm different from the rest;
Dont pick me Mom, just help me grow
To be my very best.

May I lie back--not have to think
about what they're stuffing down the sink,
or who they're with, or where they're at and what they're doing to the cat.

I pray for time all to myself
(did something just fall off a shelf?)
To cuddle in my nice, soft bed
(Oh no, another goldfish--dead!)
Some silent moments for goodness sake (Did I just hear a window break?)
And that I need not cook or clean-- (well heck, I've got the right to dream)

Yes, now I lay me down to sleep, I pray my wits about me keep,
But as I look around I know-- I must have lost them long ago!

Day filled with bright yellow Daphodiles and sunshine......

2009-03-16T22:31:00.009Z

Daphodiles everywhere.................

What lovely weather we had today!!!! We woke up to a bright and beautiful sunny spring day!!!!! So the kids and I decided we were going on a picnic!!! Jayden grabbed a toy container straight away and filled it with potatoes, carrots and onions.....that was our FOOD!!! Dont worry Mummy packed a real picnic and had to convince Jayden that his had to stay home........

It was only 15 degress but for us it felt like heavan.....we wore T shirts and I even looked for my sandles and wore my sandles!!!! Yipee summer is on its way!!! We can stop hibernating inside and go out to play!!!!!

Daphodiles are my favourite flower since my 18th Birthday when Elaine gave me a bunch of bright yellow Daphodiles.......i kept them in a vase for months and loved the way the looked stunning even dry!!!!! Since then i have loved them......Then Jayden was born in March and it is his birth flower which i thought was just a sign that he is my favourite little boy in the whole world........I am actually concidering having it tattoed on my back with Hannah´s, Justins and my birth flower....just dont have the guts yet!!!!!!

Well i always wondered why March was the daphodile .......now living in the Uk i can see why!!!! They are everywhere, round the round abouts, at the parks,in everyones gardens.....Daphodiles everywhere!!! And today when we were at the park the kids went and sat in the daphodiles and i just thought this was a sight to remember so i took some stunning photos......Jayden sat still for 2 seconds so did not get much but Hannah sat against the tree and picked one and smelled them and looked at the flowers for a little while!!!! While her brother ran around getting rid of all the energy that boy has......

We had a great day and played with some friends we made at the park. Came home had a nap and then at 4.30pm off we went to our fav big park behind us....we played a little soccer(Hannah´s Fav) and Jayden practised riding his bicycle and guess what he got it right.....we actually pedaling forward after a week of pedaling backwards!!!! Hope you all have a fab week, we will if the sun carries on shining!!

Kids playing in the Daphodiles.............

Kids playing in the sand pit!!!! Almost felt like we were on the beach!!!! Stunning park and they have a splash pool in the summer about knee deep that they feel each morning!!! Pool is about 10m by 5 m...looking forward to that!!!! Hersham beach!!!

The kids enjoying the picnic, as you can see the strawberries were a big hit!!!!! My Angels getting so big!!!!

Just look at that strawberry mouth!!!!! Sweetheart!!!!!!!!

What a lovely weekend..................

2009-03-15T21:48:00.015Z

We had such a nice weekend..........it is so nice to have our Dada's full attention in the evenings and on the weekend!!!! As he has no studying to do!!! YIPEE!!!! He wrote his last exam on wednesday and got 92%.....clever Dada!!!! So it was nice to have his full attention!!!! He only needs to finish a few more hours and then off he goes to America to do his flight test and he will be done with the FAA commercial lic.

The weather has also been warning up which is lovely as the kids have been able to play outside in the garden etc.....more time at the park.....we are so ready for summer.............Jayden loves digging in the garden collecting worms and other insects!!! Hannah loves running around kicking the soccer ball!!! She has all the ball skills in this family!!!! She follows the ball and tries to play with the kids at the park when we go watch soccer practice!!!! I want Jayden to start lessons this summer!!!!! We also MIGHT be looking into school a few times a week, we will see!!!!!!

Saturday morning Justin and Jayden went swimming and spent the morning together while Hannah and i spent girl time together!!! We try spend alone time with each child but with Justin studying etc we have not been able to squeese it in. It was nice to spend the morning with just hannah and Jayden loved having his Dada too himself......We then met for unch and as i was walking up to them Jayden saw me and screamed mama and ran too me.................as we spend all our time together i dont get that welcome often, Justin usually gets it when he gets home from work!!!! It was nice to know he missed me......Hannah as usual went mad to see her Dada!!! We enjoyed our lunch together then came home to enjoy a nap!!!!! Had a relaxed evening at home and both kids slept well..........

Sunday was a lazy warm day!!!!! The weather was great!!!! We all wore T shirts and it was great to enjoy outside time together!!! We went to the local nursery to look at the flowers, the have a stunning play area with a tree house, tractor etc which Jayden loved....they also have a very nice huge gift shop.......we bought Jayden a Knights reward chart!!!! He is old enough now to enjoy that!!!!! Enjoyed the walk around and all the pretty flowers......

We then went to Mac donalds for lunch and back home for naps!!!! Hannah and i took a walk to the park alone as Jayden was still sleeping!!! Hannah took my hand and pulls on it grabs her shoes and says Tata!!!!! She then pulls me all the way down the road and leads me to the park!!! So if she ever had to run away from home which she tries!!!!! Ha ha ha..........we know where to go look for her!!! We played a little on the swings etc and then went for a walk through the park to look at puppies and chase soccer balls!!!! As we were leaving the sun was setting and we were walking home hand in hand in silence and i just though to myself how blessed i am .........magic moments treasured forever in the heart of a mum.........what more could i ask for........................

We came home had a nice bath and our evening routine.........it is midnight and i have been saying almost finished for past hour!!!! I know i need my sleep but this is only time i get to go on the net and do what i need to do.........both my Angels are snug as a bug in a rug upstairs and Justin is waiting for me in bed.......how RICH i am in treasure no money could buy!!!!! Thank you Dear Lord for the best little family in the world.......please keep us all save and together!!!! Thank you for intrusting me with 2 of your Angels and give me the guidance to be the best Mummy and wife possible!!!!

I am now going upstairs to kiss each Angel and tuck them in.........then fall asleep in the arms of my hubby!!!!! Sweet dreams to you all and have a great week....................

Friday was Red Nose Day here in UK and Justin and Peter had to dress up for work!!! Theme was something embarassing....Justin went as Superman and Pete wore one of Carla's t shirts and her gown that says Pamper Me...........

Our baking!!!! Jayden and I love to cook and bake together!!! We made cheese and onion wheels!!!! I rolled pastry with his help!!!! I cut onions and grated cheese, he sprinkled it on and helped roll it up!!!! He loves cooking!!!! At night after Hannah is in bed and settled Justin goes to gym and Jayden and I cook dinner!!!! He actually does an excellent job of breaking up mushrooms into little bits, that is his job now...........

Jayden in his Spiderman jarmies he got from nana........

Girls will be girls..............

Hannah loves make-up!!! When i need to do something and Carla needs to keep her busy for a while, Carla takes out the make-up bag!!!! Hannah will take lipstick out and give it to Carla and the pucker her lips ad say ooh!!!! She then takes out the eye shadow and closes her eyes, she knows what everything is for. Jayden even joined in the fun!!!

Lego...........Jayden got a lego box from Margi and Mike and he is loving it!!! There are so many we want to add to his collection....new hobby!!!! With this one we build an airport , plane and a helicopter are his fav!!!!

As you can see my baby girl is getting so big.she sits like a big girl eating her grapes with a fork!!!! She is such a good eater and eats everything but cheese!!!! Bad sleeper but a good eater!!! Where Jayden is the good sleeper but bad eater!!!! He is like his Mum has a few things he likes and eats them over and over!!!! I had pronutro every morning and peanut butter sandwich everyday for school....and dont try and change it!!!!! That is my personality if you find something good stick with it and i hate change!!!! Lucky for Justin.......i wont get sick of him............. ha ha ha. But got use to change as we going to have alot of it for next few years but it is an adventure....................

As you can see we had birthday celebrations for a long time..........we had to have candles and sing to Jayden till the cake was all finished!!!! I even had to put the candle in his cereal bar the one morning and sing to him.....He had a rash on his face which i think he got from the toilet paper when we blew his nose the week before his bday!!!! It was strange as in the moring it was fine and slowly got red during the day and by the night it was bright red!!!! He would not let us put any vasiline on so could only put on at night while he was sleeping!!!1 Then mummy came up with a plan!!!! sneecky mummy!!!! He always has monsters chasing him and he is always fighting them.Usually Pete is the monster!!! So I told him that he needed vasiline on his face so if the monsters rang the door bell and grabbed him he would be slippery and get away!!!! And if he had vasiline on his lips when they wanted to kiss him they would slip!!!! He let me put vasiline on and he would even come ask me for some if i had not put some on in a while...... ha ha ha.....

Peter bought an off road bike last weekend and he has spent the evenings and this weekend taking apart and putting back together which Jayden finds great fun and he spends most his time outside with Pete!!!! Pete has a extra frame and Jayden says that is his bike and he has all his tools outside and works on it for hours....... today he was telling me it needs a seat and wheels but that he had ordered it from the shops and tey would deliver it!!!! He listens to everything we say!!!!!!

Some of the photos of UK from the air..............taken a few weekends ago when Justin took Carla along to one of his lessons. He never takes photos as it is his instrument rating so he has to wear a visor so he can only see the instruments. It was very very windy but they finally got up!!!! We wanted to take Jayden flying last week sunday for his birthday but it was to windy......

We have planned a trip in the summer to fly over the white cliffs of Dover....... looking forward to sharing those pics with you. It is apparently stunning and it was the first sight the piliots in the war had when they were on their way back home.........

Thank you for coming to my party and all my presents!!!!

2009-03-12T09:53:00.002Z

Sorry to the people that i did not get a photo of but we were having so much fun we forgot to take photos!!! Hope everyone that was sick and could not make it is feeling better!!!! Jayden was sad that his friends Anna and william could not make it as they were too sick......but we will see you on Friday!!!!

And to Uncle Pete , thank you for making the garden so pretty for us to play in. And thank you to Aunty Carla for blowing up all the balloons!!!! And hanging them up!!!!! All million of them!!!! Bet you thought they would never end.........

Thank you Luigi and Jacki for letting us use your jumping castle......

Thank you Dada for being our Superman............best Dada in the world!!!

Jayden's 3rd Birthday Party.......

2009-03-08T15:45:00.018Z

We had great fun and Jayden loved every min which made all the hard work worth it!!! We took most of our photos before guest arrived then it was hectic so sorry not many photos!!! But enjoy these..........adults and kids had lots of fun and the last people only left at 5pm......then it was bath time and both kids fell asleep by 8pm!!!! we were all tired and in bed by 8.30pm except my poor hubby that still had to study a little as he has his instrument exam on wedesday!!!!

Carla ( Bat girl)and Pete Spiderman!!!!!

Cutting the cake............

Jumping castle was a big hit!!!! We had Superman vs Wonder girl...........

Colour in table was visited even by the adults!!!!! Justin did a great job with his Superman picture.........

Jayden and Gina , cutie pie......he was so good with her and watched and kisses her cheek!!!!

Jayden and Hannah enjoying some choc cake..........

The Spiderman cake and the table settings......everything was super heros even the juice!!!!!

Opening presents!!!!! I must admit i tried to keep presents from us wrapped till the party but each we looked he was opening another one, then he would say just one more!!!! Cutie pie!!!! My mom sent him a box with pressies in and it arrived on Thursday, he kept the brown box with him 24 hours a day!!! We went to the shops it came with and it slept with him in his bed!!!! First thing sat morning as i heard him move in bed i was there hugging him. I said Happy birthday and that he could finally open the box and that made his morning!!!! Then he came down stairs and saw the playroom all decorated and he was very excited for his party to start!!!

The main table.......

The day begins..............

2009-03-07T06:43:00.003Z

Our birthday boy!!!!

It is very early and everyone is sleeping except Hannah and I , whats new!!!!!! She loved the playroom as we decorated it last night with red and blue balloons and a huge Superman poster that says Happy Birthday Jayden!!!!! There is Super heros every where!!!!! So she can get out of there!!!!! Jayden is fast aleep, my sweet Angel boy....mummy went to go kiss him at 12 o clock last night and how could i not shed a tear or two..ok a lots of tears!!!! But i never could have guessed 3 years ago how my life would change!!!! I remember that morning so well, rubbing my tummy and feeling sad that i would not feel him kick inside me anymore and then the min they put him on my chest my life changed forever!!!! A Angel from the first second!!! He is such a good boy with such a good nature......a true blessing!!! My reason for living!!!!

Mummy is cooking and baking as our guests arrive at 11 o clock!!!! Have all suits ready!!!! Jayden got a new superman suit and Hannah coming as Wonder girl!!! Just and i have Superman T shirts!!!! We were going to dress up but when we went to collect the costumes and try is on we changed our minds as we did not think the parents would be happy with a Daddy in tights pants and a mummy with a short skirt, boots and a tight tight top!!!!!!!! I loved the suit!!! ha ha ha but we decided to go with jeans and superman and super girl T shirts!!!!!

I have to go as i have a million things to do and going to pack my comp away .....will update asap with all the photos!!!!! Thank you for all the birthday wishhes so far!!!!!

Super Girl

Friday, 6th March 2009

We are so excited and very busy preparing for the big birthday bash!!!!

Jayden just asks for a superman cake and a spiderman cake and and and………and he knows Dada is Superman and Mama is Super girl , Uncle Pete is Batman and Carla is Bat girl……and Hannah is Wonder girl as the cute Pink Super girl outfit I ordered her did not fit and they don’t have her size so I had to get her Wonder girl outfit!!!!! We all very excited!!!! Uncle pete even worked very hard to get garden looking beautiful for the party!!!! Thank you Uncle Pete now Jayden has a tidy neat garden to ride his bike in as the hedge was taking over the garden but we hired a hedge trimmer and each had a turn to have fun and cut into the hedge!!!!!

Jayden got his bicycle already on the weekend but we have not had time this week to practise so he cant ride it yet!!!! But next week we will go to the park more

and enjoy the bicycle. Mummy being a teacher has bought educational books and flashcards, letter magnets etc from Letterland!!!! We have started to introduce phonics and

Jayden is loving it!!! The loves the Letterland stories we have so far and knows Robber red, munching mike and Annie apple well already!! With all the new books I see that robber red is now Robot red and the wicked witch is Walter Walrus so will have to break that to him with the new books. Mummy also got him a Cd with all Mr Tumbles songs on as he loves Mr Tumbles as does Hannah.

Have a great weekend

Congratulations My Sweetpea...we very proud of you!!!!

2009-02-18T07:26:00.005Z

Because I Fly

Because I fly
I laugh more than other men
I look up an see more than they,
I know how the clouds feel,
What it's like to have the blue in my lap,
to look down on birds,
to feel freedom in a thing called the stick...

who but I can slice between God's billowed legs,
and feel then laugh and crash with His step
Who else has seen the unclimbed peaks?
The rainbow's secret?
The real reason birds sing?
Because I Fly,
I envy no man on earth.

Justin flying with his Dad!!

I took this photo, Lanceria runway on approach......

Well Justin did his FAA commercial piliots lic. exam and I am very proud to say he got 91%. We are so very proud of you, you have worked so hard preparing for this exam. You come home bath your angels get them ready for bed, then you go to gym so you can be a sexy fit piliot!!!! Then you still come home and study till late at night!!!! Thank you , I know it cant be easy and thank you for studying late at night or going to the office on the weekends when kids are sleeping, so you dont loose time with us!!!!! We love you very much and are so very proud of you!!!!

I know how much you love flying and it gives me great joy to see the passion in your eye when you get out a plane or when you flying!!! The only other time i see that look in your eyes is when you holding one of our Angels while they sleep in your arms. So glad you share that passion with Jayden and I know Hannah will love it too. She still going to be the best piliot one day!!!!! An airshow piliot!!!!! ha ha ha!

I pray that God keeps you safe each time you take off and holds your plane in his hands while you play and glide through the sky , then gently puts you back down on the ground!!!! That he guides us in your career and leads us to all the right airstrips around the world!!!! That he fills our Angls hearts with such passion and dreams like there Dada even if it is no flying!!!!

We love you very much..............mwah mwah mwah

Impressions of a Pilot

Flight is freedom in its purest form,
To dance with the clouds which follow a storm;

To roll and glide, to wheel and spin,
To feel the joy that swells within;

To leave the earth with its troubles and fly,
And know the warmth of a clear spring sky;

Then back to earth at the end of a day,
Released from the tensions which melted away.

Should my end come while I am in flight,
Whether brightest day or darkest night;

Spare me your pity and shrug off the pain,
Secure in the knowledge that I'd do it again;

For each of us is created to die,
And within me I know,
I was born to fly.

And your Favourite poem.............

Oh! I have slipped the surly bonds of Earth
And danced the skies on laughter-silvered wings;
Sunward I’ve climbed, and joined the tumbling mirth
of sun-split clouds, — and done a hundred things
You have not dreamed of—wheeled and soared and swung
High in the sunlit silence. Hov’ring there,
I’ve chased the shouting wind along, and flung
My eager craft through footless halls of air....
Up, up the long, delirious, burning blue
I’ve topped the wind-swept heights with easy grace
Where never lark nor even eagle flew—
And, while with silent lifting mind I’ve trod
The high untrespassed sanctity of space,
Put out my hand, and touched the face of God.

Happy Valentines Day......

2009-02-14T10:19:00.005Z

Dear Swetpea

Thank you for being my Valentine............AGAIN!!!!!

Love you millions, always and forever.

Mwah mwah mwah

Happy 2nd Birthday Dylan

Happy Birthday Dylan, we are so sorry we could not be with you on your birthday and had to miss your party!!!!! Big Hugs!!!! Cousin Jayden and Cousin Hannah

P.S Love your CARS birthday cake!!!!!

Happy 21st Birthday Pete!!!!

2009-02-11T13:57:00.002Z

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Now at the age of twenty one, Life has truely just begun.
Hope and wish your dreams come true, along the way a gorgeous view.

Traditionally on your 21st birthday they gave you a key. Today on your 21st birthday our wish to you is that you use this key to open all the right doors to a bright, happy, successful future................

Lots of Love

Your Big brother Justin, Debbie, Jayden and Hannah.

Snow................

2009-02-08T22:29:00.019Z

View from our front door...............

Justin and Pete decide to go to work in my car as their little cars would not get out the drive way and it was not easy driving in all thsnow.......there were hardly any cars on the road and all busses were stopped. The roads and parks were filled with children enjoying the snow with their parents as schools were closed!!!! I was surprised to see the dogs loved the snow, everybody was outside enjoying the snow!!!!

Our back garden................that is where we had most of our fun as the kids were safe and they could just run around and enjoy themselves in the snow!!!! Hannah enjoyed it more than Jayden. jayden not a big fan of the cold............but he stayed out for a long time, built a snowman with Carla and I but then decided time to go in and lay under blanket with a cup of tea to warm him up!!!!! Hannah just looked out the door just waiting for me to open it!!!!!!

Building frosty our snowman!!!! He was small but not bad for beginners...........this is what you call a snowman....this was what they built at Justins work!!!!! They went to work like the hard working men that they are and spent the morning having snowball fights with people walking past and building a huge snowman in their front garden!!!!!

Back left you can see the two Benniman boys!!!!! Justin and Peter!!!!

As if jayden had not had enough he dragged us all to the park again at about 4.30pm to go build another snowman!!!!! It was getting dark and photos taken with cell phone so sorry!!!!!!!!!!! But this is his mini snow alien he built in park!!!!! Hannah and I tried to warm up and cuddle when we go home...........

The snow alien.............

View of the park on thursday, which was 4 days after it snowed!!!!!
Kids spent most of the week watching the world through the window as i did not want to leave home with them. as the snow melted it caused ice on the roads and it was a mss outside. It was very slippery and we rather stayed home.

Well most of the snow all melted even though we still have a little of our snow man left!!!!! It was really fun to experience the snow so maybe Canada here we come..........................

We had snow.............

2009-02-02T00:29:00.001Z

These are the photos of us outside Sunday night.......it started snowing at about 5pm as we were on our way home from shops!!!!! By 10pm there was a nice layer to play in and we were in he road having a ball!!!! Jayden was up late playing in snow. When hannah woke up at 12pm for her midnight snack she sensed all the excitement and was wide awake so she was outside with us too!!!!! The big surprise was when we woke up in the morning it was still snowing and thick thick thick!!!!!

Margi comes to visit.......or should I say Molly!!!!!

2009-02-01T22:03:00.003Z

It was so nice to have an old friend over....been so far away from all my friends for so so long!!!!!! I miss everyone so much!!!!! I miss varsity girls lunch once a holiday, i miss ex LAMPS teachers lunches!!!!! I miss drinking Stanna with my Mono( Ines)!!!!! I miss lunch with Pam and margi!!!! Well at least i had half that as Margi has moved to Uk for 2 years or so, see how long she handles this cold and now it snowed today she will be on a plane to SA on monday!!!!! Pam we missed you!!!! But so nice to have Margi only 15 min by train from me.............

Jayden cant say Margi so it is Aunty Molly!!!!! Sorry Margi , now you MOLLY!!!!!

What a lovely thing it is
To have a loyal friend
Someone who understands us
On whom we can depend
A friend who sees and knows
Our faults
And likes us anyway
And never seems to take offence
At anything we say
Who helps us through our troubles
Stands by us in our needs
Such friendship transcends
Barriers of colour race and creed
For friendship is a precious gift
And we should always treasure
The ones who share our grief
Our joy
Our heartache and our pleasure

Margi and I have been friends from Grade 1 if not before............We have many many funny stories to tell our kids when we old!!!! ha ha ha!!!!!

Our 4th anniversary!!!!

2009-01-30T17:33:00.007Z

The happy couple on their way out to dinner!!!

Well Hannah gave me a nice pressie for our anniversary, instead of waking up at 4.30am as usual she woke up at 6am.........what a pleasure!!!!! She also surprised me the afternnon, when i gave her a granny biscuit she said `Thank you, mama`was so cute!!!! What priceless gifts I got!!!!!!!!!!!

Well on our first wedding anniversary I decided that on our anniversary I dont want a gift just a letter!!!!! I letter from the heart about that year and our hopes and dreams for the year to come. I love getting my letter and always start mine like a week in advance...............this year Justin even got me to cry............ah my sweet husband!!!! Love you always and forever!!!!!

Peter and Carla babysat for us or should i say Rebel sat for us............we went out and enjoyed anice dinner. We missed our usual anniversary dinner at Enzo´s .......we even had our own table at enzo´s!!!!!

Thats `Our Table`........best pizza in the world!!!! Now look at that oven, thats how you should cook pizza. We went to Zio´s here in Walton on thames, Uk........they have electric oven so i did not even order pizza but the food was great!!!!!! We really enjoyed our even and our cold walk to the car.........Thank you Sweetpea, may we have many many more.............

Happy Anniversary MY Sweetpea!!!!

2009-01-28T09:46:00.004Z

When I first saw you, I saw love.
And the first time you touched me, I felt love.
And after all this time, you're still the one I love.

Looks like we made it
Look how far we've come my baby
We mighta took the long way
We knew we'd get there someday

They said, I bet they'll never make it
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

You're still the one
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
You're still the one
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

Ain't nothin' better
We beat the odds together
I'm glad we didn't listen
Look at what we would be missin'

They said, I bet they'll never make it
But just look at us holding on
We're still together still going strong

You're still the one
You're still the one I run to
The one that I belong to
You're the one I want for life
You're still the one
You're still the one that I love
The only one I dream of
You're still the one I kiss good night

I'm so glad we made it
Look how far we've come my baby

I will love you always and forever!!!

We had a great fun week and weekend............

2009-01-25T22:24:00.016Z

We went to art classes. Nice as kids get to paint and make a mess and all we have to worry about it washing their hans!!!!! Not our mess. Jayden loves watching Mr Maker so he always wants to glue things together and make all sorts of things!!!! Carla went with us and had just as much fun getting full of paint!!!!! I cant wait for summer as then we can do a lot more art at home, outside and then just get in splash pool!!!!

After art we went to the playzone!!!! It was so cute as Hannah was starting to get tired so she had her dummy and her blankie and she kept on laying down and trying to put herself to sleep!!!! We rushed home and both kids had an excellent afternoon nap after our busy morning!!! Carla and I could finally rest and have a cup of tea!!!!

Jayden has become very independent , he wants to do everything on his own!!! From getting dressed to making his own breakfast!!!! My boy getting so big!!!

The kids watching Tv on their own couches, hoping to keep them off our couches as the cussions are always on the floor!!!! I spend my life picking them up and putting them in the correct place!!!! They become mountains to climb, they become tunnels to crawl through!!!!! They so cute on their couches!!!! Blue for Jayden and pink for my Hannah girl.........I never liked the colour oink but since i found out Hannah was a girl i have gone pink crazy!!!!

We are so sick of watching Superman and Kung Fu panda that we have found a way that we all happY!!!! Mommy and Daddt watch what we want on the T.V and Jayden watched what evr he wants on his laptop, luckily Hannah fast asleep or else we would have to put out another laptop with Barney!!!!

On saturday we did not do much, we went to mac donalds for lunch and then brought kids home to sleep!!!! Justin had to study the afternoon!!!! Fun fun fun!!! His next exam is on the 11th Feb which is also Peter´s 21st Birthday!!!! So hopefully if Justin passes it will be a happy day!!!!! Cant believe Pete almost 21, he was 6 years old when I met him!!! Then again Justin and I were 16!!!! ha ha ha

On Sunday Justin went flying, he had a stunning view of WHITE!!!! It was white under him and next to him and he even flew through snow!!!! In the photos below you can see the view out the front, to the side and one looking down where you can see the wheel.....glad i did not go with!!!!

Peter and Carla came so we could go to the park as Peter had bought Jayden a kite!!!! After 20 min Jayden was crying to come home as it was so cold!!!! Once home he was under a blanket watching a DVD and had aunty Carla make him tea as he was feeling sorry for himself!!! My poor boy is a beach bum, he hates the cold..........i think Canada is out of the question with him. They then spent the after playing superman games on the internet!!!! Jayden kept us entertained by running around with his underpants over his head calling himself Spiderman!!!!! What a funny bugger!!!!

Just look at how long Hannah´s hair is getting!!!! Just look at those curls!!!!

We had snow and.........

2009-01-24T15:20:00.024Z

Sorry i have not updated the blog but we have had a hectic 2 weeks...............We were all sick!!! Being sick and looking after sick children no joke!!!! They were not sleepig weel and i was so tired. They were grumpy during the day so there just was no time to go on the net!!!! But we all better. I have just added some photos of what we been up to!!!!!

We looking forward to our 4th wedding Anniversary on Wednesday, we going to try go out for dinner and leave the kids with Pete and Carla so all going well we will be enjoying our first dinner out since our 3rd wedding Annivesary!!! Wish we could go to Ezno´s for dinner but we will have to settle for Zio´s!!!!!! What gives you the idea we love Italian!!!!!!

Hannah´s fav at the playzone is the pole!!!! she loves it!!!!!

We went on a play date with William and Anna!!! Kids had so much fun climbing through a 4 storey playzone!!!! It is like a huge hamsters cage!!!!! Mommy had fun too!!!!! Then they had lunch!!!! Cute little buggers!!!! When we arrived we happened to park at the same time and Jayden so cute, he takes Anna´s hand and they walk in hand in hand!!!! When we left he gave her a hug and a kiss good bye and she said `hope to see you again Jayden!` My boy has his dada´s charm!!!!! ah...........

Hannah And william where on there own mission and spent most of the time swimming in the ball pool!!!! Hannah loves the balls!!!!!

Each person in this house has their own laptop including Jayden. Hannah is the only one that does not have her own one!!!!! So we spend a lot of time with a laptop on our laps. Hannah loves it as she comes and plays peek a boo with us and you will see this little finge come out of no where to press the buttons. Here are some photos of Pete with Hannah and Justin playing comp games ( educational of course) with Jayden!!!!

Our back garden at 8 o´clock in the mornin!!!!!! And by 4.30pm it is dark!!!! The moon was still out, thought it was a pretty picture!!!!

Hannah got a pram for Xmas from my mom and boy does she love it!!! She knew straight away what to do with it!!!! Each doll has had a turn even the horse and Barney!!!!! Jayden loves it too but it is so funny to watch him. He packed a bag and put a doll in the pram and came to say good bye to me as he was going on the zoom with his baba!!!! Which was so cute as he was copying me, when we went to Madeira i pushed hannah in pram and had all the hand luggage on my back!!!!

So cute Hannah pts her bby in the pram gets on of thestackig cups and a spoon and feeds her baby!!!! So cute to watch her....just shows you they se evrything you do, good and bad!!!!!!!!!!!1

As you can see we going through a Superman stage!!!!! He has forgotten all about Spiderman and only superman excists. Problem is we only have 1 superman suit and he wants to wear it 24 hours a day!!!!!!!!!!! As you can see below after a lot of pleading i get to wash superman, he sat and watched it in the washing machien and then wanted to put it on. Once i explained that it was wet he agreed to put it on the radiator but sat watching it dry!!!! Finally he could put it on!!!! So if most of the photos have him in his Superman suit, SORRY!!!!!!!!!

He has a superman watch and he loves the DVD, when ever he gets a chance it is superman. He runs around the house saving Hannah singing superman song!!!!! Thats my boy!!!!!!

We woke up in the morning and were very excited to see the world was white. We went out the min it was day light, which here in UK we had to wait till almost 9am.....................

Hannah loved it and had lots of fun at the park while we tried to build a snowman!!!! Jayden was not as happy and after a little while wanted to go home as it was cold. My poor beach boy!!!!

It was nice to play in the snow.

Uncle Jason and Jane came to visit.......

2009-01-06T15:58:00.007Z

It was so nice to have the three Benniman Boys together!!!! I am an only child so i always envy people with brothers and sisters. Most take it for granted but it is a bond that can not be broken!!!! To have someone around that has always been around and always will!!!!! So nice to see them joking with each other and talking about when they were younger! And it was nice to met you Jane.....welcome to the mad Benniman clan......hope to see you guys soon!!!!

Justin and I use to go pick Jason up from the CNA late at night after he finished working! Peter use to peep on us when i visited there house, when Justin and I dated at school!!!! Now they all big and we all together with our families!!! Susan was the only one missing!!! We Bennimans scattered all around the world!!! Jason is moving to new Zealand end of Jan, we wish you all the best and we will be coming to visit soon!!!! Jayden loves Uncle Jason...they have big plans planned out!!! Fishing trip etc Jayden loves bicycles and so does Jason, Jayden loves swimming and so does Jason......Jason going to be his triathlon coach one day!!!!

Jason is a very talented athlete.......not sure how he fits into this family!!! Ha ha ha!!! He has travelled the world to take part in triathlons etc....these are just some of this year achievments in Uk ans europe.....

3rd overall in the national duathlon ranking series 2007
6th overall in the national duathlon ranking series and 2nd in age group 35-39, 2008
4th overall in the national triathlon series and 2nd in age group 35-39, 2008
Selection for the GB duathlon age group team, European and World championships 2006/2007 and 2008
Selection for the GB triathlon age group team, European and World championships 2007 and 2008
Brighton Phoenix triathlon club, male triathlete of the year, second year running.

Jason in action.............

We are very proud of you Jason and honoured to have you as an example to our children!!! Keep up the good work!!!

The Benniman Boys!!!!!!!

Hannah with her godfather Jason!!!!!!!!!!!!!

Peter and Carla

A terrible photo of US!!!!

Jayden trying to convince Jason to take him with him!!!!! Nice one my boy!!!! When asked if his mum would miss him he answered no she can look after Hannah!!! Then he decided we must all go with Uncle Jason!!!!!

Nice seeing you guys before you leave!!! Enjoy your visit to SA and good luck for the races you will do there. Keep in touch and let us know how you doing!!!! See you soon

Big hug from Jayden and Hannah, and US!!!!!

Happy anniversary Peter and Carla

2009-01-03T15:06:00.004Z

Hope you guys have a great day and keep up the HARD work!!!!! Best advice i ever
got was never go to bed angry with each other.....it was from a big penguin at my wedding...

Ha ha ha!!!! Most Benniman´s call him Dad!!!! But you can call him Mr Peter Penguin!!!!!

Another one i have learnt along the way is communicate!!!! So very important!!! Never stop making out!!!!! Kiss like it could be your last and say I LOVE YOU as much as you can as you never know when it will be the last time................

Happy New Year!!!!

2009-01-01T07:40:00.007Z

Happy New Year, may 2009 be a year filled with lots of joy and happiness. I have so many dreams and wishes for the new year I dont know where to begin..............

Well for my cousin, that had her dreams shattered in 2008 i wish for a new beginning. May the sunrise today with one purpose to find you your soulmate, to find the one that will put the smile back on your face, the one that will put the spring back in your step, the one that will cry with you and laugh with you forever!!!! And if it is not meant to be this year I hope that you find a reason to put the smile back on your own face. For you I wish true inner happiness!!!!!

To My friend, Margi i wish that your move this year brings you much adventure, joy and peace. May your move to the Uk bring you lots of happiness and joy!!! I know it is going to be difficult to leave but `YOU CAN DO IT´....and anyway i am right here waiting for you!!!!! Bring lots of jerseys, jackets, gloves anything warm!!! Going to be so nice to have a part of home, an old friend so near by!!!!!! May you have a very adventurous year!!!!! To all my friends travelling this year and trying new adventures may it be the time of your livies...........That includes Jason moving to New Zealand, we hope to visit you soon in NZ!!!!! Peter and Carla that moved here to the UK, May you enjoy your travels. Mum and Dad that are moving back to SA short term we hope!!!! May you be safe. Wow all the Bennimans are moving!!!! Except Susan , may you and Pete, Katie and Dylan have a great year, hope to see you soon too. Think next Xmas must be a Benniman family Xmas!!!!

To all my friends and cousins that are awaiting the arrival of `Angels` May you be blessed with healthy little babies that bring you lots of sleepless night and joy of course..............It is the best thing i ever did and there are no words to prepare you for the love you will feel when you hold that bundle.......even if it is your second baby!!!!!! Each and everytime is it an overwelming love that hits you like a ton of bricks!!!!! And even if you think it not possible, you love them more and more each day!!!!! They give you the strength to overcome anything..........

To my Friend Samm, for you i wish many miricles......for you so deserve it!!!! You will never know how you and deqlan have changed my life. Your strength and bravery have affected more than just deqlan. I am a better mum because of you. My 2 main wishes for you is that Deqlan remain NED forever!!!! and that the day comes that he can look you in the eye, put his arms around you and say I LOVE YOU MUM!!!!! Your hard work will be rewarded as it already is just by having Deqlan home with you. Your story has made me thankful for sleepless nights and sick babies, when i am so very tired and Hannah wont sleep and she is grumpy and i have been walking up and down with her for 2 hours and if i stop she screams................i just hold her and feel so very grateful that she is in my arms and healthy!!!! I just think of all the moms that have lost their Angels this year and how they would love to stay up all nigh and hear their babies cry out for them..............

To my mom i wish for health and inner peace!!!!!! To Sommer i wish health........to my Avo i wish health and many more years so we can come and visit. Jayden and Hannah are very blessed to have spent so much time with a great grandmother!!!!!

For all my family and friends may this be a year filled with all things great!!!!! May all your dreams come true. I pray for health and happiness for all..............and for my little family i hope that we follow the right contracts and that we are lead to many wonderful places in the world and that our years of travelling be something we will remember forever!!!!! And for me i wish that Hannah starts to sleep through the night and that these 2am parties stop!!!!!! The party is over!!!!! Ha ha ha!!!!

We spent the evening at home, kids sleeping, us having a drink and watching Dvd´s. We sat on the couch and tried our new creamy drink and both started laughing as we were oh thats nice ......and we sounded just like Justins parents. What has the world come to......ha ha ha!!! Went to bed at midnight!!!! Kissed my sweetheart said happy New Year and fell asleep in his arms!!!!!! What a way to start the new year!!!!! Fresh no hangovers!!!! Unlike last year!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! ha ha ha!!!!

Today we will be going to our Friends Luigi and Jackie for real italian home made pizza!!!!! Yip a pizza party with a real italian chef!!!!!! Jayden loves to run around with Paolo making one hell of a noise!!! Hannah loves to play with Gina.she thinks she is a doll!!!!! Hope you all enjoy your new year!!!!

The one place i would have loved to have been last night is Madeira..............they are famous for their New Years firework display. it is 7 min non stop!!!! And this year was 9 min. I have been there twice and it is amazing!!! Their Xmas lights is also the best i have ever seen!!!! Lots of tourists go over for the festive season. I have some photos and a video to share with you guys as i really is stunning. !!! Maybe one day we have a huge new years eve party on a boat in the Madeira harbour......all together!!!! Then i would have a hang over!!! ha ha ha!!!!

Some photos!!!!

Now thats a New Years Party!!!! One day!!!!!! Hope you all there with me one day!!!

Boxing Day!!!!

2008-12-29T11:35:00.008Z

Yip, Jayden took boxing day very literally!!!!!

He had so much fun playing with all the boxes that the toys came in!!!!! Kids love the boxes and containers more than the toys. He had fun driving his cars in and out of the boxes as they were his garage!!!!! His doc suitcase has been emptied and he packs all sorts of things in and out of it! Anyone that knows Jayden knows that he loves bags, he loves to pack things in and unpack!!!! We dont go anywhere without his spiderman bag which has his snack, spare underwear etc in!!! Thank you Madrinha as now he has a extra siperman bag which he carries around on his back at home. It is a laugh sometimes at night to unpack his bag a see the TREASURE he has collected that day. The one day we went out and as i leave his and hannahs bags packed at the door ready if we go out, i justg grabbed it and off we went. some where along the way i needed a wet wipe so i opened his bag and it was full of carrots!!!!! Not a snack but his weapons, his protection from sherkaan the tiger from Jungle book. Carrots are his fire!!!! we have each had a turn to run around the house holding a carrot chasing tigers or monsters!!!! My son has a huge imagination!!!!!

His fav from his doc kit is his stethoscope, he demands, yes demands, Carla must go to the playroom and lay on poof!!!! he then examines her stomach and listens if there is a baba in there. Thank goodness there is not but he checks everynight!!!! another thing jayden loves is tummies!!!! and boy does he like Carla tummy as it has a bellyring and he loves that!!!!! He going to be a tummy boy!!!!! So girls never mind tha fake boobs start doing situps!!! Only 2 years old and he likes playing Doctor Doctor...................going to be just like his dada!!!! ha ha ha!!!!

Hannah just wont leave her Barney alone and each morning when she sees him it is as if she is seeing him for the first time. The other pressies will have to wait till she has had enough of barney!!!! So glad i found her one on the internet as all the shops here were sold out. Barney not too big in UK!!!! They love the teletubbies and Night Garden.

We spent the day playing inside and everyone had a ball with their xmas pressies!!! I spent most of the time cooking or cleaning!!!! Just as you clean the kitchen it is time to start with next meal and I now know the true meaning of Xmas...............it is FOOD,everything revolves around preparing it, cooking it and eating it!!!!! Thank you to my Hubby for helping out with the cleaning part!!!!! And thank goodness for dishwashers!!!!! I have not watched 1 min of my FRIENDS dvds and did manage to watch 1 chick flik at 1am as hannah would not sleep so we watched a chick flik. She has not slept well past few days not sure why but i am hoping she will get over it soon. This morning we were up at 4.15am!!!!!!

Back to boxing day!!!! well I decided we needed some fresh air so i decided off we would go to the river to feed the ducks and take a walk along the river and go play at the park there. Well the sun was shining but it was freezing. 4 degrees!!!!! we fed the ducks and took a short walk which ended with us running to the car to come home and defrost!!!!! hell it was freezing!!!! I was happy to come home and cook dinner as it was best place to be, next to oven!!!! This whole week is going to be very cold with high of 5 degrees and low of 1 degree. So yip we are trying to stay indoors!!!!! Nice and warm!!!! Luckily kids have enough new toys and games to keep them busy.

The rest of the time we spent playing all sorts of games!!!! jaydens fav these days is hiding go seek. He counts with Carla nad Pete goes and hides!!!!! He also likes to hide from hannah. One of the fav spots to hide is under the poof!!!! When they stand up they look just like a mushroom!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Hannah runs around joining in the fun. She has loved having her Dada home and wont even let him wash dishes. She stands under his legs and waits for him to finish and pick her up. If he takes too long she can get very verbal!!!!! She does love her Dada!!! After 4 days at home with kids , on monday Justin was happy to go to work but just half day!!!!! He offered to go in and help with something....think he just needed a few hours of silence!!!! His flying instructor been sick so he has not been able to fly!!!!! Welcome to my world........kids....24\7.................but i love it and thank goodness for nap times!!!! mama needs it. My kids will nap till they 18.............

To all of you on holiday, on the beach catching a tan.....enjoy...........we freezing here. It has gotten very very cold last few days. Everything is white in the moring...ICE.everything is frozen!!!! Wish i was on Natal beach.......next year hopefully we will have a hot Xmas some where in the world. To all of you at work hang in there almost New years day!!!!! Love to all!!!!!!

We had a wonderful xmas!!!!

2008-12-26T08:05:00.009Z

Hannah was the first to wake up at 4.45am, whats new!!!!!!!!! Except mama was up till 2am preparing for the morning and i could not sleep as i was so excited as it is the first time that Jayden understands all about xmas. We been watching Barney xmas DVD for about a month. By about 7am she was sick of waiting for everyone to wake up. she was hanging on stair gate calling DADA ....finally she gave up and just layed there her eyes begging me to open so she could go wake everyone up. I let ev
ryone sleep in a little as Jayden was up till past 10pm waiting for santa to come say Ho Ho ho. At 8am i finally let her go up and wake evryone up!!!! She loves to wake her dada and jayden up!!!! Jayden then went and jumped on uncle Petes bed to wake him and carla up, as they slept here so they could be here early in morning for pressie time!!!! Jayden forgot it was xmas and had his tea and watched tv till he decided to go check his stocking and for a change it was full...............then the fun began!!!!

First we had fun with the stockings as each morning he would check if his stocking was full so thats where the fun began!!!!!! There were socks in, TRUE Benniman tradition!!! Bubbles and sweets,bath toys etc..........

Hannah got a sing along and dancing Barney, her face when she saw him!!! Then when he started singing. He sings a few songs and she has a microphone to sing along. The one song is If you happy and you know it, it is her fav song and with barney singing it was perfect!!!! her face, she giggled and kissed barney!!!!

Jayden got big trucks, moter bike, quad bike and boat from Uncle pete and a and a comp game, educational of course!!!! He also got a fire truck, a tool kit with a helmet, vest, walkie talkie and his fav goggels for his eyes!!!!!!!!!!!! Moon sand construction kit which he can build walls etc. Cars to build. they each got cell phones so they leave mine away!!!!

I did my xmas shopping early so as i bought i would hide it. then when we started to wrap on monday night it was the first time i took everything out and put it all together and thats when i noticed oops there is enough here for 4 kids but hell they loved it , we loved it, we all enjoyed our day, thats all that matters. And i got another good excuse for spoilling them rotten when i said i would not, they home all day alone with their Mum and weather sux so we need lots of games and activities to keep busy!!!! See, good reason!!!! Next problem, SPACE!!!! so i backed all the old toys away in a box, they can play with their new toys and games and after about a month or so I will bring old toys back and they will be like NEW toys to explore.

Everyone spent the day enjoying their xmas presents. Most of the adults got dvd box sets , so it was a rush for the DVD player!!!! We got Peter the indiana jones box set withh all the movies, he also got the family guy set but we had to wait for kids to nap for that as language is terrible!!!!! I got the full FRIENDS set with every single episode of FRIENDS, from Justin!!!!! I have always wanted that!!!! I got Justin the Band of brothers box set and the kids got him the Superman movies, all of them. Jayden loved watching Superman, if you ask him how does superman song go he makes the superman tune!!!!! And i got some chick fliks from peter and carla so we have lots of DVDs to keep us cosy and warm inside!!! Pity kids dont let us watch in peace!!!! Hannah just loves her Barney and spent afternoon holding and dancing with him. Jayden did not know where to start as he got so many educational games to play and a comp game from uncle pete. Then he got a full art kit with paint, chalk the whole thing so we had to paint!!!!

It was first day that when i wanted to take the kids out to go feed the ducks and a walk along the river, no one wanted to go. They had so much to explore!!!!! Jayden played Doctor doctor with his medical kit!!!! Finally we bathed early as they wanted to play with new bath toys and all were in bed on time so the adults could enjoy the GRUDGE!!!!!!!

We had a lovely day and a wonderful evening!!!! Hope you all had a great one by some of the photos i have seen already on facebook you all had a blast. so nice to watch your baba´s growing!!!! That is why i love to put my pic up as i get so much enjoyment from reading all your blogs and looking at your photos on facebook. Just cause we all over the world does not mean we can not keep in touch and share each others livies!!!! I love to watch Jayden and Elaine´s daughter Amy chat on skype!!!!! Modern play dates!!!!! Have a great friday!!!!

Santa was here.................

2008-12-25T05:40:00.006Z

Merry Christmas!!!!!!!!!!!!

It is 5am and I am up with Hannah but Jayden still fast asleep. And guess what Santa was here, there are pressies under the tree and the stockings are full...........i think Santa forgot only 2 children live here.......Mama went shopping crazy!!!!!

He even enjoyed his cookies that jayden baked just for him and he had one of the mince pies!!!!! He finished his milk but forgot to put his plate in the dishwasher!!!! He even left us a note!!! Thank you uncle Pete!!!!!

Caught red handed!!!!! Everybody loves granny biscuits!!!!!

I went to bed at 2am and hannah had a bottle at 4am. She tossed and turned till 5am then decided it was time to come watch Barney!!!! I am so tired!!!!! But to excited to feel it, it has been a long time since i have been this excited about a Xmas!!!! All because of my boy, Jayden. This is the first year he is starting to understand. We have 2 Barney Xmas DVD and we have been watching it and learning the songs, he has learnt all about when Santa comes and that he likes biscuits and milk. It is just so much fun watching him enjoy it. every morning he checks his stocking and it is empty, cant wait to see his face today when it is FULL!!!!!!

Hope you guys all have a great day with your family and friends and after all the Santa excitment we remember the true meaning of Xmas. God gave us the best gift of all his son. Cant wait to teach Jayden that story. He says his prayers at night with his mum but he is not sure why!!!! But we will get there. To my family all scattered around the world, remember we together in spirit. Hope my Avo has a wonderful day in Madeira, hope my mom has a sunny hot day in SA, Granny and Granddad have a great day in the Cape with Susan and her family. Last year was our turn, this year it is Susans turn, hopefully next year we can all be together!!! Pity we cant all be together this time of year!!!!!! Susan hope you and Pete have a great one with your 2 angels, give them each a big hug from us all in the UK.

Will keep you updated on our Xmas!!!! We even caught Santa on video going over London.

We have lift off.............Santa is on his way!!!

2008-12-24T22:07:00.001Z

Merry Xmas SA!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

One more sleepy till Christmas!!!!!!

2008-12-24T12:42:00.014Z

One more sleepy!!!! It is almost Xmas in SA.........15 min to go. we still waiting. Hannah went to bed at 7pm as usual and is fast asleep. Jayden on the other hand said Santa wanted fresh granny biscuits so we baked biscuits for Santa and then mama made dinner. Pete and Carla are spending the night here to be up early with the kids. They all watching Peter Pan on T.v including Jayden..............no sign of him going to bed!!!! Him and uncle Pete are tracking Santa on the internet and on Youtube........he just left Zanzibar........SA he is on his way!!!!!

Hope you all have great one. Miss you and wish we were there to enjoy a hot SA Xmas but we here and no sign of snow. Actually quite warm but from Saturday getting cold again!!!!!! Let me go so Jayden can see where Santa is....................

On Monday we went and met Santa and his real reindeer. The kids had a ball playing and we had lunch. Then we went and met santa, jayden was ok and asked for his helmet and his guitar................

Hannah screamed and would not leave me alone. She held on like a baby monkey so i could not get a photo of her and Santa, maybe next year!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Just for that Santa gave her a boy toy, so she got a car and dinosaurs!!!!! ha ha ha

On Sunday we went to Chessington Park, it is a theme park but it is closed in the winter but they have a little zoo and an aquirium so we decided to take the kids out for the day. We wanted to see our dear fiends Luigi , Jackie, Paolo and Gina before Xmas so we invited them to join us.

It was to be a sunny warm day according to the internet but as it turned out it was bitter cold but we still walked around and as we made our way round the park we warmed up. The kids had a ball looking at the animals. Hannah enjoyed the sea lion show. Jayden is nuts about the jungle book now so he enjoyed watching the tigers walk around. we watched them feeding the lion. Took a walk around the 3D hocus pocus house, which was fun. i got lost in the mirror maze and finally made my way out with hannah. Hannah and Jayden enjoyed the the under sea area. Jayden loved to see Nimo and Dory!!!!! And the sharks were a big hit!!!! Hannah is going to like diving like her Dada as she just relaxed and stared at all the fish. There is a tunnel you walk through and it feels like you under water and they play under water sounds with bubbles.

Best gift in the world, who could ask for more.

2008-12-20T10:45:00.007Z

I cant begin to tell you how much I love these photos. I was a little sad as there is not one photo that has all four of us looking forward but we wanted relaxed and natural and that is what we got. You try keep my two buggers still. And I noticed in most photos Justin and I are looking at the kids. It is just so hard to keep our eyes off them as every smile and giggle brings us so much joy! We rally do live for our kids, they are our world and EVERYTHING revolves around them.

Thank you so much Jon for understanding what I wanted and just hiding in the background watching us play and capturing these beautiful memories that I will treasure forever. Worth every pence!!!!!! I cant wait for my big frame to arrive with all my fav photos on.

There are one or two that are my fav as they are of Jayden or Hannah alone and their beauty in and out is captured forever for me to remember. The one thing that scares me is how fast my Angels are growing and how quickly they change.I am so scared i forget what they looked like, how they smiled, that is why these pictures are so important to me. I lay at night and say my prayers and thank the Lord for blessing me with such a wonderful husband and then blessing us with not one but two miracles. Time has flown by so fast, sometimes i close my eyes and i can almost feel Jayden moving in my tummy. Now our family is complete and i can lay back and just watch us grow together.

Thank you Love for knowing just what i wanted for Xmas. I know you dont like posing with the kids and taking photos but a Family photo just would not be the same without YOU in it. You are our foundation, you make us strong and help keep us together. Actaully thinking of it, that is my job!!!!!! Truth be told we do it together. At our wedding we said our speech together and since that day we do everything together......we are team BENNIMAN!!!! Thank you for helping me raise our angels. Not only are you the traditional provider and protector but you take time to bath the kids at night, read them stories and tuck them in. How many dada´s come home after a long day at work and do that!!!!!! I know it is not easy with work, studying, flying and making time for us. You are the best Dada in the world and I will for ever be grateful that i chose you to be my husband as what better gift to give my children than the best dada in the world.

I love you and our children more than anything in the world. I say thank you to God everyday for you and the kids as i have changed so much in the past four years. My hopes , my dreams, my inner being has changed. The old Debbie needed so much the new Debbie has everything she needs in the photos below...............You the kids and our faith, our believes holding us together.

Madeira Dec 2008

2008-12-14T13:52:00.004Z

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What a lovely time in Madeira.

2008-12-14T08:23:00.003Z

It was so nice to feel the sun shine on my skin and to feel free and warm. The kids had a ball playing outside and on the beach. They could run on the sand and play in the sun. The one day jayden even took his trousers off and off he went into the sea with his underpants and t shirt. When i stopped him he looked confused, as the previuos day he had wet his trousers so i was not happy but now he had taken them off.............why was i still complaining!!!!! As mommy had this thought of having to go in with my jeans to save him................He enjoyed his swim in the shallow waters!!!!

It was so nice to see my Avo on her birthday and just before Xmas.............kids found and opened their Xmas presents and thank you to all that gave them even more presents!!!!! I actually got my suitcases through without having to pay for extra luggage!!!!!!!! What it joy it was to travel alone with 2 kids under 3................if you can do that you can do anything with kids!!!!!!!!!!!!! Luckily the flight is just 3 and a half hours.......could have been worse!!!! Thank you my angels for being so well behaved. To all of you that thought the loo in a plane were small and cramped.....try going to the loo with two kids hanging on you............we had fun and we happy we home.

Kids missed their Dada veeeeeeeeeeeeeerrrrrrrrrryyyyyyyy much but thank goodness for skype!!!!! They got to speak to him and say good morning and when ever they wanted to say hi they could go to comp and call him. Sure dada had fun talking to his Petal and silly bugger infront of everyone at work.........At night Jayden even got his bedtime story and he was so happy to see the pictures from his fav book from home. only problem was when Jayden wants to call dada but Hannah watching Barney on comp........they each need their own. And mama never got a turn. So sorry that no emails got any replies!!!!!!!

We happy to be back home but the weather is terrible.............it is freezing. justin had to buy a ice scraper. Bet you guys dont have one of those!!!! This weekend has been so cold..............high is 5 degrees!!!!! And yesterday it rained all day. Hannah had me up at 4am and it was raining, last night when i went to bed it was still raining. Peter and carla wanted to take us to London, so they could take jayden to see the dinosaurs at the Natural History museum but it was terrible. We have not formally said WELCOME TO THE UK AUNTY CARLA!!!! but we are happy to have her here as finally Peter can smile again!!!!! Love sick teenagers!!!!! And yesterday Justin and I went and enjoyed breakfast ALONE!!!!!! Thank you to pete and carla for looking after our Angels so we could go enjoy our first meal out alone in over 1 year!!!!!!!!!!!!! What a joy it was to enjoy a meal and not have little fingers digging in it and half your food on the floor and salt in your coffee etc....... Jayden loves aunty Carla as she is a softy not like his Mama. When i put him to bed and say 1 story thats it!!!!! But Aunty Carla falls for those big eyes when he says `just one more´......other day i think he got about 10 stories!!!! Little charmer like his dada............

Well Justin gone flying this morning as it finally stopped raining!!!!! Kids and i are enjoying a lazy Sunday morning warm inside.

well we have put up our tree( photos will be posted soon!!!) and we are very excited to enjoy our first COLD xmas. Well maybe we will have snow. It sure is white in the morings.........we spendeing it at home with Uncle pete and aunty carla . Uncle Jason and his girl friend were invited but unfortunately he cant make it but will make a plan to come see us before he moves to New Zealand!!!! All this time he has been here in Uk so far away from us.....now we all move here and he is moving to NZ. Are you running away from us.........................only time we Bennimans have all been together was for our wedding!!!!! One day we will have a nice big Family Xmas!!!!!!! Merry Xmas to Granddad and Granny in Botswana, and aunty Susan Uncle pete, Katie and Dylan in Goerge!!!!!!! We want lots of photos.........

Well hope you all have a great week..................

Happy 76th Birthday Avo........

2008-11-20T19:37:00.006Z

21st November 2008: My Avo´s ( Gran) birthday!!!!!

W are going to Maeira to visit my gran for her Birthday. Kids and I are leaving tommorrow morning!!! We are leaving home at 4.30am as we have to be at airport by 5.15am. FUN !!!!!!

Justin is away on business so i have to get myself and kids packed and ready all on my own!!!! So i am waiting for Jayden to go to bed because as i pack he unpacks. He is so happy he is going on ZOOM!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

I am so happy to be going to see my gran for her bday!!!! Cant remember when last we were together for her bday!!!! I usually visit in June from SA!!!! So this year i was there for my Birthday and now we will be there for her bday!!!! she is so happy to see the kids again!!! She has Hannah´s bed all ready in her room. Her and Hannah really bonded while we were there this year. It was so nice to spend 5 months with her and watch her with the kids.

She was and is the best gran anyone could ask for. My grandparents lived with us as my mom and I were on our own from when i was very small. My mom had to work so my gran looked after me. She was like the `stay at home mom´ She worked at my school tuck shop, she was home when i got home from school with lunch ready!!!! She helped me with my home work. Some of my best childhood memories are of visiting Madeira with her. I loved Madeira from a very young age!

After my grand father died she moved back to Madeira. I was 10 and it was very hard loosing them. She came back when i was in Std 6 and it was heavan again. But unfortunatly she moved back to madeira. I loved coming to visit her but our holidays alway seemed to short. We are very similar. We both love baking, and her cooking is to die for.

Thank you God for giving me my Avo. Thank you for giving me the oppertunity to share so much with her. She flew to Sa for Jaydens birth. And she loved having Hannah over. Thank you for letting my children have the oppertunity of having a great grandmother. They love their Biza Avo!!!!!! Please give us many more happy memories together!!!!

I have some photos to share of the best Avo and the best Biza Avo in the world!!!!!

Avo and Jayden when he was small. She came to visit us for 4 months!!!!

Autumn Leaves!!!!!!!!!!

2008-11-20T14:19:00.005Z

Yesterday was a chilly Autumn day but the sun was shinning so we decided to go for a walk in the park. We Took a lovely walk and collected all different Autumn leaves. The kids had a ball playing in the leaves and i had fun chasing them with the camera. Luckily we decided to wear old clothes as we were covered in mud. Except hannah had a ball breaking in her new takkies. From pink to brown in a flash!!!!!!!! Not to bad.

After our walk we stopped at the play ground and made an autumn picture to give to Dada. We were covered in glue and thank goodness for wet wipes!!!!!! Dada loved the picture. We played and had fun on the swings etc. We then came home for some lunch and a nap!!!!

We are off to Madeira tommorrow for 2 weeks to go visit my gran as it is her birthday tommorrow!!!!! We going to miss our Dada but Jayden so excited to be going on a real zoom again and has promised his Dada to look after the girls in the family!!!!!

Enjoy the weekend.

My water babies!!!!!

2008-11-09T18:21:00.007Z

Well i hope you all doing well and nice and warm in SA....while we in the cold cold. What amazes me about the british is they just dont give a shit if it rains............in SA if it rains a sports game is cancelled. If you driving down the road and it starts raining everyone starts running for selter here they just carry on walking as if it is not even raining............so we have decided to be a little more like them and even though it is cold we went out and enjoyed our weekend!!!!!!!!

The whole of last week at night we could hear tons of fire works and Jayden loved the view from his bedroom window and watched all the fire works. So we decided to go to a firework display on friday night!!!! Got the kids all snug and warm and off we went out at night!!!!! We usually prefer to stay in our warm home were we can relax and forget that it is so cold outside......There were tons of people and such long queues but luckily Justin had arranged tickets from a friend at work so we skipped the queues. It was a fun fare and had lots of games and rides for Jayden. Fire work display started at 7.30pm so we decided to go find a nice spot around the rugby field to see the fireworks. it all started and was beautiful but Jayden hated the bangs.....Hannah slept throught it all snug on her Dada´s chest!!!! So the fireman said we could sit in the fire truck...yes we sat in a huge fire truck and watched the display!!! Jayden was happy as he could see all the fireworks and hear no bangs!!! There was another little girl in the truck as well, blonde little 2 year old also from SA!!!!!! After the firework display we had fun on the rides and then we went home by 8pm.....as the party starting getting rough!!! can you believe the teenagers in this place!!!! By 8pm there were 14 year old girls and younger that could not even walk they were so drunk....cops were arresting them and calling parents etc so we decided time to go home and it was getting very chilly!!!!!!!!!! cold not chilly!!!!!!!! Sorry no photos as mum was clever and was packing so many gloves and bennies i forgot the camera..........

Saturday we went Xmas shopping and mama got a stunning Desiel jacket, and the full collection of friends Dvd´s from series 1 to 10......have always wanted that!!!!!!!!!!! Dada got full series of Band of brothers and the sound tracks of all 3 American pie movies!!!! kids got some pressies too. Now i have to hide them....Jayden already got his hands on the tool box with tools in it!!!!!!!!!!!!! We got them 2 Barney Dvd´s about Xmas which they are loving as we learning all the Xmas songs!!!!!! Got them 2 other barney Dvd´s, barney at the zoo and barney on the farm but those are for Xmas and are hidden......cant wait for xmas....cant wait to put tree up but knowing my kids i am going to be picking up Xmas decoration the whole december!!!!!

Sunday we went swimming!!!! Yip swimming!!! Jayden was so excited he packed his bag on saturday night!!!!! We went to an indoor pool centre........so much fun...winter outside but you forget that once you have paid and you in......warm.....warm water, walk aroung in summer clothes and act as if you on the beach!!!!!!!! only thing is you dont have to put sun screen on as there aint no sun!!!!!!!!!!! There are slide and all sorts of fun things for the kids. A pirate boat in the water with all sorts of fountains etc. , a wave pool which Hannah loved!!!!!!! All sorts of sea creatures like a whale and when you sit on him he squirts water out his airhole........we enjoyed our swim and then we went to burger king!!!! Showered and got kids dry, blow dried hair etc...then we went to the burger king for lunch. we were all starving!!!! Jayden never finishes his food and he ate it all and was still hungry and he had a yoghurt with lunch!!!! Sorry could not take photos as they dont allow you to as you might be a sex offender taking pics of kids!!!!! yip but i sneaked a few then got caught!!!!!! Yip me always in trouble!!!!! apparently next time i can go fill in forms etc then they will allow me to take pics.so next time....

SO very busy!!!!!

2008-10-27T14:44:00.009Z

We have been so busy that it feels like the last 2 weeks have just zoomed by and we almost got left behind!!!!! Justin has been working so hard at work as they have a huge contract to finish. i have been so busy with the kids. and any spare time is spent resting!!!!! Which we have not done much of!!!!!

So i dont even know where to begin so i am just going to post some pictures and explain as i go along. Well let me explain how things work here!!! It is too wet to hang clothes outside and way to cold...it would freeze!!!!! So we hang it up in the play room as it is the warmest room!!!! Hannah loves helping mama hang the clothes up but has even more fun pulling it off!!!! Mama does the washing If i am lucky the washing machien is not full of toys as this is Jaydens storage place for his monter slaying tools!!!! Dada does the ironing as mama cant iron to save her life!!!! But these days he has a helper. Jayden got a toy iron and he loves to help his Dada iron!!!!!

Hannah finally got a little doll and is such a good mama when she is not chewing the toes or gragging her around by the foot. Sometimes she will lay with her baba and pat the back.....so cute!!!!! I kisses and makes a kissing sound which she loves as she LOVES kisses!!!! If she hears the baba kissing she starts looking for her!!!!

Jayden loves watching MR Maker on T.V. He makes all sorts of arts and crafts. He has this huge wall full of drawers with all sorts of colourful things you can use to make things. so we got Jayden some art supplies and a cute drawer set to put it in. And we got him big boy scissors!!!!! Which thank goodness he only has used to cut paper and his lip once!!!!! He loves art!!!!! Most of the time the feathers and pipe cleaners are all over the floor and mama has fun picking it up!!!!! When hannah goes to bed the fun begins!!!! Mr maker and play dough comes out!!!!!

Jayden got new sun glasses and loves to wear them on his head just like mum......on our way down to Brighton to see Uncle Jason. We went down to Brighton on Saturday to have lunch with Jason as he said it was a lovely day!!!! By the time we got there it was cold and windy but Jayden still had fun on the beach while mama froze!!!! Those pebbles felt like they were in the freezer!!!! But he had fun and it was nice to see all three Benniman brothers together!!! Sorry no photos as my brain was frozen i forgot to take photos!!!! Next time!!!! On Sunday we had a family photo shoot which was fun and games to get my two buggers to sit still!!!! well sure we got a few good pics!!! will share those the min i have them!!!!!!

Thats about it for now.....have a great week and we will chat again soon!!!! It is dinner time this side of the world!!! we a little mixed up as the time changed on saturday night....so we one hour earlier thats fine for adults but the little buggers have to get use to it!!!! But by today we fine!!!!!