we had a nice holiday in e cape 5 days haga haga then st francis with 2 nights in pe. Weather not so good for fishing but otherwise good. I am now back at school 3 days a week . not yet at boarding school but dad says if i keep nagging mom i might get lucky! Swimming starts this week but had to miss out as dad's car in the workshop for repair. I am "doing lots of deals " with mama and dad, 2 more minutes play before bathtime etc. Other catch phrases currently include " a race against time, stop in the name of Plod" . Dad's vege garden is coming on nicely, fruit trees have taken nicely , had a good carrot crop, mielies looking good but the onions not as well as hoped for. Dad says he needs to run a hosepipe down via the borehole system. Should not be too expensive but ....... We are probably going to drive down for granny's birthday in March.

it's been a while since my last post. we have all been very busy so far this year. dad has been busy in the garden, planted 3 orange trees, a clementine, an avocado tree, peach and another lemon as well as a pomegranate! also a fig tree carrots , onions and beans, corn
had to transplant the peach after 3 months as the new foliage on the plane trees made it think winter had arrived and it started becoming dormant thus meaning it would never bear fruit as it would not know what season it was. bit of a mission!we are all going to haga haga via pe next fri for 5 days then csf for a few more , 10 days off in total.tiger nearly caught a hadedah the other day, dad had to catch it and take it to the world of birds.......... apparently concussed. tiger just kept running over it as not sure what to do with it! dad is busy stripping the paint of the balcony balustrade , so can repaint then put in flower boxes with climbing jasmine.big job. dad also aquired for himself a partner's desk courtesy the taxman! i am tinkering with dad's old keyboard and having great fun. got a new stand up scooter yesterday as i am a bit big for my black bike now but still not too keen on the "proper bike' i got for my birthday. i know my abc' s as well as all the months and am currently learning do ray me.... i often sing songs with daddy at bedtime. my swimming has improved remarkably in the last 3 months. i am virtually diving into the water and have no problem putting my head under the water. dad came with yesterday and took some videos. hopefully this camera wont get stolen like the last one! i am still mad about trains and enjoy watching steam train video clips with dad on the " puta" i have pinched some of dad's old calculators and use them respectively as my wallet, my "puta" and the last one to fly my aeroplane by remote control. red button is to start my engine!
had a soft serve ice cream yesterday from kfc and gave it the thumbs up ' very good' , face full of ice cream!

a few pics. potty trainig, 2nd birthday etc

its been along time since my last post! Daddy has been very busy. We moved to a bigger house. Dad had to paint the old house , fix the roof , skirting boards etc. Moved on 1 august with some help from gavin ,mark z , roy and headman. Got burgled on 18 august! Seemed like an inside job via the area security company. Managed to recover the mazda as well as dads briefcase and wallet . (its a loong story) . Unfortunately lost the video camera with all my footage on since birth. (software problem on the canon hg10) Dad had just managed to get the software after nearly a year fight with canon and was going to download after the move!! Anyway we have now settled in. New alarm system upgrade.Ridgeback.additional security upgrades and few more planned. Quite a bit of repair work done since moved in and a small lawsuit planned for the previous owners. Went to Cape St Francis in jan and going again in April .Dad is going to come with this time! Had a great time playing in the rock pools with "my Billy". Had races down the driveway with billy on our black scooters. I am now 1.05 m tall and weigh 17kg. I am still going to swimming classes with Bronwyn, playschool twice a week and am talking like crazy since December.I am doing lots of art stuff, sticking , drawing , colouring at my table. We have a grey cat now, official name Gandalf , but i have christened him Myami. Tiger is very protective of me and even protects me from cousin Billy. Daddy has fixed his old bicycle for me and i just need to grow a little first. I like to watch ICE on dvd as well as PANDA (ice age 1 or 2 and kungfu panda)

I am now just over 18.5 months old.l I said my first word 2 days ago on 2 March. Besides "mom" and "dad' that is . Pointed at a picture of a baby in a magazine and said 'baby". I went for my booster shot 2 weeks ago and am still on the 97th percentile for age. 88 cm and 14 kg. I have popped out about 4-5 more molars. Swimming is improving in leaps and bounds. I get in and out by myself, can monkey walk around tho outside and am starting to attempt short distances by myself. I sleep right through now . I help dad to weed the garden as well as watering the plants with my watering can. We all went down to Port Elizabeth to visit granny , grandpa and uncle Howard. After 4 days we went to the Transkei to Bull's inn @ Mbolompo for a week , then Kob Inn for a few days . I had great fun . Played in the river and on the beach, saw lots of cows , donkeys , dogs, sheep and goats. Dad only caught a turtle and a shark so I never saw any big fish , but I liked the little ones that he caught for live bait. We also went to the Hole-in the- Wall in the TK. Dad carried me all the way from the carpark behind the hotel. We stopped off in PE again on the way back. I also go to Kindermusik which I like a lot . I am starting to draw pictures with crayons. I point out the moon and the stars at night .

Hi there. I am nearly 16 months old. Still only 8 teeth. I seem to be favouring my left hand for tasks. Am still growing like a weed. Tried to copy the cat and eat grass in the garden the other day . Mom nearly fell over laughing. Like to water the lavender and the lawn. Have started to kick the soccer ball and not just pick it up with my hands. Love the rugby balls dad got me. Still not quite tall enough to work my scooter properly yet. Xmas nearly here .