Sleepless in ...

Well, not quite Seattle, eh?  Adam is in Jhb for his 20 year school reunion. We're both looking at the years and wondering where they went and if we really are quite that, um, old? Hate to use that word!

Well, kids and I are going strong, though I did pass out on the couch this afternoon after a visit to Muizenberg on the train. 

Da boyz!

The girlfriends...

Jessica refused to share her chocolate brownie ice cream with me and gave me the dreaded dark stare of denial. I countered with the promise to take it away if not shared. Jessica's look of dislike intensified, but I did get a scoop. Luke, on the other hand, was friendly to the extreme and held out his peppermint cup to me unasked.

Waiting on the platform for our train home

What different kids I have: 

• Jessica loves the sea (a walk down the beach saw her come out sopping), Luke runs away from a wave 10m away that is just lapping at the shore. 
• Luke throws things, Jessica collects them. 
• Luke sleeps in the day. Jessica unpacks every cupboard and hidden thing I have if I sleep in the day! 

My precious little people are fast asleep, and I'm heading that way too.
 
Roll on Sunday and Adam home. The house is too quiet without my man. I have the radio on to fill the gaps, but I'm restless without a warm body to turn into and hold. Mmm. Just 21 hours till I get that hug and smoooooch hello!

Spring is sprung in Cape Town

Family forest time

Who's walking here?

Adventuring through the ferns...

"What's up there???"

"Arhrhrh! It's mom and her camera!"

"I'm being good, promise!"

Time to take a break and sit on Dad

Some of us take more relaxed breaks than others!

Ballerina beginnings

The blur of motion of little girls in pink skipping across a dance floor...

Jessica thrilled to be one of the flock... a real "Angelina Ballerina"

And of course, with friends Emma (L) and Sienna (R), what more could our four year old girl want?

My working world

My office has good vistas - situated at the base of TM (looking up at the catchment area of Platteklip)

We enter the old water tunnels that carried runoff down to the ships for resupply in the times of van Riebeeck (the old Varsche River)

To exit in the grounds of the Castle of Good Hope

Been doing this for Dwain while he's out of town - been good but takes a LOT of organising behind the scenes for just walking down a 2km tunnel... However, can you beat the views and ambience??