The Case of the Unclean Hair .

Hmmmmm...what shall I gab on about?............. Let me tell you about my day!

The kids started school with a story from Whit's End Radio. I thought it would be a great opportunity to wash my hair, while they listened! This was not to be....Tanna needed to be disciplined!

I explained their Maths to them..........and trotted off to the shower to wash my hair. Hubby rang and said...."Organize accommodation,...you and the kids are coming with me on my business trip!" For the moment my hair had to take a backseat, as I am desperate for a break from our very busy city!!!!!!!!!!!

With that all organized, I gather the kids and read to them for 40 minutes.With History finished for the year, we move onto Language. I give them their work and head for the shower! As I disrobe, I realize it is almost Gym time....so why shower and wash hair before?!!! I check on the kids and zoom off to the gym.

I return home at 1:15pm........pick up Codey and rush him off to swimming.Go to the shops for a few odds and ends, and then collect him from swimming and go home.

Oh my...I have an hour before I need to take Jamie to Afrikaans lessons....it looks like I WILL get my hair washed after all! NOT TO BE....Jamie had promised a friend that he would drop off a PC Game at his house! This we do! We return home, I run a bath and at least get clean, but no time for a hair wash!

At 4:00pm I rush out to the shops to buy myself a few items of clothes I desperately need!

Once at home(5:30pm) I begin to make dinner with VERY dirty hair!

You know the rest of the routine...............

8:30pm......I am know at the computer,.....blogging away and I am TOO tired to care a tinkers continental about my unclean hair!!!

I will address this in zee morning!

Bye

Fifi

Nasty little critters !

A nasty tummy bug is doing it's rounds in my family! The last to fall victim to this menace was Tanna-Jayde! She had complained once in this morning that she ' need to go doctor, tummy sore!"

The only one who hasn't had it is ME....but I'm not susceptible to tummy problems! It's my Birthday tomorrow......(i just threw this in!! Teehee!) and I would hate to be sitting on the bog all day!!!!!!

On the way to tennis Tanna let rip, and the mornings food landed in her lap and pooled in the car seat!!! URGHHHH! I can endure many things..... but chunky vomit is not on that list!

My birthday wish is:...... that the day be vomit free, sunny and filled with happy times with my family! and of course a few presents would be great!!!

Love

Fiffi

Happy 38th MrGee!

Boyd, my hubby, turns 38 tomorrow! I remember (when I was 18) thinking it must be HORRID to be over 30, and that it was all down hill from there!!

Like a good wine (Yes, I can relate to a good red wine!) we can become vinegar or we can mature beautifully! Keeping with the wine story....I can say that my Hubby comes from a very good vineyard, and over the past 12 years I have seen him grow into a loving husband, an outstanding father and a successful business man. As our marriage has unfolded I have seen him mature beautifully in SO many areas!

HAPPY BIRTHDAY BOYD!

Love you always

Feefs

Miss Tanzi cracks me up!

I love the age between 2 and 3. Tanna-Jayde is just over 2 years and she says the most amusing things! Having the two older boys just ADDS to the fun! Every day she says something that cracks us up!

The other day, I heard the scream of a frustrated little girl...so I rushed to her aid! As I entered the room I heard her say " Wanna piece of me?" and she ran over to Codey and clobbered him on the back. She certainly DID NOT need me to help her fight this battle! I separated the two and began to ask questions. Bottom line Codey felt she should not have a Koki pen.....she felt otherwise! I had to discipline her with those words "Wanna piece of me" ringing in my ears.....It was hard to keep a straight face!!!!

When I ask her to carry something she says....."I only two hands!"(I only have two hands)...I wonder who says that? Perhaps ME?

Tanna LOVES Barney! and is forever singing "I love you...blaadee blaadee poo etc......" The boys found a song on the internet by Wierd Al Yankowitz.It goes like this...."Oh boy Barney's on fire....it's my secret desire, oh watch the flames get higher....no more purple dinosaur....etc." Tanna now sings (in her loudest voice) a compilation of these two songs!

And Lastly, if I ask her what her name is , she says ,

"I Tanna........Princess of Wonderland!'

(I adore you Princess of Wonderland xxx)

Wordless Wednesday

So diverse , it's scary !

I mentioned a while back that the culture and life in South Africa is very DIVERSE! Well, I thought I would give an example! Now you need to understand that most of the photos I have posted are not taken by me and there is a good reason why!

If I had to venture onto the streets of Johannesburg with a digital camera, I would be PROMPTLY relieved of it! In fact my life may even be at risk!

You may be thinking "Oh, Boy another drama queen!" No not at all........others have been killed for much less! Scary yes.........but we have learnt to adapt and be SO aware! So the pics ARE of the real places but just not taken by me!

Yes....as I was saying, I would like to show you the contrast of living conditions we have in our country!

About 3km away from my home, we have an exclusive Golfing Estate.

The average house costs 6-8 Million Rand and looks like this...............

Now, on the other side of this estate's massive walls, we have people living in a squatter camp .............

who have to endure terrible living conditions..........................

Unfortunately that is life here............extreme juxtaposition!

The situation is terribly sad.

Love

Fifi

Morning Out ...... ALONE!

It's Monday morning and Hubby and I are going out for the morning ........ ALONE!

We'll probably do breakfast and browse a couple of bookstores but the beauty of it is that we will be ......... ALONE! The last few weeks have been extremely hectic, and this past weekend I barely saw dear hubby! It's a rainy day but the kids are excited as they will be watching " Star wars: Revenge of the Sith".

So Adios

Have a great day!

love Fifi

7 weeks til Summer hols!

As we race down the straight to the finish......(in other words , as we attempt to complete all the allotted work for the year), I look back towards the start,and stand amazed at how the presence of God and the Holy Spirit has been with us!
We have had times when the 'Joy of the Lord' has overcome us, and we have all ended up laughing and laughing for NO particular reason! God knew why we needed it!
We have stood in agreement, and have seen prayer answered.
Attitudes( including mine!) have been challenged and the necessary adjustments have been made!
We have read touching and life changing stories....and have cried.
Our eyes have been opened to the beauty and excitement of the Old Testament.
It has been a great year!

Love
Fifi

PS.......It looks like Hubby will be able to retrieve most of my photos from the last 2 years!!!!!!!

Mind Mapping

At the beginning of this year I came across a book called Mind Maps for kids by Tony Buzan. Because Jamie was just starting out on the homeschooling path I decided to focus on other things and set this aside.

On Monday I gave him the book, and we went through the basics. I went to the National Geographic Kids magazine, found an artical on 'The Giant Squid", and told him to go to the outside chalk board and to PROCEED!


He spent an hour 'designing' his mind map......and when finished said, "Mom, can I do another one soon?" HE LOVED IT!~
Just as Lap Booking allows you to learn as you create...SO DOES Mind Mapping!
I tried Lap Booking with my boys and they were NOT too interested in all the colouring in and cutting out! BUT.... with mind mapping, they get to be creative without all that extra fuss!

Check it out!

Fifi

How to Mind Map
An example of an Adult Mind Map

Almost done!

6 weeks left till the school year ends, and we are looking GOOD!

We finished History last week...the kids were quite upset! They LOVE History!

Jamie has completed the Maths necessary for this year, but we are going over certain areas that could do with reinforcing.Codey has almost completed Maths for the year. They have both excelled in reading and Language Arts. Jamie(11) has read 63 Books and Codey(8) has read 27 books. I am SO proud of them!

We have thoroughly enjoyed the Sonlight Combined 1&2 Year World History.

For next year I'm STILL not decided on what to do! HELP!!!!! I am keen to do American History (year 3&4 combined) with Science 4(Electricity & Magnetism). Anyone used these? I would love to hear your advice!

Fiona