Tis the season...

T'is the season to be Jolly (thank goodness) - November is always a hectic month for me so I am glad its over.... This weekend we put up our Christmas tree and decorations, last night we drank coffee and watched our first christmas DVD of the season while the slow cooker slowly cooked something delicious.

 .... and then this morning Tinsel appeared with a little pressie and a note for Mr Lolly.

Christmas magic is in the air.

MIA

I have been MIA for a little while, I took some time off to prepare for the festive season and to unwind a bit. I managed a day of total rest and then I got my life in order. All my Christmas presents are sorted, I watched a movie at the actual movies, and I eventually started my "Lolly quilt" made of all his old baby clothes! I cut the squares ages ago and finally got my machine out (with a little reminder crash course from my mom) I managed to sew all the squares into strips.

 I added some bits and pieces to them - a bib, a sock, a little tiny shoe, the first outfit Mike ever bought Lolly (which turned out to be WAY too big and he only ended up wearing it months later) - all very special memories and each and every piece of material took me back to him being a little baba.

I cant wait to sew all the strips together and then all his baby blanky's for the back! I will be able to cling to this when my baby seems to be getting TOO big!

These moments...

These moments....

Camp outs...

During the week its all about routine / bedtimes and structure - its who I am. I feel its so important however I also feel there needs to be a balance so every couple of weeks we have a camp out in the lounge.... some weeks are hectic and full and we are both so tired and somehow cooking a nice dinner and having a little camp out in the lounge refreshes us. Oliver will soon be old enough to join us in our camp out but for the moment he is just so delighted to have the mattress in the lounge and then in the morning to find it still there. Its that little bit of chaos that seems to keep us all sane from time to time.

I hope we never feel too old for camp outs in the lounge!!

Little boys...

Little boys are the BEST!! I have a huge soft spot for boys and all they joys that come along with them!! Our little boys has so many cute things that he is into at the moment... he is talking so beautifully and "doing" (when I say doing I mean fixing and messing ) anything he can get his hands on... he doesn't mind dirty feet but he hates dirty hands!

 Lately he has been sitting in boxes... and singing songs and reading books....

This boy makes my heart so full!!!

Come again weekend!!

We had such a lovely weekend... we ended our weekend with a nice little braai which, before it was lit was Lollys braai. He pulled his trolley and all his food stuffs to the braai and cooked for us! This kid loves to "cook fire" as he calls it.

 Of course for pudding we braai'd marshmallows with Marie biscuits - I thought Oliver would LOVE this but he was so concerned by his sticky fingers that he wasn't as excited about the pudding as I was.

I think Friday night is a good night for another braai... undercover patio, drink in hand, my boys - best Friday night!

Lolly's big school...

Next year my Lolly is going to school. Be still my heart. He has been with Sylvia since I went back to work and she has become family to us! The fact that my child now has to go to school makes me so nervous for him... The principle of Birches Pre Primary is amazing and agreed we can go play there on Friday afternoons to familiarize him with the school. 

The other kiddies loved on Lolly and played with him and even though at first he was shy, he eventually came around and had lots of fun! He used the toilet and saw the reading room...

I am now honestly more excited for him than nervous as I know he is going to LOVE it there! Tomorrow night is parents evening, I am looking forward to it!