Sweet 16

This was a fairly unproductive week where schoolwork was concerned. Thursday was filled with a whole day of science/geography by Barry from Education Support. Apart from that, we were making arrangements for Jesse’s 16th Birthday Party on Friday.

Friday was filled with a long awaited, fun filled day at Gold Reef City. We hadn’t been to Gold Reef City since Misha’s last school trip in 2006. In those days he was still to short to go on all the ride. This time though, he wanted to do some of the kiddie rides but was told he was too big. 

We left Gold Reef City at 15h30 to move the party home for cake, snacks & movies.

On Saturday Jesse spent the day at the Northgate Ice with some friends arena to test out his brand new ice skates.

Sunday was spent at home quietly but with the exception of lunch at the Spur in the afternoon.

I still find it hard to believe that my little boy has turned into such a charming young man.

Chillax & Celebrate

And here we've reached the halfway mark of another year and the end of our first week of school holiday.

I was quite impressed with Misha this week. He was home alone with me all week & not once did he request a friend to play with. After all this time home educating he's finally managing to entertain himself & has become less dependant on friends to keep him busy. Instead he helped me bake muffins & entertained himself with games inside as well as outside. On Wednesday he helped me bake pancakes. Thursday morning he ate up Daddy's pancakes & insisted to make new ones before dad got home. However by Thursday evening he was missing his Ouboet & couldn't wait for Friday when Jesse was due to arrive back home. Then on Friday he insisted on surprising Ouboet with some pancakes which he made with very little assistance & then he crowned himself the "pancake masterchef".

Last Saturday our eldest turned 15 & with him having been on holiday with a friend, today became the chosen opportunity for his birthday party. We set out to the Northgate Ice Arena for an early afternoon start at 12pm... Although very noisy & cold the kids seemed to have had loads of fun. By 5pm all the adults were quite happy that they were all done & ready to head home.

Of course Misha opted to go home with a friend for a sleepover & Jesse brought his bestest buddies home for some more fun & gaming...

Having wrapped up Jesse's birthday, now it is time again to plan for the next one our list. Clive will be 42 next Sunday, so that doesn't really leave all that much time in the planning department which besides cooking & baking do not rank very high on my gifts & talents lists... At least the next birthday is only in September, leaving ample time to sort out arrangements... but for now I'll head to bed & allow myself to dream up some ideas for Sunday...