Monday, August 25, 2008

No kidding

You know I’ve said that there are so many kids in the complex, and Caleb and Aaron seem to always have company…well, yesterday while Nick was out at church, Josh and Kayleigh came over and they were watching a DVD together (the weather wasn’t good and Caleb has developed a cold, so he is house-bound). Anyway, while they were watching, three more kids wandered by the front of the house, and onto the patio. I was very surprised to see these particular kids, and I crept outside to take a photo. When they saw me coming they got very skittish, and in a panic they jumped over the patio wall, onto the grass and ran away. Shame, they were quite sweet, and I’ve never seen goats so close before! Ha ha.


When Nick got home from church (after a total of two hours driving time), he said that Harry and Jenny were coming for afternoon tea. Yippee! Lunch was meatballs, chips and veggies – quite a nice meal. H&J arrived at about 2.45, and we had a good afternoon together – other than me having a noticeably ‘off’ afternoon – I was extremely irritable, especially with the boys. Possibly due to non-sleeping on Saturday night (after waking at 2 am with Caleb’s coughing, I couldn’t get back to sleep on the uncomfortable bed which sags in the middle, causing Nick to roll into the middle and me to be left with 30cm on the edge…I opted for the lounge floor!). But otherwise, it was very good. They left at about 4.30, giving us enough time to get ready for leave for church at 5.30. Nick wanted to be at Pillings early, because we still needed to see exactly where we would be meeting and set out chairs. By 6.30 we were having our band practice. There were only 16 people at church, including Nick, me and the boys – a disappointing turnout, but at least there were some people! Nick prayed especially for our church in his intercessory prayer, to encourage the people.

Today we woke up to fog and chilly weather, although it cleared a little during the morning. The boys watched a DVD again, but otherwise they were just inside the whole day. I have started scrapping a rockfall page which is going slowly. Jennifer phoned during the day to invite us around for hotdogs – today was a bank holiday, so Harry was off work. We were there at 4, and ate soon after. With Jenny, no meal is ever plain…hotdogs aren’t just sausages on a roll with tomato sauce – no, no, she made vetkoek and a tomato and onion mixture, in which she submerged the sausages. It was so yummy! We always have a good time of fellowship with them. I wanted to get home in time for the boys to have a quick bath, so we left at about 6.30, and now the boys are bathed and waiting for a bedtime story.

We have adopted a cat, sort of – one of the strays which roam around here. She has three kittens, with whom we became acquainted when we used to visit the Williamsons next door. Anyway, she sits on our doorstep and meows, so we give her a saucer of milk, or bits of ham, or whatever we can scrounge. One of the kittens was with her today – I don’t know what’s happened with the other two. Sometimes she sits at the lounge window, just staring out. Caleb made a sculpture of her today with Lego, which looked very sphinx-like – actually it was very good!

Peanut butter and bread (below)

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