Whale, we think, and party

After Good News Club we took Keisha home, and then went to the Half Tree Hollow Spar to see what they had on offer on their reductions shelf – a great way to buy cheap and unnecessary luxuries! On the way home, driving down the steep hill towards the bottom of Half Tree Hollow, Nick thought he saw something unusual in the sea, so we stopped off at the top of Jacob’s Ladder to have a better look. It was very far away, but we are fairly convinced that it was a whale, slicing through the surface of the waters. It looked too dark to be a boat, and went under too often – must have been some sort of sea creature! Too small to be dolphins…so we are guessing at whale. At 2 pm we went out to Isaac’s party at the mule yard, and the boys dove onto the jumping castle straight away. You don’t really need more than some kids, a jumping castle, a round of pass-the-parcel, plenty of sweets and some juice to have a fabulous party. Jane had catered very well and there was loads of food which we all enjoyed, eating way too many cream-filled marshmallows and fake teeth. Caleb bumped heads with Hannah, resulting in lots of tears from both and a nasty bruise on Hannah’s forehead, and Aaron fell off something and hit his head, but otherwise there were no major catastrophes! Jane had bought pirate hats and eye patches while on holiday in SA, in preparation for the party, so all the kids were running around with their props. The plastic eye patches had a little grid in the middle so one could actually see through it, so dear Aaron put one over each eye, looking rather like a fly. (Photo: Nick trying to help Jane light the candles, with the birthday boy Isaac in front of Nick).

Today, the 29th of September, is our two-year anniversary of leaving the shores of South Africa.