So apparently it’s not actually mother’s day today – I believe it is next Sunday in SA! We went ahead with ours anyway, as we only discovered the wrong date late in the afternoon. The boys were awake at 6 am, ready and waiting at the bedroom door to give me my cards and presents, making a lot of noise – not a very appropriate beginning to the day! At about 6.30 I couldn’t pretend they weren’t there any more, so we opened the curtains to let a bit of light in and they presented their cards – very sweet sentiments of never-ending love and lots of love and loveliness.
Nick arrived home from church at 12.30 and got the braai going, and then Harry and Jennifer arrived about ten minutes later, followed by Steve and Maureen ten minutes after that. It was really a super afternoon with excellent conversation. The men were happy to sit in the top bit while Nick cooked the meat, while us ladies sat around the table on the porch. The boys were between the two groups, not really fitting in with either parties! Shame, they really would have liked some friends of their own. The food was excellent and plentiful – considering that there were no Saints present, we really did very well. We had about ten varieties of meat and chicken, as well as potato salad, savoury rice, tomatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, baked beans, pineapple and garlic bread. Pudding was a cherry and strawberry crumble which I made with custard, and pineapple and yoghurt. It was 3 pm by the time we finished pudding, and then we had tea – we decided to let the food settle for a while before tucking into the cake which Jenny brought! By this time we had moved our chairs to the other side of the yard to follow the shade, and then it even started drizzling, but since the sun was still shining it was very pleasant.
Nick arrived home from church at 12.30 and got the braai going, and then Harry and Jennifer arrived about ten minutes later, followed by Steve and Maureen ten minutes after that. It was really a super afternoon with excellent conversation. The men were happy to sit in the top bit while Nick cooked the meat, while us ladies sat around the table on the porch. The boys were between the two groups, not really fitting in with either parties! Shame, they really would have liked some friends of their own. The food was excellent and plentiful – considering that there were no Saints present, we really did very well. We had about ten varieties of meat and chicken, as well as potato salad, savoury rice, tomatoes, carrots, sweetcorn, baked beans, pineapple and garlic bread. Pudding was a cherry and strawberry crumble which I made with custard, and pineapple and yoghurt. It was 3 pm by the time we finished pudding, and then we had tea – we decided to let the food settle for a while before tucking into the cake which Jenny brought! By this time we had moved our chairs to the other side of the yard to follow the shade, and then it even started drizzling, but since the sun was still shining it was very pleasant.
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