El and I are so excited that I am finally on leave! Yeehah!! I am off till next next Monday (except for a Saturday Leadership meeting...) and am really amped for this time out of the office. On Thursday we are heading down to Cape Town for a week of family, friends, Grace & Eli's first birthday party, R&R at a beach house and a wedding! Everything is pretty neatly planned out, so we pray that GOD will guide us and provide for us every step of the way.
Last weekend we celebrated Ethan Smith's first birthday, his dad, Gavin, grew up with Ella, and their folks have been close friends ever since. Eli had the most hair out of the three, so we called them the 'baldy brigade' and had much fun appreciating just how cute they were together. This shot of Gracie going in for a tackle ended with Ethan on his tummy and Grace kneeling on his back. We all saw the funny side of it, but poor Ethan wasn't so sure. The party was awesome and it was so nice to be surrounded by so many young families - virtually everyone there had kids under the age of 5, so we felt right at home.
Grace ventured out onto the grass, but after a few seconds she just lifted her one leg into the air and sat like that! In some way it was her managing to be on the grass without actually being on the grass, if that makes sense.
After the party we had a spot of shopping to do and hired a car-trolley since we didn't have the pram with us. Eli and Grace loved it! They were squealing and steering all at the same time.
We spent the morning at Gardenworld a few weekends back and managed to capture this family protrait. Gracie even waved for the camera and Eli smiled on cue...
On another occasion, recently, after unpacking all of their toys from their toy basket, Eli tried to climb in... so we helped him in and packed the toys back in on top of him. We followed suit with Gracie and they both totally loved it! It is the quietest Grace has been since she discovered her voice.
So, our plans for these next two weeks are to totally zone out from life up here and retreat to the coast for some time to ourselves. The twins first party will be a small and cosy affair with the theme... wait for it... Winnie-the-Pooh. El has done a sterling job in preparing a totally awesome programme for the afternoon/evening and we can't wait to share this moment with our family! On Saturday we are driving out to Grabouw for Marcel's wedding and will be hooking up with some old friends out that way. We are really hoping to hit Llududno on Sunday and then will wind down the lazy stretch of the East Coast to Betty's Bay where we'll spend the rest of our week out of JHB. Just the idea of having an absolute break from everything is wonderful, we can't wait to actually be there!
That's all for now - we miss and love you all! May GOD keep us all safe and ever-aware of His loving presence.
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