Driving the tractor

Wine-o's, canopy walk and a bbq down on the bay

More kirstenbosch

Kirstenbosch botanical gardens

Lollipop

A nice man gave Nora this lollipop while we were out walking and it really made her day.

Nora

Wine tasting

Wine tasting

Ivan is in LOVE with this broom

Bo-kaap

13 months old!

Rugby

One of the bigger stadiums is about 20 minutes from our house, we went to our first game tonight to see the local premiere team play. The springboks play here when they are in town. I'm sure everyone knows who the springboks are and is tracking them closely in the World Cup that started today.... USA is actually playing in it, but they haven't a chance

Ivan speaks!

Ivan said his first word today! And it was really two words: "is it". We play a game (I posted a video) where I put a small toy under a cup and say "where is it?" Well, he was playing with a little toy today and he put it down and spread his hands in the "where is it?" motion, and said "izzit?"

Which is cool because that also makes him sound like a little South African. Here, they say "is it?" like we'd say "really?" for example "I went on a 25-km hike on Table Mountain yesterday!" "Is it!"

Also, he can walk halfway across a small room now, so he's arguably walking.

Spring concert and more from Rhodes mem

She is the 3rd little indian from the right below, the short blond one to the left of the kid in the darker-colored costume. We took a video but it might be too long to post.

Rhodes Memorial

Leave Nora painting alone for five minutes...

Just woke up from a nap

Sometimes he's a little rough around the edges when he wakes up

Stepping!!

Aaaaaalmost walking. This is about the farthest we've seen him go.

Metamorphosis

Soon after we moved into the house, we caught two tadpoles from the little pond in our yard that's full of 'em. We wanted to watch them change into frogs, and also see what kind of frogs they turned out to be. Well the time is near! As you can see, there are legs and arms, and according to the Internet, once you see arms, the tads are very close to leaving the water. Anyway, a little wildlife break from the usual kid pics.

Almost springtime

Bringing the climbing gym to the house

Ivan's new favorite game

Bath and fast asleep

Nora loves her birthday presents

We got her purple butterfly wings, a mini cook set, and a teeny tiny doll house. All big hits. Now if we could only get her to stop playing with them and go to bed...

Happy birthday Nora!!!

What a three year-old!

They made this poster for her birthday at school.

We made cupcakes for  her whole class last night and she brought them to school today and was very excited about that. She said everyone loved the cupcakes and was impressed that they ALL got eaten.

More birthday pics to come. We're going to open presents when Dadu gets home and are making pancakes for dinner!