Wee-wah-wee-wah was the sound coming from the dining room when I got to my parent’s house this afternoon to pick the boys up.  Connor had been building a police tow truck with my mom.

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Yip, the boys have a new craze.  Yes, another one.  This time also dinky tiny little toys that are, in essence, just coloured blobs of plastic… that do absolutely nothing as far as I can tell… but the kids have games with them… and they’re all over the schools… so the boys NEEEEED them.

They’re called Gogo’s Crazy Bones

Wonder how long this fad will last!

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As I was exporting today’s photos from my camera this evening, I noticed that the I Heart Faces theme for the week was “Vroom Vroom”.  What luck!! I had something to post for a change!  LOL!

This post’s alternative title should really be “Why the Woolworths food aisle is bad for mothers”.  Every single time we go grocery shopping, Connor whines and whinges until I buy him a “Thomas Egg”  These tiny little Thomas Tank Engine trains are to be found in the middle of chocolate eggs.  Connor is determined to get the full set, but as you can see we have ended up with quite a few doubles in the process.

I just love using my 50mm at night in my kitchen with the granite counter… the reflections are awesome!

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I’ve got a weekend off this weekend with no photoshoots, so I took photos of the kids playing at home instead. The new swords and knife play sets were bought yesterday as a result of good behaviour.

We’ve been using star charts recently. They’ve been working like a charm, and yesterday’s toys were as a result of Connor finally pooing in the toilet for 2 weeks consecutively, and Bradley getting to bed on time and helping around the house!

I was actually surprised that they chose such cheap toys… R40 each!! And I’d promised Connor almost the world if he poo’ed (a Bruder digger costing R400 and Toy Story lego set costing R300) and he rejected them all in the end for the cheap option. That made me even more happy!! And look how they both enjoyed playing with them too!

These are my Weekly Winners for Lotus’ challenge

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Unlike the excitement of Wednesday’s happenings in Sandton, today’s opening World Cup match was a subdued affair for me.  I watched the opening ceremony at my parent’s house with my parents and the boys; while Lance watched it at work.

It wasn’t completely quiet though, because you could hear the constant blasts from vuvuzelas around the neighbourhood, and, from the garden where Elaine’s friends and the boys contributed to the racket.  Bryan and friends tested out the vuvuzelas and kuduzelas before they left to spend the afternoon in a pub… and of course I had to take photos

It was actually so awesome to see and feel the patriotism today.  Almost everyone was dressed in yellow and green, and loads of people had SA flag tattoos and faces painted (Connor’s face was painted by his teacher)… and everyone was making a noise with vuvuzelas and other types of horns.

We actually didn’t spend the entire time at my parents house, and we left during the match to go to the local Spar shop and then go home to the dogs.  As we were standing in the queue at the shops, we watched Bafana score the goal on the TV that was mounted on the wall.  And the place erupted.  It was so cool to be somewhere with excitement at that time.  The store cashiers went nuts, and the store managers just laughed along with them all!  They were running around, blowing vuvuzelas, laughing, jumping, and one lady was crying.  It was so cool for the boys to experience the excitement (they were a little taken aback at first actually because it erupted so quickly).

When we got home, we carried on watching, and this time Bradley was a little more interested.  When one of the players kicked the ball and it hit the post he piped us “That’s what happens when you don’t aim”.  LOL I suppose he’s right

Even though Bafana drew against Mexico in the match, I think they did an awesome job… the made us even more proud.

I want the boys to experience more of the World Cup now… I’m going to take some leave next week and I’m thinking of taking them to a “quiet” fan park.

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