Weekend Round Up

There is little chance that meteorologists can solve the mysteries of weather until they gain an understanding of the mutual attraction of rain and weekends. ~ Arnot Sheppard

Friday evening was very relaxed, I came home and Thando was asleep and well Miss K was awake as usual.  Miss K and her dad caught up on some ‘reading’,while I took a long bath by myself with the door closed. You never realise how much you miss the little things when you have little people running around.We sat around watching tv and eventually went to bed early <Thando woke up the next morning>

Saturday we woke up and the weather was miserable, raining and cold.No chance of the kids playing outside, so I put the tv on to entertain them and secretly hoping it would baby sit them while I napped a bit(Bad bad mommy I know) as I had woken up early but Miss K kept coming to ‘check’ on me every ten minutes or so and she kept yanking my eye lids open and saying ‘watey watey mama’ and then she would run out the room giggling and go play with Thando.When I was awake Miss K did not come check on me once, I guess she doesn’t like sleeping mommy. <Every time Thando comes over for the weekend I seldom see Miss K cause she is so in love with Thando everything is about Thando and she imitates everything Thando says and does. It’s cute but in Thando’s world Kamva is a girl and he is a boy. > At night Kamva did not wake up and want a bottle and I assumed she was just tired as she hadn’t napped at all during the day.

Sunday we woke up to a beautiful day Sun was out and it was warm. We had a relaxed day and some family came to visit which was nice. I also managed to get all the knots out of Kamva’s hair, had been putting it off during the week. We had to bribe her with ice lollies and chips just to get her to allow me to touch her head. Thando and Miss K got a chance to use up all the energy they had from Saturday by playing ball outside.When it eventually was doodoo time they both passed out  I also tried potty training and Miss K was nappy less for most of the day  But will have to write a separate post about that later

Afro all tamed

Doodoo time

We had a very quiet and relaxed weekend but I still managed to wake up tired.

P.S How was your weekend?

Lots of Love

Adoption or something like it

I would not call it adoption as legally he is not my child but in my heart a different story is told. Nearly 6 years ago I met a struggling mother who had a newborn baby and they needed help. I was in grade 12 at the time I knew I had to help, I did after all have more then them. The baby was a little boy and his mother named him Sinothando meaning ‘we have love’. I used to sleep with the little boy in my  bed every night as he’s mother lived in a room that could only accomodate a single bed.  I never imagined this little boy would steal my heart forever

As the years went by I continued to support him and our bond got stronger and stronger. He lived with us full time and saw his mother on weekends. I sometimes wonder how things would have turned out if  I hadn’t met him? I wonder if he would have turned out differently?  People always say how one can’t love another’s child like their own, but how true can this statement be? My heart loves this little boy like he was my own. I had always refered to him as my nephew as I got tired of explaining how I know him and how we related.

Not the most flattering pictures( I was 18 in this picture, thando was 1)

 

I’ve watched him grow through the years and I can’t believe how quickly time has flown, this passed weekend we went and got school uniform as he is now officially a big boy and is starting big school.

Trying the full uniform on

This morning was his first day and I went to drop him off at school and the teachers asked me not to stay for too long so as not to upset him but he was too busy chasing other children to even bother to say good bye to me

New found Friend

 

Scholar Patrol doing their thing

 

To say I am proud of him is an understatment

 

Lots of love