HAPPY BIRTHDAY FRANCES

Today is Frannie's birthday (we won't say how old), so instead of having a party she decided to have a kiddies party at the Safe House. Well we all arrived, destroyed and then left [hee hee], well not really, but there were loads of us and loads of kids there to create a large amount of noise.

Here is a video of the type of thing our boys got up to, take special note of the pink bicycle Chris is riding ? . . .



This morning around 2am I was woken up by James standing next to my bed saying he couldn't sleep, so I told him to jump in next to me. Of course Chris, who has been so sick, was already in the bed, so I got sandwiched between the two of them and needless to say they did not leave me a lot of space to sleep, so between fighting for my patch on the bed and Mickey the cat trying to find her spot as well, not a lot of sleep achieved. Never mind, its holidays so we should be able to catch up on some sleep (wishful thinking). I am so pleased that Chris is finally getting better and for the 1st time today since Monday morning actually got out of bed, its probably the worst I have ever seen one our kids sick.

This afternoon we had our local community newspaper, the Constantiaberg Bulletin, come and do an article on the safe house, with a heavy slant on the fact that we need to find them new accommodation ASAP. The reported seemed to be quite impressed, but we will see what she publishes. The kids all had an absolute ball charging around and the sugar rush they got from the 'junk' food helped all that along.

The kids dressed up and Sarah wore her beautiful outfit she got in Disney World. She looked like a real princess.

Poor Rob is stuck in Nigeria, there was also a moment of panic in that he thought he might miss his flight due to the terrible weather they are having over there, but he has manged to get to the airport, so we should see him tomorrow morning. YAY!!!

I am soooooooooooooo pleased its holidays, not more fighting with kids to do homework or study for exams. We are waiting for the reports to come, but James has gotten some results back from his exams and has done really well, if only I could get him to realise that the hard work is what resulted in those marks, not just luck. I think all moms deserve a medal for managing to get their kids through exams, especially boys, there is just no sense of urgency to study.

Right off to dinner at a wonderful restuarant called Manuka in Steenberg Village for Frannie's birthday, quite sad really all us single women and kids, no men around.