Weekly Winners 2 Aug

I have taken photos all week, like usual, but my week was ALL about yesterday, so I'm only going to show you some that I took yesterday.

My dad, sister, brother, me and the boys flew to Cape Town yesterday for the day so that we could visit my grandparents in Hermanus.  My grandad is very ill, and when my dad said he was going to see them, we all said we HAD to go too.  I wanted him to meet Connor and see Bradley again.

It was a VERY long day.  In a nutshell... 2 hours flight there, 1 hour drive to Hermanus, 1 1/2 hour drive back, and 2 hour flight again... with 2 kids... it was a looooong day.  But the 2 1/2 hours that we spent with them was more than worth it, and in fact, long enough for him (but not for my grandmother).  By the time we left we all noticed how tired he'd got.  Anyhoo, here are some of the photos I took.

This is by far my favourite photo of the day. It's not the best ito photographic skills, but I love it. Connor relates to people so much faster than Bradley ever did, and he was sharing chips with my grandad (which I think meant the world to him because they had a "moment")

Sharing

And here's more for you

Connor with his great grandparents

Grandpa Roy

Granny Marie

Hermanus is the most beautiful town. It's on the coast close to Cape Town, and is known for the whales that come to the bay every year. It's not quite whale season yet but that didn't stop us walking to the cliff path to see if we could spot one (And I had to get some of the energy out of the kids before we headed off for the airport again).

Daisies on the cliff

Bench

Elaine on the cliff path

Trying to spot whales

Connor walking through the fynbos

The end of a long day

My only regret was that I didn't get a photo of my dad with his parents. I only thought about it last night when I was proofing the photos.

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Cousins

We went to my parent's house for a braai yesterday. My brother, Carl, gave me a few tips about aperture etc while we were there, which was great.
So of course, I had to haul out my camera and take some pics of the kids!

Erin and Connor were so cute. They just followed each other to the bench and climbed onto it (there was no prompting involved ;) )

Remember Connor with his blue flower that I posted yesterday, well, my mom has the same flowers in her garden, and he picked some for Erin :)

Oooh, for me?

Look at my flower!

And now it's in my hair

Bradley's 5th Birthday Party

We had Bradley's Ben 10 Party today at home. Thankfully the weather played along, and it didn't rain. And the jumping castle I got was an absolute hit with the kids and adults alike. And the cake was just yummy!!

Bradley's idea of posing :)

The MASSIVE jumping castle! The kids all loved it. Normla
The boys having a ball
Thomas posing
Connor just would not get off it! And managed to get to the top of the slide and slide down it... on his own... my dad found him in the ball pond on the other side.Skylar pushing Connor up the hill
Carmen looking a bit uncertain on the seesaw :)

Andrew's elusive smile. This child normally hides away from the camera, and he actually posed for me today.

And another rare smile, this time from Josh.

Angelique concentrating on a toy

And there were tears... everyone was apparently picking on Ethan

Erin and granny on the swing

The Ben 10 cake was absolutely delish!

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Special moments with papa

I was going to keep some of these for my Weekly Winners post this week, but I can't resist showing you them now.
My mom is in Cape Town at the moment for my grandmother's 80th birthday, and my dad came for lunch today. I made the most divine thai green curry... which really worked well considering the crappy weather here today.
I couldn't resist taking photos of him playing with the kids in the garden.

Passing papa the ball

Laughter
My dad laughing

Dale and Tina in Jo'burg

The last time I saw my cousin Dale was in 2002 in London! So, his visit in Joburg this weekend was a BIG family event. My mom put on a huge spread for breakfast this morning... muffins, croissants, fruit, egg, bacon, sausages, tomato, fresh juices... the works! It was yummy!

Bradley eating

Dale and Tina
The guys still hard at work in the background cooking the food on skottels
"Can someone please get me a higher stool?"
"If I turn any more, I'm going to fall, I know I am"

Tina

Dale

Hopefully, it won't be 6 years before I see him again.

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Photohunt: High

My niece Erin has got no fear! The higher she gets thrown the better. It took quite a few shots before I managed to capture her mid-air.

One of the failed attempts...

then finally... I got it!

I wasn't able to capture a new shot for today's theme, and I know I posted this photo on Monday, but it's just perfect for the theme this week, so you're seeing it again ;)

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Braai at Granny and Papa's house

We had a family braai (BBQ) at my parent's house today.

I realised I haven't posted any pics of the boys hunting for eggs this year, so here's one from today... the Easter Bunny even went to Granny's house!

Connor following the dog around the garden.

Erin, the boys' cousin
The youngest members of the family. And believe me, this is the best photo I could get, they DO NOT sit still!
My dad showing Connor how the braai tongs work
Erin loves being thrown into the air, she has absolutely no fear!

Focus on Bradley

It's not often that Bradley allows me to take photos anymore, so you're going to be bombarded with photos of him today! My parents and sister came to our house for a braai (barbeque) today and he was kept occupied so I could take some shots of him. We had such a lovely warm day too, once the clouds disappeared (it was freezing in the early morning).

Connor picked me a flower this morning, and not to be outdone, Bradley went to find one too. Awww... I love boys :)

Laughing at granny and papa

The next lot are in sequence. We were all throwing balls to eachother, and then Bradley decided to change the game... this is him trying to explain what he wanted us to do.

For some reason we had to "by mistake" hit the ball on his head, and the first one to do that was the winner.

... and finally the sulk when he didn't think we understood! LOL!