Sunday, February 15, 2009

Birthdays! - Rathla 15 August 2008



We thought we would never be able to show you all these pictures because Dad's computer got stolen, but the police found it again - so here are the pics of my (Rathla's) birthday last year. It was great fun. We never do the 'theme party' thing, we just have a braai and invite our friends over. Sometimes Mom bakes a cake, but they are usually flat, so we just grab one from the Spar. Mom says its not about the food its about the people, but we love cake so we make sure she doesn't forget.





This birthday was a lot of fun because we got a jumping castle for the day. Thanks Granny we used your birtday money for that. We jumped and played on it the whole day.

Birthday boy cutting his cake.














We love Mom's friend Mariek - she is a lot of fun!

Friends


Here we are with our friends Tshepang and Kathlego. Tshepang is the same age as Rathla and Kathlego is 10. Tshepang also has a little sister called Lesedi woho is the same age as Cheti. Friday nights are sleepover nights and then the kids all sleep over at our place.
It is great to have friends in the area.



Monday, February 9, 2009

We are back again!


Mom's exams are over - dankie tog! Now she can do the blog again. We don't like the way she talked 'about' Cheti in the previous article so she will have to take that out. (humblest apologies, I think exams fried my mind a bit! - S)
Here we are with Pholoso, that is Maria's baby. He is very cute and we all love him to bits!


I am at school and it is good. Some days are better than others. Mom says that is how life is. I hope she is wrong. We are only 13 children in my class. My friends so far are Kevin and Mogae. We all have to do athletics and I am not very fast. Mom says my Oupa Tex, who played very good rugby, said that guys are either strong or fast and that it is rare to be both. So I feel better now because I would rather be strong than fast. - Rathla


Ek is nou die oudste wanneer Rathla by die skool is. Ek hou baie van lees en skryf. Wanneer Mamma studeer dan werk ek by haar met my boeke en goed. Mamma se ek gaan deur skool vlieg. Whatever. Ek kleur baie graag in en ek en Mamma werk ook op die rekenaar. Ek het 'n rekenaarprogram wat ons doen. Ek hou ook daarvan om met Savuti te speel. Mamma vat my saam wanneer sy Masakhane toe of iewers anders heen ry. Ek mis vir Rathla en ek kan nie wag dat hy in die middae by die huis moet kom nie. - Franci

Ek is nou twee en ek praat nou al mooi en ek hardloop en speel met Cheti. Ek hou niks daarvan as enige iemand vir enige iemand anders drukkies en soentjies gee nie - net ek mag dit doen. Ek wurm my tussen Mamma en Pappa in en ek wonder wat beteken dit as hulle se: 'little passion killer'? - Savuti