Heath family happenings....

On the 17th July, Jenna, Kayla & Erin turned six years old. This weekend was the Princess & Dress-up party. So all the young girls were so excited to dress in their beautiful dresses and feel really special. The weather was quite chilly, but this did not faze any of these little ladies. Good old fashioned party games were played – pass the parcel & musical chairs. Delicious Princess & chocolate cake was enjoyed. Pirates chased princesses. Brides and rugby players alike ran wild towards the end of the occasion! All in all, the kids had much fun.
Happy Birthday to Bryan Heath too.

My friend(bridesmaid) Moira arrived home from the U.K. and popped in to say hello before heading home to the family farm in Maclear. She has been travelling around the world extensively for the last few months, until her dad became ill. We hope to visit the farm soon and introduce Lauren to some good old farm style living. Moira wants Lauren and me to go horse-riding with her. Seeing all the cows, horses, sheep, hens & pigs up close and personal will be so great.

We are going to visit Hudson Park primary school this week to apply for Lauren to attend. We have already sent application forms to Clarendon school (all girls), which Dean prefers.

Dean bought Lauren a Kids computer to help her along with numbers and letters etc. She really enjoys the games and wants to take it along wherever we go. She has mastered the mouse function which is a good for future computer practise. Children have to be academically more advanced than we were, to keep up with the fast pace of this advancing world. I agree you should not push your child, but exposing them to a little information technology can assist in development.
There are some Playschools in EL that have computer lessons for 3 year olds once a week.
In the song: What a wonderful world, Louis Armstrong sings: I hear babies cry, I see them grow. They’ll learn much more than I’ll ever know. And I think to myself what a wonderful world.

Next week we plan to visit the Ballet – Sleeping Beauty. My friend Dee (retired work friend) has arranged it all, as her grand-daughter will be dancing in the play. Lauren is really looking forward to the show. Maybe her long term memory will start to kick-in and she will start remembering these special occasions for the rest of her life.

Lance and Allison leave for Canada on Sunday. Allison’s brother lives there with his wife and two children. We will go to the airport to say goodbye and wish them well and give them a shopping list or two. They will be away until the 4 September ’07. Their dachshunds, Tinka & Gaza will stay with granny Penny for a while.

Want hierdie is a 'n blog vanuit Suid Afrika, ek will a bietjie Afrikaans skryf. Ek kyk 7de Laan amper elke aand en my dogter kyk saam partykeer. Ek moet baie dinge verduidelik, maar ek maak my eie storie op partykeer ook, om haar te ‘beskerm’. Sy kan 'n bietjie Afrikaans ook praat. Sy se die worde “7de Laan” en sy se “Jou ster skitter nog helder” – nog 'n Afrikaans program wat sy gesien het. Ek se nogal baie vir haar, wanneer sy meer lekkers wil he : “More is nog a dag” en sy weet wat dit beteken. Geniet jou week, tot later almal.
Totsiens