One of our favourite things to do as a family is have a braai outside. We usually spoil ourselves with a few packets of crisps and my famous dip while the fire is getting ready to cook on...mmmm....I am embarrassed to say that we literally pile around the little table and consume them like vultures...

(We don't eat potatoes often, so when we do get the chance to eat any form of a potato it's gone sooner than anyone can say 'Starch!')

 

What do worms, fish, chilli, concentrate, baby purity, onions and dog food have in common? They were all items to be swallowed on our Fear Factor evening last Friday. Yuk!!!

 



 

Amanda and Rachel still like to play dress-up at times, and this time they decided to get into their old ballet gear...you must understand that they haven't done ballet for at least the last 5 years...so how they squeezed into those leotards is a total mystery. Kids will be kids...

 

Nothing really special here...it's just a plane...but it was quite cool to see these white stripes trailing the plane in the air. Not sure why it's doing that, but I'm pretty sure that it's not smoke from an engine or anything, but rather the plane cutting the air...I actually don't know, and don't have enough scientific knowledge to know...so any helpful explanations would be appreciated. 

 

 

I know, I know, it has been way too long since my last post...and this post is about an event which happened more than a month ago. So sorry - you know how it is with four kids and a house full of responsibilities.

 

On the 14th of April, Peter Gilbert was officially ordained as an elder at KBC. We are so thankful to God for raising up godly men in our congregation to pray for us, to teach us and to lovingly shepherd us. 

 

At last - our first Unit Celebration! We decided to have our feast at the Emmerentia Dam - which turned out to be such a perfect setting for our event. You might be able to recognize a few Medieval characters, such as Robin Hood, Little John, and King Arthur...

 

 



 

 

 

Who can spot the joker?

 

 

We were all hard at work towards the end of last week readying ourselves for our Unit Celebration - A Medieval Feast! Part of the fun was making decorations, costumes, preparing items to show and then preparing and presenting the food! Crazy as it may sound, I decided to add a roasted pig's head as a table decoration, but these things you have to do yourself, and so what started out as a nice idea, was actually quite a stomach-turning experience. Thankfully Glen bought the head, Rachel cleaned it, Amanda basted it, and all that was left for me to do was get all the praise for making it :-) Well, I did still have to watch it being cooked and make sure that it was nice and crisp and looked it's best!

 

 

 

 

Even though it was quite gruesome, it did make in interesting conversation piece, and a few people did kiss it's crispy snout! What fun it was indeed!!!



This has been our first term of our new curriculum, Tapestry of Grace. Our whole family has traveled the exciting journey together of learning all about the Middle Ages. Here are some crafts the girls made along the way, to help them understand different aspects of art and culture in the day.

 

Here we have a Byzantine icon...