Truth be told, by the time I get a chance to blog in the evening I'm totally exhausted! Tonight I don't want to do anything except lie down and sleep!
We had a relatively relaxing weekend and it was good for us. We've been counting the sleeps for a few nights now as Ethan and Aimee were preparing to have dinner and a sleep-over at Oupa and Ouma's 'house'. (They are still house sitting for friends in the neighbourhood) Oupa and Ouma had bought us some tickets to see attend the Hlombe Children's Choir Festival and we were taking Ryan and Jed to see the South Cape Children's Choir and the Los Angeles Children's Chorus perform at the George Art Museum.
The day had finally come and we packed some mattresses and bedding into Oupa and Ouma's car in the morning and packed some pyjamas and overnight toys into bags in the afternoon. We were totally spoiled by the appearance of 2 buck in the garden at Oupa and Ouma's house which borders on the river coming down the mountain from the Witfontein forest that we hiked in on labour day. They were beautiful to us and a wonderful sight to behold! Ethan had chosen a dessert recipe for Aimee and I to make, so we spent a small part of the afternoon layering chocolate and vanilla custards into glasses and topping them with smiley faces - a surprise pudding for them to share with Oupa and Ouma. They were very excited to sleep-over and apparently it all went really well and everyone had a great time.
Dieter and I took Ryan and Jed to the local Spur for dinner. Eating out is a huge treat for us! Spur has a buy-one-burger-get-one-free special on Mondays and we tried the Rib Burger that we'd been recommended by Oupa and Ouma. It was delicious and very different! Ryan and Jed were in their element and, truth be told, this was the part they'd been excited about for days! The meal wasn't as bad as I remember Spur food being, although I really wouldn't say it was brilliant. I think the portion sizes were alot smaller than in the past - but we all ate enough, so maybe its a good thing!
The Choirs were amazing! They really bowled us over! I loved the choir outfits the South Cape Children's Choir wore, they were so elegant and stylish and I especially enjoyed their rendition of Nkosi Sikelele (the South African National Anthem) at the beginning of the evening. The choir were spread out across the auditorium, covering 2 levels and harmonised amazingly - surround sound was spectacular! The Los Angeles Children's Chorus was my personal favourite. I loved how they sang so many songs that honoured Jesus, with passion and zeal!, and that they sang such a variety of songs - jazz, southern gospel, Shakespeare and songs from other nations. Their use of props and acting was incredible and it was so very entertaining. I know the boys really enjoyed it!
Despite Oupa's constant pleas for the boys to audition for the choir, neither of them are keen to stand up and sing in front of people. Both are very keen to act - and we need to get our children into acting classes for sure!
Its an early night for all of us tonight, we were in bed closer to 10pm last night after a quick McDonald's ice-cream (in winter!) and all felt rather tired today. I thought we'd get some more sleep with the little ones away, but our body clocks are well programmed by their early-morning intrusions and both Dieter and I were awake before the crack of dawn!
We're so grateful Oupa recorded last night's episode of 'Survivor'! We're going to watch in now with Ryan and Jed while Ethan and Aimee are tucked up in bed for the night and fast asleep!
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