Chocolate pumpkin cake

For a few months now we've been trying to think of how to get Glen to eat some pumpkin, and his birthday provided a perfect opportunity... Vince and I thought we would do this in the form of a yummy chocolate pumpkin pie... It's a very easy recipe, just take a box of instant chocolate cake mix and add about a cup and a half of pumpkin and an egg or two to get the right consistency and there you have it, a yummy cake... And the best thing is that nobody can tell it has any pumpkin in it, it tastes like normal cake... Glen really enjoyed eating the cake, but unfortunately after he found out it had pumpkin in it he couldn't eat any more of it and is now suspicious of all cakes...

Milky lane with the Sunday school

On Monday some of the sunday school teachers and the year for lifers took the SUnday school kids to milky lane as a reward for good attendance during the past term... There were 17 kids in total... Just imagine the confusion with the orders when the arrived at the table... But it was a fun occasion in any case...

Dad's 50th

Friday afternoon and into the evening was my dad's half century and Steven's 60th birthday party... I especially enjoyed making 3 collages for the party... One of my dad's childhood years, one of my dads more recent life, and one of steven... My dad had a great time and enjoyed seeing friends he hasn't seen in a while and also enjoyed recieving a surprise message from his friend Peter in Australia... Just for fun I have added a photo of my dad as a child below...

Whitney's kitchen tea

Last weekend was quite interesting, the first event was to go to Whitney's kitchen tea on Friday afternoon... It was very cool to be able to see her and Leyna again... And of course to see Whitney all wrapped up and looking funny sitting in a basket... Haha...

Visiting from New Zealand

Last week Saturday I went to visit my friend from high school who is visiting from New Zealand, Michelle Geyer... She left just after we finished matric so I haven't seen her in a really long time... It seems that New Zealand has had quite an impact on her... She now has quite a nice accent and is working part time at a christian creche and studying part time as well... Her sister Tracey has grown so much since I last saw her... She is now in what is the equivalent of grade 11 in South Africa...  I also saw Alicia there and we all had a great time of catching up... Really fun morning...

From left to right: Alicia, Me, Michelle

Tower of YFL

We arrived at church on Friday to find a giant tower of chairs on the stage, almost touching the ceiling... This is what Vince and Jason called the tower of YFL... It took them 1 and a half hours to build and about 10 minutes to take apart... Now we know what the year for lifers do for fun when they get bored...

Ryan's Gr7 dance

Last week Ryan had a Gr7 dance at his school as part of his life orientation course where they were put into groups and had to do 4 different dances for marks. I know they did the hustle, boogie and sokkie but i can't remember the 4th one. I can't believe how fast Ryan has grown up. My mom asked me to go past the house before they left to take some photos of Ryan and his friend Xolani. Naturally I got some really funny poses along with the normal ones. And... I caught them on video without them knowing... Hahaha... Well they did realise towards the end... But anyway, here are some of my favourite photos, but unfortunately I couldn't upload the video... Fortunate for Ryan and Xolani I guess...