My new nephew

I am interrupting my posts on Germany to announce the birth of my Brother's baby yesterday. Baby Jacques Ryan was born at 16:00 on Sunday, 24 May 2009. So here is the catch. Little Jacques Ryan decided to make his arrival known right in the middle of the stork party at 6 weeks premature... with … Continue reading My new nephew →

Birthday Party

Chaos Boy turned seven on 14 April while we were away camping over Easter Weekend. Last Saturday was his party and this whole week I've been wanting to post a couple of pics. The general theme of the party was boats with the Damselfly keeping the theme constant through the invites and birthday cake as … Continue reading Birthday Party →

Christening

My niece was born on 15 September last year and this past Sunday was her christening. The ceremony took place at the NG Kerk (Dutch Reformed Church) in the town of Kirkwood. Little L was very good and didn't say boo or baa when the minister put the water on her head. A bit of … Continue reading Christening →

Teddy Bear’s Picnic

Drama Princess turned 4 yesterday (Friday 20 Feb) and I am starting to shop around for a really big gun. You know the kind of gun that won't just scare would be suitors off, but will keep them away as well. Birthday parties have very much become tradition with our family. We let the kids … Continue reading Teddy Bear’s Picnic →

First day in big school

Today was Chaos Boy's first day in big school. Just for the foreign readers of the blog, in South Africa kids go to Grade 1 in the year they turn seven. He was up early and, as with any child going to school for the first time, very keen to get ready.Here he is in … Continue reading First day in big school →

Drama Princess a hopping

As most of my regular visitors may know, I'm not a big "people" photographer and prefer travel and nature photos. I am always in awe at Jeanette and Karin when their post their people pics, most of which feature their kids. They are always so creative and imaginative compared to my straight forward pics I … Continue reading Drama Princess a hopping →

Gone on holiday, see you next year

Tomorrow morning at the crack of dawn we are heading away on holiday for two weeks. This is the first year since I met the Damselfly 11 years ago that we have been able to both get off during the summer holidays and are able to go away. We are going to be camping at … Continue reading Gone on holiday, see you next year →

My new niece

I interrupt my posts on my South American trip to show off my new niece. Liandi Jonker was born yesterday, 15 September 2008, at 13h30. She decided to arrive about 3 weeks early and weighed 2,45kg (5,4 pounds) at birth. Here a very proud dad is holding his daughter, while my sister threatened me with … Continue reading My new niece →

Enthralled by the waves

This is one of my favourite photos taken of my kids. It is of my son standing on the rocks in the Tsitsikamma National Park totally enthralled by the waves hitting the rocks. I wanted him to pose like that and struggled to get him to stand just the way I wanted to. I think … Continue reading Enthralled by the waves →