Happy, happy...

Today's Danie's birthday and while he says he doesn't care about his birthday (I think he's fibbing), Jake is beside himself with excitement. He didn't even moan when we went shopping at Canal Walk (his all time worst) for presents and went to bed last night reminding me that 'tomorrow's Danie's birthday'. This morning, before he'd even opened his eyes, Jake had found my cell phone was on the phone to wish Danie - "Happy birthday too you, you belong in a zoo, you look like a monkey and you act like one too". Of course, I joined in, but the idea was entirely Jake's...

After work today, we're going through to Danie's house, where I am hoping to get Jake to have a nap. I'm not sure yet whether we're going out for dinner tonight, or whether friends are going to pop in - either way, Jake needs to catch up a bit. Jake also told Danie on the phone this morning that he wants to visit him at work for some of Danie's mom's delicious milk tart (his mom made a serious feast of food for Danie to take to work this morning. That woman can cook!!), but I'm not so sure that I'm brave enough to visit him there yet. I have met Danie's boss and his wife already and they're very friendly and seem really sweet, but shew... there's a lot of people working there. Danie might have to bring milk tart home for Jake.

Then, to the special birthday boy: Danie, you're amazing, wonderful, special, gorgeous and I'm so glad that we're part of your life. I hope that you have a really happy birthday full of spoils and surprises (we have a few for you for later). Thank you for everything you do for us - we are so, so blessed! I hope that this will be only the first of many, many happy celebrations that we get share with you. I can't wait to see you later, I love you XXX

Anyway,... on a totally different subject, my camera heads off to Johannesburg tomorrow, where I'm hoping that it is declared beyond economical repair, so that I can get a new one. My cousin's wife, Yvonne, has been staying with me for almost 2 weeks and she'll be taking it in to the Nikon factory in Jhb sometime after tomorrow. I am already feeling like I've lost a body part, so not sure how I'm going to survive a few weeks without it. Anyway, I'll end off with a few photos taken over the weekend.

Chocolate croissants and hot chocolate over shark books for breakfast at Empire Cafe in Muizenberg... We took a little drive along the coast and saw heaps of whales. It's breeding time and they tend to come pretty close to the shore, which is always a treat...

We stopped for ice-creams and a little on the beach (it was windy). That's Yvonne and I... We drove on a little and found two whales really close to the shore. They weren't doing much (that we could see)...

If you look closely, there are two dark lines in the water to Jake's left (kinda in line with his chin) - those are the whales...

Looking forward to the weekend ahead, it's going to be a super busy one with 3 birthdays! Not sure if I'm going to make it till Sunday and I might be half dead at work on Monday, but looking forward to catching up with old friends and meeting new ones. Maybe I should have a kip with Jake later too...

Sue XXX