Just a few...

 I took these snaps on the beach last week Tuesday.  It was chilly and windy and yet the beach was still packed with bathers, surfers and swimmers.  Jake and I had warm tops on and didn't make to much further than that cream building before turning and heading back for the car!  Jake also succeeded in getting himself stung on the foot by a blue bottle, so he wasn't too happy about that.  I don't know what goes on in his mind sometimes.  No matter how many times I warn him that it doesn't matter what shoes he wears, stamping on blue bottles is not a good idea.  Their tentacles are long enough to reach his knee.  Anyway, hopefully this time he's actually heard me and he won't do it again!  Boys...

 Danie's also got himself a "new" toy.  He bought it off a friend who had an accident on it and has spent a bit of time fixing it up.  He's loving being back on a motorbike, I'm scared stiff of the thing, it's far too fast.  Jake will NEVER be allowed one of these...

The weekend started off great, we met Jake's grandparents, cousins and aunties on the beach front in Sea Point for a sun downer picnic.  It was windy as hell, but the kids had a ball and we all enjoyed catching up a bit.  Here's Jake (in his Rollerblades) with his cousins and auntie on the see-saw...

He loved having everyone with him, he's such a family boy...

 Other than that, the rest of the weekend wasn't the greatest, but I had some fun time with Jake.  I took him for a Wimpy breakfast on Saturday morning and we went to a movie (Jack & Jill - it was hysterical).  Jake has gone totally fishing crazy and it's all he wants to do, so most of our free time this weekend was spent enjoying that with him.  It's so nice for him to have a hobby like this, I'll do whatever I can to encourage him.  His wife may hate me for it one day, but at least he won't be a total couch potato...

 We went out on the boat fishing on Saturday evening, Danie had been cycling and out with a friend all day and I don't think he was much in the mood, but we managed to scrape him off the couch at 5:30 to go...

This precious child was so super excited.  We'd been to the tackle shop on Saturday morning after our movie and we had made our own special bait for the trip.  He couldn't wait to get going, especially since the fishing specialist at the shop had told him that his bait was going to do the trick and that he needed to get out at 4pm.  The wait till 5:30 just about killed him (adults can be so boring!), but once we got going, he was super excited...

 Our home made (super smelly) bait worked a treat and Jake managed to catch a whole bucket full of little fish...

On Sunday morning before church, Jake was out on the water again, but while there was lots of action around his hook, he didn't catch anything.  He will keep on trying...

 Yesterday was killer hot and we were dying to get home early enough to have a swim at my mom's.  Jake was also exhausted from 2 late nights and I needed him to have an early night.  We ended up having a braai with friends at Danie's house, which went much later than expected and we only ended up getting home a little before 7pm.  Jake had a quick dip at my folks when we went to fetch the dog, then it was home to bed.

 Hope that everyone else had a good weekend and that you have a great week!!

Sue X