Boys just wanna have fun...

To say that Jake is having fun with Marius' two boys, would be an understatement.  The three of them get on like a house on fire and I see lots of mischief in their future.  For now though, they still like being with us and it's fun seeing their bonds develop - long may it last!!  Michael wants Jake and I to buy the house next door to their dad's, so that they can always be together...

 Michael loves the camera, with his bright blue eyes, he's a natural.  He's a beautiful, sweet, confident and affectionate boy, with a motor mouth of note.  A total show off!  He loves doing tricks and making up his own dance moves to go with songs.  He's always telling jokes and is the mastermind behind most of their rough and tough games...

 Cameron's taken a bit longer to warm up to me.  He initially comes across as very shy, but now that he's more familiar with me, he's anything but shy.  He's incredibly cute, with beautiful blue eyes and missing teeth, but you'd be poorly mistaken for thinking that he's innocent!  He knows well how to defend himself against his older brother.  He's always game for anything that his older brother throws at him.  And he's decided he's OK with the camera... 

 It always gets rough, which takes some getting used to.  It's usually only Jake and I, so it's much calmer.  Throw in 2 extra boys and 1 overgrown boy and it's gonna get rough.  On the dunes its a competition to see who can be the King of the Dunes, which involves shoving your opponents off the top of the dunes.  Michael's bigger and stronger, so he usually wins, but the other two never give up...

 While the boys play, it gives me a few precious moments with my camera too - I'm sure they'll get sick of me and my camera soon enough, but for now it's still OK for me to take it with us everywhere.  The weather on Saturday was gorgeous and the mountain looked so beautiful...

 We'd gone out quite late in the afternoon and, while the sun was shining it was quite warm, but as soon as it got lower in the sky, the temperature dropped quickly...

 The kids are always collecting odds and ends on our trips to the beach.  Marius' boys invariably tell him that whatever rock they've found is his father's day gift in order to get him to carry it back to the house.  Jake always wants what the others have found and it's their greatest challenge to find sharks teeth that are often washed up.  Michael has 2 that he's found, but Marius has been living there since he was 4 and is still searching.  It keeps them busy...

 Part of getting onto the beach is to get rid of some energy.  Thank goodness Marius has a lot more of that than me.  One has to wonder what other beach walkers think when they see us out with the 3 boys, all virtually the same age.  That poor woman...hahaha...  By the way, his own kids also got piggy back rides...

 After our walk, it was back to his house for a braai on the stoep, with a glass of red and a gorgeous sunset...

 The boys were on top form and provided plenty of entertainment...

 They're all into bunny ears at the moment...

 But it all ends up going downhill very fast, when they realise they have an audience...

 Oh look, there's me with messy hair, round cheeks and my big glass of wine...  And Marius.  Hi Marius xxx...  What the heck is Jake doing there?  Spoiling my photo!!  Wally...

 We'd decided that Saturday night was camp out night and Marius set up his tent for the kids to sleep in, in the lounge.  They were sound asleep within 5 minutes, we didn't even have to tell them to be quiet!!  Marius made them pancakes with chocolate spread for breakfast - a definite holiday highlight for Jake, who desperately needs a haircut...

And that was pretty much our weekend.  Nice and relaxed, full of happy moments, just the way it should be.  This coming weekend the boys will be with their mom and Marius is away, so it'll just be Jake and I.  Gonna be seriously quiet!!

Sending lots of love,

Sue XXX