Out and about...

 With winter still lurking around, we took the boys off to the CT science center for the day last  Saturday.  It being National Science Week and all, it was essential.  They had an absolute ball!  We arrived shortly after 10am and only left again around 3ish.  They did a workshop and made their own bouncing putty and then did another on Lego Robotics.  It was a huge hit and they all want to go back again soon.  It's such a pity that the center is so far away from home!  We used to visit it so often when it was based at our local shopping center, now it's a 25 min drive to get there.

Anyway, the kids had fun spending time there again and loved the human gyro...

 It takes some serious muscle control...

 And the ultimate goal is to get the whole thing to swing right around in a full circle...

 As we were leaving, they joined one last workshop... dissection...

 Jake loved it, Michael seemed indifferent and Cameron looked like he was barely holding in his lunch...

 The three boys stood that way for pretty much the entire presentation...

 It was pretty gross though, I have to say - sheep hearts and lungs...

It was too funny to watch the boys though...

 Michael's pumping his hand like a beating heart here - we left soon after that...

 On Sunday the weather was really not that great, but we managed to get the kids down to Eden on the Bay for a bit of exercise.  Jake got this American Football from a friend in the states...

 Marius' boys are both soccer players...

 Jake is still enjoying his rugby practices.  He's in the B team at school, so doesn't get to play many matches, but that suits us at the moment too.  He's learning and having fun in any event and that's the main thing for me...

And Jake's just not a soccer player... Cameron...

 Marius kicks either ball as high as he can and as far as he can and then the boys chase it...

 While Michael isn't a rugby player, he is a tease and Jake rises to the bait every time...

 It all starts out fun...

 But goes south quickly...

 And invariably ends up with someone not very happy...

 Cam thinks it's all pretty funny...

 While the boys were chasing balls, I managed to take a few snaps.  That's Marius down at the bottom...

 And somewhere behind all those clouds is Table Mountain...

 Looking back to where the boys were playing...

 "Lekker by die see" means, lovely by the sea - and it really is, I am so lucky to spend so much time down there with Marius and the kids...

 My little freckle-face.  Jake has such gorgeous eyes...

There is no problem that can't be solved with ice-cream...

 Cam all flushed after his game...

 Jake was still upset with Michael, but they got over it quickly enough.  That's the nice part about boys...

 Cam cuddling his dad...

 And very kindly sharing his ice-cream...

 Michael...

 On Wednesday evening, we met up at the CTICC in Cape Town to see the dinosaurs.  The kids absolutely loved it and we hardly even saw Michael (sorry for the awful pictures)...

 The psychedelic lighting made it a very interesting outing for all...

 A highlight for Jake was the T-Rex...

 He insisted on getting some good photos...

But I think I might have failed in my mission...

 All the dinosaurs move and make sounds.  You can even see their chests moving as they breathe, it's very clever...

 One last snap...

OK, I'm up-to-date again!  Phew, it's been a busy week and we have quite a busy weekend ahead.  Marius has his boys tonight, so we're looking forward to the bonus time with them too.  Tomorrow's crazy with cubs district soccer and Michael has something on at school too.  Hopefully Sunday will be quiet.  The weather is set to be gorgeous all weekend, so we'll be hoping to get down to the beach for plenty of walks.

Hope everyone's well, enjoy your weekends!

Love,

Sue XXX