Catching up...

 Last Friday saw us all gather at the Moelans home to celebrate Jake's grandparent's 44th wedding anniversary.  It was a nice chance for me to get some snaps of Jake with his big cousins.  It's awesome how well the 3 of them get on and the girls adore Jake as much as he adores them.

Jake's very relaxed around the girls - it's so sweet how they all accept one another so well, warts and all.  They really love each other and Jake is very lucky to have such beautiful girls to call his cousins.  Becky (middle) is Jake's class prefect this year.  As you can see, they're all kind of tech-junkies.  At least they're together, right???

 I've been spotted...

I love how relaxed they all are together.  Abi's 14, Becky 12 and Jake 10.  That's her sharing her foot-stink with the rest of them.  Must've been bad - this picture makes me laugh...

 My beautiful nieces...

Not to miss out on a photo, Jake sneaks in too...

 This photo also makes me laugh - Abi "fweeped" Becky.  Jake has no idea...

 What does "fweep" mean?  It's the noise you make when you tweek someone's boob.  Jake thought it was the most hysterical thing he'd ever heard...

 OK, enough photos - back to phones...  The kids have such funny things on their phones...

 Abi's had enough of me...

 But she knows I'm still watching her through my camera...

 One last smile, while Becky contemplates getting a "fweep" back in on her sister...

 On Sunday morning, we met up with some good friends that we haven't seen in a while, for brunch in the Company Gardens in town.  For those of you not from around these parts, the gardens were built by the Dutch when the Cape was "first" discovered in 1652.  They established a garden to supply fresh fruit and veg to the passing ships.  Over time, the gardens became a bit run-down and dodgy, but they've recently been giving it a bit of a re-vamp.  The restaurant is gorgeous and they've even started growing fruit and veggies again...

 There's Jason and his daughter, Eve.  Jason was in pre-school with me and he was one of the best men at our wedding...

 Jake is getting too big... I love it, but I don't...  stop growing so fast...

 It was nice for the kids to explore the veggie patch...

 Jake was great with Eve.  I think, thanks to Bi, Jake has a lot more patience with younger kids.  Jake hates it when Eve's mom, Sandi, tells him that Eve's his future wife...

 but he was so sweet, showing her things in his quiet way...

 Jason & Sandi...

 The view of our mountain from the gardens, with the South African museum to the right.  Not sure who the naked man is with the horse, but Eve did say it was her daddy. hahahaha...

 Jake bought some nuts to feed the pigeons...

 It made for some funky photos...

 He wasn't happy when I told him that the birds were doing "it" on his hand...

 Seriously - have you ever seen him looking happier?  He was catching them by their feet with his thumb to keep them in his hand longer...

 Blur...

 Like I said, happiness is...

 and yet, he won't actually look at the camera at the moment.  At least not when I ask him to...

 The feathered birds are way more entertaining...

 A few years ago, Jake's Auntie Tam took him to an outdoor restaurant and made a video of him actually catching pigeons.  You can watch it here - very cool and look how little he was!!  Baby teeth and all...

We had a holiday here on Monday and tomorrow's another one, so it's been a short week, with two really long weekends.  It's been insane trying to get through the mountain of month end paperwork on my desk, but it's just about up-to-date now.

Sending love, enjoy the long weekend

Sue XXX