Jan and Miekie's Journal: July 2010

Please talk to us

This journal is a record the future. But it is also my way of telling friends what’s happening in our lives – the way I would if we were visiting or if I wrote you a letter. So often people say that they enjoy the blog – but I do not even know that they read it. Won’t you please do me a favour and chat back by leaving a comment so that I at least know that you have visited: click on comments at the bottom of each post and then on sign up beneath the comment box, (they’ll ask for your e-mail address – any address will do) or if you have a Google account, just enter your I.D. and password. And then type your comment. Please…. Thanks for the trouble, but otherwise it is like drinking tea alone!

Saturday, July 10, 2010

Janita’s special day

The L’s had a special, private consecration ceremony for Janita in the entertainment room of the company where Dorette works. It was a very relaxed, happy occasion. Janita wasn’t too thrilled while we were still setting the cups and trying to get the urn to do its job, but once fed and dressed in her christening (consecration) robe, she was her usual calm and friendly self.

Janita’s table at the entrance.

Jan led the consecration service. He talked about what it means to be blessed.

The happy L’s.

Afterwards it was time for tea and lots of visiting. (The decorations were not our choice, but one day Janita will know that her special day happened in the middle of the World Cup!)

I did not remember to take a photo of the tea table before it was ravaged, but we had quite a spread: from meringue cake and cheese cake to the usual koeksisters and vlatert. We had lots of savoury stuff too: from popular sandwiches and soup to savoury tart and sausage rolls. The most popular eat among the children were animal biscuits which Gert had baked. ‘n Treffer!

Ouma Elna and Janita in satin.

Say “Cheese…!”

Janita did not inherit her dad’s and Oupa Frans’s blue eyes like Franco did, but she has her mother’s brown eyes.

Janita wore the dress I had made for Dorette’s christening from my wedding dress material. Like 3 1/2 month old Dorette, she also slept through the proceedings with a dummy in her mouth.

Janita never seemed uncomfortable in the long dress, just smiled and cooed at us.

Mmmm, what have we got here?

Koekieeee!

Njam!

It was just impossible to get Martelize to stand still so that I could snap her. At first she flatly refused to put on her new dress, but she was willing to take it to show to Janita. When Janita got dressed, she finally allowed Tannie Dorette to dress her as well. The rest of the day she seemed very thrilled with the swaying pink dress and happily danced and ran about.