Franco in hospital and Martelize on the go

Why is my mommy undressing me?

Why am I wearing this funny gown?

I'd rather stand... I love my blocks....

Franco (13 1/2 months) recently had a grommets operation. He was as good as gold and only cried a little when he woke up after the anaesthetic. For the rest of the day he played and played and talked and talked. The operation immediately made a big difference in his general well being.

"What is in Ouma's handbag?" Martelize (10 months) is a constant explorer and has to be watched very carefuly. She crawls very fast! (These pics were taken recently when I looked after her while Thelwyn went to the stables.)

Generally my dressing table looks something like this...

But with Martelize around I have to quickly remove the electrical appliances and she sees to it that the rest of the stuff is "cleared"!

"Why are these bristles so hard?"

"What on earth is this?"

"Hi Ouma! You don't really need this stuff do you?"


Today is father's day. The L's are coming over, but unfortunately the H's have to go to Vanderbijlpark to fetch one young horse who has completed his training and take another for her training. As Thelwyn says, they can't pay for stabling when a horse does not really need it! At least we watched the rugby with them yesterday. (The Springboks beat the British Lions 26 - 21 - a bit of a close shave!)

I'll blog about our Father's day tonight. In the meantime, I hope you all have a wonderful Father's Day! (My own father was killed in a car accident on 10 June 1987 - 22 years ago! He was a wonderful man.) Waardeer jou pa, ne! Hendrik is busy making coffee for his dad (and hot water for me), so let me finish here and go wake the father of the house in time for church.

Franco is 10 Months

The L's were much better after their weak of coughs and they came to visit on Friday evening. The 3 H's were still sick, so they couldn't come.

It was near Franco's bedtime when they arrived, but he was still in good spirits and showed us how his skills are improving. He loves to stand and "walk", but he is still encouraged to crawl. He has a lovely wind up duck that zooms across the floor and he enjoyed crawling after it.

On Sunday we went to visit them. (The H's were still not feeling too great.) Here Franco has a ball with Uncle Hendrik.

After lunch we went to see where their new house is. Franco enjoyed the trip and I enjoyed sitting next to him.

Guess who grabbed the camera!

Back home, Dorette put him on top of the balls in his tub, but he quickly wiggled himself through the balls until he sat comfortably and started to throw the balls out.

Oom Hendrik added to the fun by spinning the tub around, Franco and all.


Franco tried to turn the tub over, but the balls under the tub prevented him from creating an avalanche of balls.