Since there is so much construction happening on the campus there are piles of sand and bricks everywhere. This  particular stack of bricks is one of the children’s favorite ‘jungle gyms’. They hide little treasures in the spaces inside the bricks, like food, toys, leaves, anything that can be mined out again later. Zoe also manages to climb to the top. She is quite the climber, so I always have to try and stack the bricks on the side so that she can’t manage to climb up. In Africa the best toys are not from Toys R Us!

We were picking broccoli in our little vegetable garden and Arielle decided that it had to be her bouquet with her dress up wedding dress. What an adorable bride! She really loves playing ‘wedding’ since she was a flower girl in her aunts wedding in February.

Anneke breathed a sigh of relief the first few days back in South Africa.  I imagine it is very similar to the feeling you get when you pull in the drive way after a very long trip.  On top of that we are staying with family where she can break free of full time parenting while the cousins play with each other and occupy each others time.

We still have to travel to capetown for December holiday and it will be another adjustment for all of them.   Keep praying for the transition and all the traveling.  Cheers, Z and the girls.