Happy Days

You boys are being so nice to each other. I overheard a conversation between the 2 of you yesterday.

Rameez : Please open the crayons
Anees: Here you go my brother
Rameez: Thank you Anees
Anees: My pleasure

I couldn't believe my ears. My heart swelled with pride. You boys can be polite and good when you wanna be. Fikile says you boys never fight when you're with her. I'm assuming the fighting is a call for my attention.

Dad had some stuff to do around the house today. He didnt need little helpers so I decided to take the 2 of you out for the morning.I was anxious wondering if I would manage. Rameez you're quite adventurous and free spirited,as you should be. It's just difficult to keep up with you especially since you don't want to sit in your pram.

I had some errands to run but Anees managed to persuade me otherwise! We ended up at Serendipity.

Serendipity is not as busy or big as the other kid friendly places. It's intimate and has lots of helpers to give a guiding hand should you need help up the jungle gym or trampoline. The dress up area is well stocked with costumes to fulfill any child's fantasies. Anees chose Batman. (Of course, he's obsessed with superheroes and good guys and bad guys)

I enjoyed some time in the sun, walking barefoot with you guys, indulging in your fantasies and remembering what it's like to have not a care in the world.
Chocolate was the order of the day! Chocolate milkshake and chocolate covered crumpets too!

I love you boys.

More birthday love

Birthdays are never just one day celebrations with us. We celebrate as a foursome and then with the family and Anees has a party at school too.




Rameez isn't at school yet, so he had a small celebration on his actual birthday. The day starts with us decorating a small cake and then singing and having cake for breakfast. What better way to start your birthday(especially if you're a cake-a-holic like Rameez) We then like to watch the video or look at photos of the day the boys were born. I always love the fascination on their faces as we look through old photos and I love the conversation that ensues as we discuss the day. Rameez was thrilled with his chocolate cake that 'I made self'. He giggled everytime we blew out the candles. We probably had to do it like 10 times. There was more requests for blowing out the candle when I got home from work and I was more than happy to oblige.

Today we spent the day with all the family. What a lovely day. The highlight for Rameez was definitely his Teletubbies cake baked with love by Gran. The look of sheer excitement on his face when he saw the cake was priceless. He kept wanting to taste it so we put it high up on the ledge and while we ate lunch we caught him just staring at it longingly.

Me and my nieces

The family feels quite big, when we're all together we're a rowdy bunch. It's always nice to have everybody together at the same time. We might not see each other often but every effort is made to get together for someone's birthday.

Cousins

Familia

Taz and Deen

Anees we are very proud of you for letting Rameez enjoy the limelight. You are already counting down to your next birthday which is almost a year away. We just love how you are such a kind brother that you are willing to share all Rameez's birthday toys with him. LOL.

Rameez you looked like you had an absolute ball! Your wish for 'cake and toys' was most certainly fulfilled.

Love Mom

These are a few of my favourite things

The Sound of Music and Grease are two of my all time favorite movies. I know all the words from all the songs and love bursting into song on the odd occassion(much to Zaid's dismay, LOL)

"When the dog bites,
When the bee stings,
When I'm feeling sad,
I simply remember my favorite things,
And then I don't feel so bad.." The sound of Music

This got me thinking about what the boys favorite things are at the moment

According to Anees, his favorite food is carrots, favorite drink is cream soda,
Favorite color is blue, favorite t shirt is his pink dinosaur t shirt. His favorite friend is Tegan, his favorite game to play on the iPad is Zombies. Favorite t.v show is Ben 10.

I can't ask Rameez these questions but he's really into Barney and Teletubbies at the moment. You love Hulk too. Your favorite food at the moment is fish fingers or eggs and cake! You could happily have either for breakfast, lunch and dinner. Your favorite shoes are your slippers and the blue and red moccasins your cousin gave you.

You boys are also into sword fighting amd bows and arrows.Your favorite book is definitely 'Whats in the witches kitchen' it always gets you boys giggling. You boys both love your skateboards and the Ninjagos are a firm favorite amongst the 2 of you ( for like 10 mins until the fighting begins) Talking Ginger on my phone is also a favorite. Your favorite place to go to is Boogaloos skate park and Papachinos. Everytime we get in the car the 2 of you ask to go to either place.

Love watching the two of you playing together. And I love the admiration Rameez has for you Anees. He tries to emulate everything you do and it's just the cutest considering his half your size.

Love Mom
Xxx