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Declan se oulike sê-goed

Soos mense seker nou al moet weet, is Declan my en Pieter se seuntjie. Hy is verseker die oulikste seuntjie in die wêreld (soos almal seker ook weet!) Ek het gedink om net bietjie te begin om sy oulike sê-goed neer te skryf, want hy is nog nie eers 2 nie, maar hy praat vol sinne! As ons in die kar ry, dan sê hy "mamma jaag die karre!" Hy is lief daarvoor om met 'n handoek te loop (opgerol in 'n bondeltjie) en te sê dis sy "klein babatjie". Hy sit vandag op die trappie in die badkamer terwyl ek bad, en hy sê: "ek nou heavy hartseer!" Hy word baie oggende wakker dan sê hy; "Mamma ek nou wakker! Ek sooo bly!" Hy sê dikwels vir my: "Mamma, ek lief jou!" "Mamma ek jou by sit" (Mamma, ek wil by jou sit) "mamma, ek nog klein" "Deci groot seun!" Vandag ry ons verby koeie in die veld, en hy sê "Mamma!!! Kyk al die baie olifante!" Ouma het 'n roos-ringetjie gekoop, en Deci sê: "Ouma, ek ook...
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Making PROGRESS... little by little

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So, we have quite a hectic list of things to get done BEFORE we can go on our ROADTRIP.. And in the meantime life keeps on happening and stuff need to get done. So these past few weeks were semi-hectic because Mr. Cloete was not at home for a while, and apart from having to do the home-side of things on my own (kids, dinner, etc) I also had to get quite a lot of work-things done on my own (meetings, deadlines, etc.) So anyway, a few highs from the few past weeks: Our president resigned! (***shouts of joy!!!***) It started raining in the Cape (could these 2 be related??) I went to the farm  We started exploring Pretoria! My little princess danced in a ballet in the State Theatre :-) :-) As far as our "to-do-list"is concerned - we also made some progress: Our beloved Kelina found another job and is happy: Kelina has been working for us ever since the little princess was 4 months old. So we have been quite emotional all week from just thinking that ...
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Social Media, Connecting and being disconnected

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So we have been wondering about how we will be keeping in touch with everyone who cares and how we will be sharing our story during our travels. Blogging is a given - it is a little like keeping a diary... but I know that most people these days (myself included) are really too lazy busy to read blog posts. Blogs will be posted though, whether or not they will be read :-) because  I think it might just turn into a nice little keepsake for us afterwards. My 10 year old son is even keeping a blog on his experiences. He has already started during the school holidays last year  - check it out here . The next idea is to share a video-diary. Videos and images get the most views on social media and I personally also love looking at them. So we will post videos onto youtube and share on facebook and instagram . But it is not going not be about that: the big social media rush to get more likes, more follows, more interactions....  Our goal is not ACTUALLY to become t...
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