Holiday fun with Lesley



Heather reading to Victoria's class about a crocodile getting a lumpy skin - look at the raptous audience!




Kara off to a party in her new outfit - beautiful
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Victoria ice skating, love the gloves and the concentrating face!




Kara in her ice skating class - a bit far away to get a good shot!




Robert you would do your nut about the bakkies here - and they are even larger than this, at times!




Heather on the ski lift - very impressed she can get off these lifts with these planks/floorboards attached to her rapper boots!!



Kara and Leon on ski lift waiting for the photographer to do their video of their famous moves! 





Kara skiing down the mountain - not too sure if she is happy or just concentrating but cool any way!




At a diner having wine with mango juice, lemon and ice - the girls loved their chocolate bomb..... 




Leon doing his moves - cool cool customer!!





Heather does an international evening on Friday - this time was a Mexican Evening.




Leon's new super dupa bike arrived and the girls were too excited for words




Went to the local pub called Black Swan and watched a blues band - had plenty of chicken wings too! 



Lovely fire in the lovely fireplace!




What Victoria always wanted for Christmas!!!! but she is very good at it too




On the ferry to Statton Island to see Statue of Liberty - what a shocker how small the statue actually is!!!!!!!!!




Kara in her new Kate Moss skirt - and the pose




Victoria, well what can we say - runs her nose up and down the disgusting windows and manages to get us into fits of laughter. 





For me, the most heartwarming sight - can you imagine riding this down 5th Ave New York and the pug type dog in the buggy.




Victoria's invention - paper thin and completely fold away - watch this space Apple!!





Victoria at the police museum and she is only 4 feet tall! But no smiling allowed.




The box the bike came in and look at their innovation - cut out a section to watch TV with the rest of us.





The memorial site at 9/11 - interesting!!




Look at this idea - and never having to loose your gloves




Leaving Statton Island on the ferry



On the



The diner where we had breakfast - andthe hugest omlette I have ever seen but delicious!



Lesley Visiting America



The Banana Lady, you push the button underneath and she dances and sings about Bananas - this is in Stew Leonard's







The celery and lettuce display - what fun, it makes for a very noisy shop with all these exhibits




Check those brinjals, Doug you would have had a ball here, told you, you should have come with!!!




And how about these tomatoes!!!!!!!!!! Gobsmackingly beautiful!!!




Another dancing display, needless to say, the kids love shopping here and there are tasty taster snacks all around the place




and next to the fridge counter - the cow!@!!! It also sings




And the trolleys have spaces for the Starbucks coffee!!!!!




Saugatuk River that flows through the town, and check out all the trees, still do not know what they are!!!!




The all and very American postbox with the flag!!




The sign for the bus to know that there are children in this house - Heather's house - that there are Heather's children to be picked up by the big yellow bus




This is Heather's neighbour's house, not too shabby hey!!!



A view of Heathers bedroom, love love these floors!!!!!




Look at the size of this bedroom with the picture window, just fantastic - can really like!!



Hysterical, the all American - again town, but Guguletu or Diepsloot has the same wiring, wonder if they "borrow"from Eskom too!!



Another picture of the river that runs through it




Lots of houses have the flag flying - we do too, must get Heather to put a pic here of our flag flying in Blue Hills, Johannesburg.
  



Moose Bakery

You meet people who are an inspiration and we need to share how wonderful they are. My friend Kate has just started an amazing new business venture. If only I was closer to taste her wonderful samples. Maybe soon. Kate I wish you all the best with the New Year. Cheers to your new business, you really are amazing

Check out her website: http://www.moosebakery.com/

Clean slate

Happy New Year to everyone. I sure hope its a fantastic one for everyone. I entered the New Year with the feeling of what are we going to do and where are we going to end up. Feel both despondent and grumpy, which really is not a good place to start. The slate has been cleared and we are given a new year for getting new goals set, planing wonderful holidays and making the most of what we have available.



Family strong and family together



Together we can tackle whatever lies ahead



I took these pictures to show you how they make snow. Its like a huge dust storm. Nothing like France, Jude

New Years Eve

The town puts on an evening full of events for the whole family. We went on a carriage ride through the town. They had a circus show, blues band and of course face painting. Mark and Stacey stayed over for the night. Still cant believe we all in America together, who would have thought.



What a horrible face. Our little monster is happy.



 That's better mommy loves you lots. We took a walk on the beach New Years day.

 Victoria's Christmas present


The beach on New Years day

 Mark and Leon