Easter time

We started reading about Easter a little early this year so I'd be more excited when it came time to dye our eggs and go on my Easter egg hunt. Grandma sent us a packet of PAAS egg dye and we had lots of fun!

I dipped my eggs in all of the colors.

Aren't they pretty?!

I thought they were so pretty I wanted to kiss them.

This morning I got all dressed up in my special Easter dress and went outside to find the eggs the Easter Bunny hid in the yard.

I found egg after egg....

And THREE Easter baskets hidden in the bushes!

Happy Easter!

even to the lizards in the yard.

Jarabacoa, Dominican Republic

We went to the mountains of Dominican Republic for a latin jazz concert and to explore an area we didn't know much about. It was a nice, relaxing weekend and my favorite part was throwing rocks into the river. Mommy said that next time we'll go horseback riding and hiking!

Fall in Virginia

Kim had the fabulous idea of going to Homestead Farm in Virginia this weekend, so we went and had a great time with our friends!

Which pumpkin do I want? The orange one or the funky green one? Well, why not take both?!

No day is complete without taking the time to smell the flowers...

Mother's Day

I treated mommy to brunch at the Southern Sun for Mother's Day. She loved it. We spent three hours eating, playing, and enjoying the beautiful weather. What a perfect day!

Maybe it should be that April comes in like a lion instead of March.

Daddy broke his ankle paying soccer with his friends, so Mommy and I came to visit him in Pretoria while he is waiting for his post-surgery cast. We decided to have a little fun while we are here since this week was originally supposed to be a fun-filled beach vacation in Mozambique. Instead, we spent yesterday at the Rhino and Lion Nature Reserve and had a lot of fun anyway... where else would I get to play with baby lions?! Look!

Don't worry, I am fine. They just wanted to play.

We went to the Apartheid Museum in Johannesburg today and learned all about the history of South Africa and the apartheid era here. I'm not old enough yet to understand, but Mommy and Daddy will tell me about it again some day when I'm bigger. In the meantime, I sure had fun running up and down the pathways that wound through the museum. Mommy got her day's workout chasing me. Lucky Daddy had it easy this time since his broken ankle kept him in a wheel chair and he had an excuse to take it slow.

Where will we go tomorrow?

I love shoes!

I call them "so" and I love them, especially shoes that are 10 sizes too big for me.

I am not picky.
I like children's, women's and men's. I like flip flops, high heels, and slipons.

I love water! Paradise View, XiaXai, Mozambique

Merry Christmas!

This was my second Christmas, but the first that I was involved in opening presents. I still don't quite "get" the idea of opening presents, but sure had fun delivering them all to mommy and daddy.

I got all sorts of fun presents this year... lots that make noise-my favorite!!

If you didn't notice already, too, another thing I like to do is

take my diaper off and run around naked!

Grandma and Poppa Drew come to visit!

Grandma and Poppa Drew came to visit us for two weeks in October. It was so much fun. After a somewhat stressful check-in at the Johannesburg airport (our travel agent reserved our tickets, but forgot to pay for them) we made it onto the plane and to Livingtone, Zambia for 4 exciting days at Victoria Falls. Our first activity was a dinner cruise. We even saw crocodiles and hippos!

Their first African sunset was more than memorable:

It was so nice to spend some time with Grandma and Poppa Drew. I think they were excited to make their first visit to Africa, but even more excited to see me!

We visited both sides of the falls. Zambia the first day and Zimbabwe the second.



We even let daddy be King for a day...

Then, we visited a crocodile farm and I got to touch a baby croc!



We at at some nice restaurants along the way. Poppa Drew always tried the strange foods- crocodile steak, warthog, and croc "fingers". We ate a the 5 star Livingstone Hotel, saw elephants and vervet monkeys tried to steal another guy's french fries! He jumped right up on the table and grabbed a bunch! We also ate at Ngoma Zanga, a restaurant in town that offers a selection of different local dishes and drummers played while we ate. Maybe we ate one of the crocodiles we met today.

From there we went to Kruger Park to see the animals, but had to watch out not to hit any on our way:

We made it into to Kruger safely and saw all sorts of neat animals.

Then we went to Swaziland, where we did lots of shopping at the glass factory, Gone Rural woven products store, and the candle factory.



We also visited a cultural village and saw the traditional Swazi life, homes, and heard about Swazi culture. We also saw a young dance and singing group. Grandma even was pulled up to dance with them!

We stayed overnight at a place called Malandela's and Poppa Drew took some really sweet photos of me and Grandma in the morning.

Then, we finally headed to Mozambique! Mommy and Daddy had to work and Grandma and Poppa Drew got a personal tour guide, our friend Wesley, to show them around. After a week in Maputo, though, we had to take Grandma and Poppa Drew back to the airport to go home. What a wonderful time we had together!