30-something Party for H

The house was looking great, as was the birthday girrl, and we all had a great time, with a fine dining experience, coupled with a cocktail bar and a murder mystery theme in which I turned out to be the murderer of gang lord Fu Manchuria.....

Check out the flickr link to the left for more pics from a very successful evening.

Check out this link for more Murder Mystery ideas....watch this space for feedback from our next attempted murder!

Ma in the house!

Yup, Ma Stoltenkamp is back in SA, and visiting with us in Kwambo - she is enjoying spending time with the kids, but is likely to return down under, before long...

Easter antics

Check out these hot cross buns that H made for Easter....

The boys, scribbling away at Green with Envy in Vause Road

Getting snuggly, in their new elephant sleeping bags, brought all the way from down under, by Ma Stoltenkamp

Kwambonites visit uShaka

Zi has been so interested in sharks lately, and he was delighted to be able to come up close and personal at the uShaka aquarium...


This potato bass was HUGE! Nearly as large as the ragged-tooth sharks he was sharing a tank with !



This slide was REALLY high, but the boys were fearless! Adam even made a rogue last slide all on his own!

The mechanical bull was a hit!

There was NO way that Adam was being left out of this fun !

Some bad news

Adam was diagnosed with asthma, last week....we have to give him horrid medication and a pump, daily....He takes it like a trooper, but it's heartbbreaking.....

Cavallino Rampante !

Yip, that's a real live Ferrari F40, part of the display in the forecourt of the Crown Towers Hotel and Casino Complex, Melbourne, commerating 60 years of Ferrari, during the build-up to the opening Grand Prix of the 2007-08 season.

I spent 3 days + 4 nights in Melbourne on my very first trip to Oz, but only got to explore the city after sundown....still, I got around, and got a fair sampling of what this great city has to offer.

March in Melbourne is a busy month, with loads of shows and expos, the GP, and for 2007, the city played host to the FINA World Swimming championships. Though I didn't get to attend any of these events, I got the impression that Melbournians are quite proud of their hometown, and believe they can handle anything the world throws at them.

Cavallino Rampante is Italian for : Prancing Horse, which is the emblem used by Ferrari....