30 days of thanks: day 26

Day 26: camera phones

I have an iPhone 4s. The camera is good - in fact the vast majority of pics I post here are taken with that camera. I recently went through my collection of family ohotos and it is remarkable how many pictures I take now that I have a camera at my fingertips all the time.

I love having a chronicle of my life - and more specifically, of my kids' childhood. So today I am grateful for my camera phone.

As an example, I give you the last picture I took - the cocktail menu at Gourmet Garage where we had dinner.

 

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30 days of thanks: day 25

Day 25: summer rain

I grew up in Cape Town, with hot, humid summers and rainy winters. I love winter rain, the quiet of it, the cuddly feeling that it brings. Suggling under the duvet with a cup of hot chocolate.

But today, I am financially grateful for summer rain. I never need to water my garden in summer, and the plants need less water in winter. And of course our thunderstorms are exhilirating!

 

 

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30 days of thanks: day 24

Day 24: Rescue Remedy

I discovered RR when my oldest was about 1, and I have been grateful for it many, many times. Today is one of those days when I feel I would have been a total wreck without it - and I am not even the one who took RR. So today I am grateful for Rescue Remedy.

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30 days of thanks: day 23

Day 23: The joy of parenthood

It is true that youth is wasted on the young - or at least, childhood is wasted on children. I love that I get to relive the world through the eyes of my children.

They won the battle with a T Rex:

Playing in the park with cousins:

Playing dress-up. I am totally keeping this pic for when she is a chef one day - this is the child who asks me if she may smell the strange cheese I bought. She was smelling food before tasting it when I was still spoon feeding her.

Throwing water balloons into the hula hoop.

School concert - she was a "macarena girl". Yes, they did the macarna!

Cooking mussels with Daddy:

Nothing like blowing a vuvuzela in your underwear...

First Halloween!

Birthday "ring" at preschool.

Balloons!

First attempt at a sandcastle. More decorating than construction!

A few random holiday moments:

 

Ballet concert:

I am grateful that I get to watch their lives unfold.

 

 

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30 days of thanks: day 22

Day 22: year-end holidays

Especially in South Africa! This year I will have 3 weeks of paid leave, to spend time with family and celebrate Christmas. With typical Johannesburg weather, it will be gorgeous summer, borderline too hot but that is what the swimming pool is for! With family lunches on the patio, friends to spend time with, and the celebration of the birth of Christ, I am grateful to have this holiday to look forward to.

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30 days of thanks: day 21

Day 21: my job

I am an actuary, working for a healthcare company. And I love it.

I get to do work that I enjoy, that I am good at, with amazing colleagues at an amazing company. It is rare, and I am grateful.

 

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30 days of thanks: day 20

Day 20: good schools

My oldest is in kindergarten (grade R) this year, and on 9 Jan next year she will move on to "big school". It was a massive decision for us to choose the right school, and I am confident that we made the best possible choice. Today I am grateful not only for the fantastic choice of schools we had, but also that we got into Craighall for her.

 

 

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