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Autumn in the Mother City

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A beautiful day dawned in beautiful Cape Town and we had a breakfast date with Grandie and Gran  :-) We all piled into Grandie's Mazda and headed into the beautiful city, also fondly known as the Mother City.  We  had no problem with parking, as we made use of a parking garage. That's a big YAY in this part of town! So off we went to Bowl restaurant - part of the Adderley Hotel. They served a nice buffet breakfast. The boys had such a great time helping themselves to all the yummy breakfast snacks. I had a fresh croissant with ham and cheese, as well as an omelette with mushrooms and cheese. With the coffee and the juice, it was more than enough for me. The staff was friendly, the manager helpful and the food satisfactory - your ordinary run of the mill buffet breakfast. Served in style  :-) I love hotel buffet breakfasts.  It's also a lovely old building, apparently built in 1903. In deep conversation with Gran After all our hunger pains we

Me Day on April fools, and No, it's not a joke :)

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I had a day to myself which does not happen often enough!  Daddy and the boys went on a long awaited fishing trip and mommy was not expected to go with :-) They slept over at Grandie's house. Soooo had the whole house to myself when I arrived back at 8 that evening. A nice chick flick was in order, along with some delectable chocs - who can blame me, it was Easter weekend and Micah's 3rd birthday... The movie chosen for the momentous occasion was What to Expect When You're Expecting.   It is an endearing, funny story of couples getting ready for life with a baby. It was nice being eight months preggies and having some empathy with all the other pregnant girls.  This is a cute and funny movie, with some real feeling behind it.  By the way, if you are in the Blouberg area, there is a movie rental shop at the big Parklands Spar, with quite a good contract deal - R180 for 20 movies. After a relatively  peaceful sleep (I usually don't sleep well at all when