I have decided to rather work Sunday to Sunday as that is how most of our programs run. Also I constantly forget to write on Fridays!
I guess what I really need to get on paper and off my chest is the fact that for the last month Sundays have been absolutely awful for me. Three out of the four have caused me emotional breakdowns when we get home. Some of it was the vast number of new kids suddenly attending and not knowing what/where/when they're allowed to do what, but this last Sunday it is Leone and Lira in the mother's room, causing chaos with my daughters and constantly nagging me for stuff, tea, yoghurt, banana's... Also Nosipho left baby Tariro with me so suddenly I am the only adult with 5 kids - all wanting my attention, and even my girls acting out which they don't usually do. Another factor is that I had become accustomed to my daughters occupying themselves so that I could actually feel part of the service and so that was my expectation for today, which of course did not happen. I know I could tell their mom that they are her problem but I am too softhearted, wanting her to rather enjoy and learn from the service. Murphy's law played a part in that we had a visiting speaker who just went on and on and on...
The only good part about today was that Catherine got baptized.
Zante has been ill all week and really bad Thursday - Saturday. She has a low fever, earache and constipation, and really struggles to sleep. Needless to say, that hasn't helped matters either.
At Bible Club we made Valentine's Cards with the focus on how much God loves us, and that is why we should also love others. My daughters and Leone and Lira were there and none of them wanted to cooperate. Kam was also there so fortunately he could help Mike with the older group. The second Saturday Mike and I were supposed to go to a SAMA meeting but stayed home with Zante being so ill.
Either way there was no Bible Club.
On Monday we took the four girls to the bunny park. Because we could only fetch Leone and Lira after 10 we arrived after the animals had been fed, and so they had no interest at all in us. The kids still enjoyed the play equipment and the walk though. Mike then had to go to college and the girls and I played outside most of the day. My mom, Llewellyn and Phoebe came by for a coffee which broke the afternoon nicely.
Homework Club took an exciting turn for Cameron when he volunteered for Michael's magic trick which ended in him being covered in water! I took cloud dough for the younger ones and my girls and Leone and Lira, Martin and Cherish and Mikayla really enjoyed it for about an hour, after which fortunately Liezl fetched the four girls to bake a cake for Lira's birthday the next day. Martin and Cherish and then Mikayla continued to play for the rest of the afternoon. The older group played hangman and then did language based exercises in books. Armetta surprised me by being able to read quite well for her age so I will need to give her more challenging work in future.
At the creche course we started to wonder whether anyone was going to return as there was no one there until 2:10pm, even though we are supposed to start at 2! They did all eventually arrive, and hopefully we can start building some momentum now. The next few weeks are the more fun ones!
On Saturday afternoon Zante seemed a bit better so we went to Jolene's for Ronan's 5th birthday gathering.
After that we had a 'cuzzie-get-together' at the Viljoen's. We all made sushi again, and it was delicious! Leon brought his brother, Louwrens, along and the two of them were serenading us with songs they had written themselves. They are both very talented!
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