A temporary South African that is! Well, I thought to get geared up for the beginning of school I would take the boys for an adventure! Little did I know that it was going to be a TRUE adventure, an African adventure. I decided to take Claire to school, and the boys and I would have a "date" day, a day all to ourselves! We went to Kragga Kamma Game Park www.kraggakamma.com , this is a local game park here in Port Elizabeth, 15 minutes from our house(yes, there are some really cool things about being here!) We opted for the self drive, I will forever wonder why I was so brave on this day, you can drive your own vehicle through the park. We enter, pay and start our adventure and immediately see Rhinos! There was one large and one baby off to the side of the road, and one male closer to the side of the road. We drove close to the large Rhino, and stopped so the boys could get pictures with their new cameras (maybe I should blame Mimi and Poppa:))After the Rhino started heading away from the road, we began to drive! He stopped and turned around, and came back to our car! OK, scary, but we are in a game park, so we waited. He again turned away from us and started leaving, I started driving-this time he turned and made his way back much faster! At this point, Taylor is almost on the floor board and Hunter has a very large smile, I am a little worried and pull out the info given at the front gate! Paper states "Keep a good distance from Rhinos and Buffalo, they can be aggressive and dangerous", OK I am more than nervous! We wait longer, and the Rhino again makes his exit, his backside is completely to us, and we are sure he is leaving! We again start driving, WRONG, The Rhino now turns, runs and is right next to our car! Now Taylor is on the floor board, Hunter is now nervous, and I am calling the emergency number on form! Game ranger answers and says she thinks he is playing with us, but she is on her way! By the time she gets there the Rhino has left, and now is pretty far from us, she tells us to go, we sit. We do finally leave, a little shaky but alive! On a side note, there was a red car behind us when we started, it reversed when the Rhino charged and we never saw it again-Wimps! We finished up our game drive-nothing else compared-we saw a family of giraffe, a family of warthogs(babies look like monkeys)! When we got out of the car later, Taylor found the scratch, that's right the Rhino actually scratched our car-After that I realized how shady our experience was!
The scratch....
Family of Warthogs...
Family of Giraffe...
Now for a little less action, but none the less memorable..The first day of school. Everyone is now in school, the boys started a private school,St. Dominic's. We are so happy they got in, we did not find out until the day before school started that they would be placed. So needless to say, the last few days have been crazy-trying to get school supplies, uniforms and everything else that goes along with the beginning of a new year! St. Dominic's is a catholic school with a beautiful campus, and a wonderful sporting facility. The school is very strict in a lot of ways, one of which is the children's dress code. The boys wear white shirts, grey shorts, grey knee socks, black shoes and a blazer. Oddly enough, my little goofballs love it! In fact, Taylor said on the first day, "Mom, I am surprised that we do not have to bring a brief case to school", the things children say! They also have specific sports uniforms, one of them is a speedo suit! All I have to say is Thank God they love all of the uniforms, because I do not know if I could have argued that one! My sweet, tall, skinny kids may hate me for these pictures later in life!
Of course, Claire had her first day...
The main school building....
What a week... of course as I am finishing writing, I start looking for kids, and find two of them hiding in my bed! How sweet is that!
The scratch....
Family of Warthogs...
Family of Giraffe...
Now for a little less action, but none the less memorable..The first day of school. Everyone is now in school, the boys started a private school,St. Dominic's. We are so happy they got in, we did not find out until the day before school started that they would be placed. So needless to say, the last few days have been crazy-trying to get school supplies, uniforms and everything else that goes along with the beginning of a new year! St. Dominic's is a catholic school with a beautiful campus, and a wonderful sporting facility. The school is very strict in a lot of ways, one of which is the children's dress code. The boys wear white shirts, grey shorts, grey knee socks, black shoes and a blazer. Oddly enough, my little goofballs love it! In fact, Taylor said on the first day, "Mom, I am surprised that we do not have to bring a brief case to school", the things children say! They also have specific sports uniforms, one of them is a speedo suit! All I have to say is Thank God they love all of the uniforms, because I do not know if I could have argued that one! My sweet, tall, skinny kids may hate me for these pictures later in life!
Of course, Claire had her first day...
The main school building....
What a week... of course as I am finishing writing, I start looking for kids, and find two of them hiding in my bed! How sweet is that!
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