Once again the hope for a lazy weekend went out of the window.

Saturday was busy doing washing, moving all steffy's stuff into my bedroon as her room is being used by the new child minder. Keira wanted attention & had to be entertained. I also supervised Vincent with his school work as he had fallen a bit behind for what ever reason.

Sunday was a tad more peaceful as we went to get fruit & veg. Once again Vincent had to study.

I have decided that with 4 kids there is no hope in hell for a lazy weekend not unless I run away from home with out them.... (like that will ever happen.)

So far the new childminder seems to be working out but only time will tell.

Well after all the spring cleaning I have been doing lately I noticed that a lot was not beening done around the house. Especially when it can to the girls.

I had hired a childminder/nanny for Keira when I went back to work as my housekeeper could not do the house & look after a baby/toddler. Way to much work in my house, the house is huge & teenages seem to make more mess than a toddler.

Anyway she was warned when she started that there would be another baby coming & that her work load would become more but htat she would be paid for all the extra work.(which I did do).

Things came to a head yesterday when I spoke to the house keeper about the issues I had been dealing with & was rather frustrated about.

Initially the child minder was sleeping in as I have to get up really early to leave for work & wanted to have someone available from 6am to look after the girls. She agreed & was doing so up until about Feb when she insisted on going home, I said on but make sure you are here before I leave for work… this did not happen & I had to be late on numerous occasions because of this. The boss was not pleased. She then started to come to work at 5am & buzzing me awake to let her in. I only have to get up at 5:30 & believe me after doing night shift with Steffy I need every second of sleep to stay sane.

The things I brought up were as follows.
1. That the baby’s bottles where not being sterilized correctly even after I had showed her how to do it at least twice. (it’s a microwave sterilizer). She managed to melt the valve of a new drinking cup cus she did not put water into the sterilizer. Steffy had used the cup once.
2. That the girl’s clothes were put in their cupboards inside out.
3. that the toy section was filthy & very unhygienic,I found dirty bottles of milk there, who knows how long they had been there as the milk was sludge already.( I tossed the bottles away)
4. That even after telling that Steffy had to be fed in the feeding chair she insisted on not using it.
5. that if I did not put sheets on Keira bed or the cot they did not have them on

Anyway the house keeper brought these up with her as she did not speak much English so me communicating with her was useless.

At 4pm Vincent called & told me the childminder had quit…… So when I got home the house keeper was frantically trying to find a replacement to start today. She has found a lady who is 37 & I pray like hell her English is better than the last one.

When I got home the house keeper said that she had noticed that Keira was still wearing her night time nappy at 4pm when the childminder left. I was really pissed off about tis, luckily Keira did not have a nappy rash from it.

Please do not think we are wealthy here in South Africa most households have a domestic worker, this is because of our HUGE unemployment issue not to mention that labor is really cheap.

I look after my staff but for some reason some of them just do not stay. I have had my gardener for 7 years & my housekeeper has been with me for 3 years, both her children live with us. Her eldest goes to the school up the road & her 17 month old son is taken care of by the childminder. I always make sure that my staffs kids get birthday presents, chirstmas present, easter eggs, & anything else they might need. I do research for them when they need info for school projects.

I really hope that this new lady is one who will end up staying as I am tired of interviewing ppl. I guess time will tell.
I am taking this new lady on as a temp until i am 100% sure she can do the job to my satisfaction. grrrrr

Yesterday was supposed to be a day of rest.... yeah right... I decided that it was time to sort out ALL the toys in the house, I must have been crazy, as predicted the boys vanished. Anyway all the toys are clean & packed in their own baskets, I still can not get over how many toys keira has.

GB came for a visit, man my little boy is just too cute for words.





Keira was face painting a friend of our, it is incredible how a huge mans man can be reduced to a jibbering idiot with her. He loves her to bits. She has this thing where she can control any man with her smile.


This picture is taken in the playroom, so please excuse the mess.

To all of you who sent prayers for Terry thanks so much, the procedure was done on Monday all I have heard is that she is doing ok. I will keep you posted.

Its been a rather hectic weekend. On Friday we took Vincent through to Pretoria as he was going on a school camp. The Rest of Friday was getting odds & ends like diapers & formula for Steffy. Saturday was doing the monthly groceries & running after the kids. DH bought Keira a bicycle a little purple one, complete with a basket & a cyclists hat. Way to cute.
Sunday we went to my sister in law for the afternoon it was great cus we had a lng chat about the mother-outlaw & the issues we are both having with her.
DH went back to Pretoria to fetch Vincent who said he had a total blast at the camp.

Today we went to court to fill in the formal application for adoption. The Durban social worker is still trying to track down the birth mothers husband.

In all the rushing around DH & I both forgot our wedding anniversary which was on Saturday, now how nuts is that? We only clicked in court when we had to verify all our information that we had missed it. I feel like a total twit. Tomorrow is a public holiday Yippee a day home with the kids.

Vincent’s ex let me know today that she has moved out of her mothers house as there are issues there & she is looking for a place of her own. I have done some research & am hoping to call in a HUGE favor with a friend who has a 2 bedroom garden flat. I hope it will work out.

My sister is going for her D & C today I hope she is doing ok emotionally.

That’s everything in a nut shell.

Hi all, please can you say a special prayer for my sister she lives in London. Today she went for an antenatel check up as she is 10 week preggies, she has been told that there is no heart beat & that she has to go for a D & C on MONDAY. Why they do not do it right now I do not know but she is toatally broken & I have no way to comfort her for South AFrica. All her family are here in SA. It was a miracle she fell pregnate, will explain this in a later post. Thanks. btw her name is Teryy & she is the most wonderful person in the world, she is also my baby sister.