Laugh out Loud, Melt like butter, Blow your top, Cry like a baby
10 things that made me laugh out loud this week:
1. Johan's face when he wakes suddenly from a deep sleep
2. Christiaan exploring my face and accidently sticking his little index finger up my nose
3. Lian after playing in the mud
4. Joey, Chandler and the mere thought of Cramer opening the door
5. My great grandmother singing "scales" - age has not been kind, she shreeks like a man would during a bikini wax
6. Lian learning to make sentences - he often comes up with the most interesting combination of words
7. Christiaan laughing out loud when I bark like a dog
8. Johan looking for something in the kitchen
9. My great grandmother's language errors when speaking English. She said: "My head was so clear, I couldn't think" She probably meant something about striking a blank
10. Rabbit saying "aha" in Piglet's big movie, and then the blank stares from Tigger, Pooh and Piglet. It cracks me up every time.
Things that melt me:
1. Feeling Christiaan's little tummy skin
2. Lian saying :Ek het jou lief" -( I love you)
3. Lian kissing me spontaneously
4. Johan holding my hand
5. The way my grandmother looks at my grandfather
6. The looks on my outdoor cats' faces when it rains, and they stare at us through the window
7. Christiaan breastfeeding, and then looking up at me, smiling
8. Lian hugging Christiaan spontaneously
9. Celine Dion's song Miracle
10. Johan changing diapers
Things that make me blow:
1. Trying to create order in the study, only to be endlessly interrupted, and then having to face the pile of books and paper I unpacked for the next four weeks.
2. Lian throwing a tantrum and shouting "mamma jy moenie sing nie" (mommy you must'nt sing) every time sit down to play piano
3. 4x4 drivers pushing me into the slow lane by driving at ridiculous speeds in a 70km/h zone.
4. The pile of baby clothes stacked in my spare bathroom that I still haven't sorted after 7 weeks of trying
5. Lian carrying on about something at the end of a very long day.
6. Struggling to open the garage door with Christiaan on my hip, the nappy bag in my hand, Lian running toward the street, and realising I left the keys for the car in the house.
Watch me cry when:
1. My grandfather doesn't know who I am
2. My grandmother cries about my grandfather's failing state
3. I read in the paper about a 3 month old baby dying of exposure after just being dumped in a veld
4. I'm very very tired, and I seriously lose my temper at Lian for no legitimate reason
5. When Johan declares how much he loves me, and says that I'm his best friend after 13 years of being together.
6. When I watch a Hillsong DVD and think how much I miss worshipping and being part of a worship team.
7. When I look at the pictures of my children's births
8. When I look at the pictures of Lian in hospital and with a pressure garment over his face after burning with a cup of tea that I accidently spilled over him.
9. Reading the essay I wrote after my cousin Louis (16) died in a motorcycle accident in 1992
10. Looking at the wedding pictures of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who are no longer married
1. Johan's face when he wakes suddenly from a deep sleep
2. Christiaan exploring my face and accidently sticking his little index finger up my nose
3. Lian after playing in the mud
4. Joey, Chandler and the mere thought of Cramer opening the door
5. My great grandmother singing "scales" - age has not been kind, she shreeks like a man would during a bikini wax
6. Lian learning to make sentences - he often comes up with the most interesting combination of words
7. Christiaan laughing out loud when I bark like a dog
8. Johan looking for something in the kitchen
9. My great grandmother's language errors when speaking English. She said: "My head was so clear, I couldn't think" She probably meant something about striking a blank
10. Rabbit saying "aha" in Piglet's big movie, and then the blank stares from Tigger, Pooh and Piglet. It cracks me up every time.
Things that melt me:
1. Feeling Christiaan's little tummy skin
2. Lian saying :Ek het jou lief" -( I love you)
3. Lian kissing me spontaneously
4. Johan holding my hand
5. The way my grandmother looks at my grandfather
6. The looks on my outdoor cats' faces when it rains, and they stare at us through the window
7. Christiaan breastfeeding, and then looking up at me, smiling
8. Lian hugging Christiaan spontaneously
9. Celine Dion's song Miracle
10. Johan changing diapers
Things that make me blow:
1. Trying to create order in the study, only to be endlessly interrupted, and then having to face the pile of books and paper I unpacked for the next four weeks.
2. Lian throwing a tantrum and shouting "mamma jy moenie sing nie" (mommy you must'nt sing) every time sit down to play piano
3. 4x4 drivers pushing me into the slow lane by driving at ridiculous speeds in a 70km/h zone.
4. The pile of baby clothes stacked in my spare bathroom that I still haven't sorted after 7 weeks of trying
5. Lian carrying on about something at the end of a very long day.
6. Struggling to open the garage door with Christiaan on my hip, the nappy bag in my hand, Lian running toward the street, and realising I left the keys for the car in the house.
Watch me cry when:
1. My grandfather doesn't know who I am
2. My grandmother cries about my grandfather's failing state
3. I read in the paper about a 3 month old baby dying of exposure after just being dumped in a veld
4. I'm very very tired, and I seriously lose my temper at Lian for no legitimate reason
5. When Johan declares how much he loves me, and says that I'm his best friend after 13 years of being together.
6. When I watch a Hillsong DVD and think how much I miss worshipping and being part of a worship team.
7. When I look at the pictures of my children's births
8. When I look at the pictures of Lian in hospital and with a pressure garment over his face after burning with a cup of tea that I accidently spilled over him.
9. Reading the essay I wrote after my cousin Louis (16) died in a motorcycle accident in 1992
10. Looking at the wedding pictures of my brother-in-law and sister-in-law who are no longer married
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