My kids are still great but they are definitely a rowdy bunch and can be very hard to control at times, like most kids. I adore them though. I've been at Nomzamo for 6 days and have already been pooped on twice. Well pooped on once, gotten poop on me twice! It's a glamorous life I live, I know! But every day there is great, even the not so fun ones. It got a little more challenging last week when the kids got crafty. They now fake cry to get me to pick them up so they can then proceed to put me in a Hulk Hogan-like vice grip while laughing hysterically. These kids are surprisingly strong, especially the little girls. I'll have one kid in my arms and they'll grab my free arm and dead lift themselves up an then crawl/scramble onto my back. Luckily it's pretty easy to tell when the kids are faking it so I usually just tickle them and run away. It's hard because I don't have enough arms.
I'm starting to get the hang of their names. I have all but a few down and I must say that's quite a feat in just over a week! I have my favorites but I make sure that I don't show it. One of my little boys, and I swear I'm not exaggerating, looks exactly like a ninja turtle! He's so cool! His name is Sayasanga but he's my little ninja turtle (and we all know how much I love turtles!)! On Friday we had a birthday party for all the kids who had birthdays in September. They were so cute in their party hats eating their cake and singing happy birthday in xhosa and then english! I could sit here gushing for hours and pages but I have other things to brag about. Brag or gloat? I don't know what word is better so read on and you decide!
I got to go cage diving with great white sharks! Neener neener neener! Oh my gosh it was such an amazing rush! I was the very first one on the boat to get in the cage. 6 people could fit at a time and we stayed in 30-40 minutes each. It was awesome. We had 4 big ones and a baby shark. The biggest was about 10 feet long. Being in the water with them was so surreal, especially when they are feeding literally inches away from you. Shark week has nothing on seeing them in real life. They are more graceful than you can imagine and you just want to reach out and touch them. Which, was almost a problem for me because we all know how I have a hard time resisting random urges (Daron can attest to that)! Seriously though, one of the times the sharks got close I caught myself reaching out before I knew I was doing it. Luckily I'm not as dumb as some might think and realized what I was doing. I decided since I'm quite attached to my right hand (no pun intended), I should probably not feed it to a ferocious 10 foot shark. When my turn was over I spent the next hour or so taking pictures and pretending I was a National Geographic photographer on location capturing man-eaters in their natural habitat. Yeah, I'm a tard I know. But let me just reiterate myself - absolutely breathtaking and you should all be jealous!
When everyone had their turn we went a few miles away to where whales from all over go to calve. It's right off the shores of a cute little town called Hermanus. We literally came within 10 feet of a mama whale and her baby. We were worried because we didn't know we could get that close but they were fine. The only word that came to my mind was majestic! After whale watching we went back to shore, disembarked from our boat, ate lunch, and then passed out in the van for the ride home. But when we awoke we weren't home! Our driver, the coolest driver ever, had driven us to a beach to watch the whales from shore. The white sandy beach was gorgeous, it was 80 degrees, and the whales were playing in the distance. We stayed there a couple of hours swimming, laying out, and walking along the beach collecting perfectly intact shells in varying shades of blue, purple, pink, and yellow. It was absolute perfection! I couldn't have asked for a better day. It was exactly what I imagine heaven to be. And I was in Africa!
...So I'm thinking gloating is definitely the word. Gloating is so much more refined than bragging! Have a good day all!
yes, i'm quite jealous. i hope you're happy. ; ) i was drinking water and choked when you mentioned your random urges and daron. i still laugh out loud just thinking about it. literally. the look on your face can never be replicated. bad steve. however, i don't think this urge was steve- he generally wants to gain weight, not lose it. and i'm glad you still have your hand. and i don't know if i can wait months to see your photos! : ( is there any way you can post some from there? still miss you, but i'm so glad you're loving it there! you'd be a superb nanny, lol. and it's so true- kids are kids no matter where they are.
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