lighthouse

Things that makes this mother’s heart go boom boom boom

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*  when her son (E) waits at the gate and blows her 3 kisses every morning without fail when she takes him to school.

*  When her son (E) tells her that he loves her because she has a good heart.

*  When her son (S) decides on his own that he wants to pick some wild flowers on their nature walk and give it to her.

*   When this mother can cheer the boys up by showing them this video:

and then afterwards she hears (E) humming the tune from this.

*When my little one sees someone doing needle work and then he ask me if she is working on an artwork.

*  When (E) tells me that he wants to start a company that sells trees.  (Note to self, maybe take him to a ‘greenpop’ event sometime)

 

(E) My firstborn son named Etienne.  Born in 2008

(S) Stephan. Born in 2010

 

6 and 20

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My little boy, my firstborn is celebrating his 6th year on this planet today.

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                                                                                   A lighthouse. Drawing by my son.

On one hand I wish I can keep/freeze/pause him at this age.  This seems like a magical age, where what mommy says is still word.  Where Santa Clause and the tooth mouse are still real.  Where magic can be found in nature and where the mystery of electricity fascinates his little sponge like mind.  He is very curious by nature and wants to know a lot.  I learn with him.  Besides tractors, volcanoes, dragons and plants (especially hibiscus and bonsai’s) – his latest fascination lies with Lighthouses.

I think it has more to do with the power of the wave’s crashing against a manmade thing and it doesn’t break.  He has been testing his strength against the waves this past holiday, and he saw the lighthouse at our harbour in battle with waves at high tide; but his ultimate favourite is this video on YouTube.  (I indulge my children and when I see a spark of interest I go on info hunting with them.)  I thought it might be a brilliant time to discuss electricity and its uses and luckily they had this great book at the library and we found this lovely project to do:

page from the book called: "Laat dit werk! Elektrisiteit" by Baker and Haslam

page from the book called: “Laat dit werk! Elektrisiteit” by Baker and Haslam

I wondered how long his yearning to become a farmer would last, and last week he told me he decided he doesn’t want to be a farmer anymore.  He wants to become a lighthouse-keeper.

In the meantime, while he decides, we are off to the local nursery to buy his bonsai (that’s what he wants for his birthday), and I need to get to the library to find some bonsai books (Because this mommy is clueless about little tiny trees…)

What I do know is that the ABSA Klein Karoo National Arts Festival (KKNK) is celebrating their 20th anniversary this year and I am super excited to exhibit and be part of their Visual Arts Program.  You can view the full program here….

And check out the visual arts program here….I am blessed to be in the company of all these artists

And a little bit more about my exhibition during the festival here………

And on that note I would like to end this post with a song:

(“This little light of mine, I’m gonna let it shine”)

Sing along here