Ice Skating at Festival Mall

A bunch of us went skating at Festival Mall today and it was so much fun!

Megan was a star from the minute she got on the ice and even Kaylin gave it a go.  We had good laughs, good falls and went for lunch afterwards.

A great day!

TGIF and a long weekend to rest my weary bones

So, its been a long, busy working week for me and a very cold one at that. Johannesburg has hopefully seen the last of the cold front for a few days (at least let us enjoy the weekend).

Our company gave the annoucement that Monday the office will be closed and Tuesday is a public holiday aka Youth Day. This was previously known as Soweto Day.

I will be spending a quiet and hopefull a uneventful weekend with the family. Will be catching up with taking pix of the girls and doing fun stuff with them. We're having a very skinny month, this month so we obviously can't do anything extravagent so I'm googling things to do with your kids - without spending cash. It ain't easy...I guess we'll be baking cookies, playing XBOX and watching DVD's.

Things I would like to do when the cash flow looks better:

Bowling
Ice Skating
Planetarium
Rhino and Lion Park

I'm looking forward to 4 whole days at home with my wee family and enjoy the time together...stand by for some pix next week.

Have a great long weekend!!

Ice Skating at Alberton City

Its was my afternoon off yesterday and I took Megan ice-skating to Alberton City. It was a blast!

When we got there she wanted to just watch for a while, we actually didn't know what to expect as we'd only read about it in our local paper. Turns out its a portable ice rink called Brand 'n-Ice but its not real ice is synthetic and plastic blocks that look like ice but has the same effect.

After watching for a while she said she'd like to try. I asked if I must go with her and she said "No, I'll go on my own". I figured she'd ask if she wanted me to join in her fun. She skated for almost two hours and made lots of friends and had loads of laughs, before we had a break and went to go and get a drink and chocolate doughnuts.

She wanted to go back after her snack and we stayed another hour before going home. Gosh, I haven't laughed so hard in ages. It was cracking me up watching all these little ones fall on their arses and throughly enjoy themselves. I will join in the fun next time.

She got the hang of it really quickly and by the end of the session she was doing spins and jumps!

Watching the action

Megan in Action

Falling is also fun
Break Time - Doughnut SnackChocolate face

Back on the rink