10 December 2014 - the very last day of pre-primary school

All the Dudes - posing for the camera on their last day of Little School. Next year we are young men going to primary school. Behold - the leaders of tomorrow. Do us proud guys!!

8 November 2014 - Liam's Graduation Ceremony from pre Primary.

Yes, it's time already! Can you believe it? Time for our little hero to start his Big School career. 2015 is Grade 1 time! Everybody who loves you is very exited little dude, even though we are a little sad at the same time to see you grow big so fast. 

Here he is posing with his buddies after the whole ceremony, which was awesome and had even big brother Dylan shedding a tear. Yes, they insisted on taking turns to pose with Spikey's sun glasses. Coz cool dudes you know. Cool dudes.

Oh yes - just to clarify - it's gwaduation! 

Liam's 6th Birthday ---- 27 October 2014

The bestest part of birthdays when you turn 6, is opening presents you see. Hence The Face!

The second bestest part of birthdays is that you can choose what you want for breakfast - and chocolate ice cream in bed is just the thing to kick start a busy day!

The third bestest part of birthdays is that you get to be the Main Man in school, complete with a dysonaur (yes, that IS the correct spelling!) birthday hat!

The fourth bestest part is - another party in the evening! With dysonaur cupcakes and candles and stuff! And Mommy and Daddy and Spikey and Molly the cat and Gina the hamster and Charly the chincilla. Spikey says it's a rat. He has a lot to learn!

The bestest part of being the younger brother is to be able to give your older brother stick at every opportunity! This does not in any way reflect on birthdays in general, but forms an integral part of YBH. Which stands for - and as a clever 6 year old I am just amazed that you grown-ups don't know this - Younger Brother Happiness!

The whatever bestest part of birthday's is the party with your friends the Saturday following your birthday. Because grown-ups, those strange creatures, make you wait a whole week after your actual birthday for it! Why I just don't know. We are six. We can rock on for the whole week! Get it? Still, going to the Transvaal Museum Whatever oh look - DYSONAURS!!!!! 

And pretending we are scary dysonaur thingies is cool. Come to think of it - I'm cool! Coz sunglasses! Hear me roar!

Of course, that Spikey Dude - you know him don't you? Yeah well that is one crazy dude - he ate this whole dysonaur before we could stop him and then stood there roaring at us. He needs help, that one. I mean - KFC... Hallooooo!

And to end it all - having a dysonaur birthday cake is just the whatsitname! The thingy. Ooh look - juice! The Cool! Yes! It's The Cool! Or something! I loved it! Dad made it. And Dylan put the green icing stuff on. Ag, he's not too bad for an older brother!

Drumming - coz banging on stuff is always cool. 11 October 2014

Oh my goodness - and did the Dudes have fun with this one! They banged on drums till the walls of Jericho... oh wait, that's another story! But they did bang on drums though!

Herrrrrrritage Pawade at Liam's school today - 19 September 2014

and Liam is a Safari Guy!

Any safawi guy must have a horse - and Bullfrog is just that horse!

Safawi Guy with teacher Leslie - we are convinced he is loving it. Well, fairly convinced anyway but the face is nogal a giveaway. 

and yes, Safawi Guy has a gun! And yes, Mommy had fun dressing h m up. And NO he did not want her to draw a moustache on his lip. 

1 May 2014 - going to the military fair at the Voortrekker Monument with Spikey

Ready for action Sir! 

I'm a dude - and holding a REAL gun is far better than brushing teeth! As you can see. 

Awesome - a sword taller than me!

Look - I'm Wobin Hood! 

I stopped this Olifant tank with my new rubberband gun. 

Kapow! Just like that. 

Then I checked out the Rooikat armoured vehicle. Totally awesome. 

Machine guns!

Machine gu... oh,I already said that

Looking mean

Or just cute? Whatever!

Then I convinced Spikes to take me to see that big building next door. I also convinced him to climb ALL the steps right to the very top! AND carry me down. Whahahahahahahahaha!

Right, here we go. 

This is the Statue of Liberty. I know these things ok? Ok. 

Then Spikes got us ice cream at the restaurant at the Monument. Which magically ended up all over my face. Can you believe that!

And of course, all that fun made my eyes kinda heavy so I just relaxed a little on the way home. 

Some general pics of Liam so far in 2014

Coz going backward down the slide is more fun

What do you mean am I standing on de udder side???

Visiting the new Mandela statue in Pretoria with my bwother. 

School pics, but with bubbles - look at that face!

Row Row Row your boat not so gently down the stream - coz who does that stuff gently huh?

The Dice Dude working out some secret formula for winning at dice. Or something. 

Swimming till your whole little body shivers, then feeding it chips. Coz chips generate heat. Of course they do!

And if that doesn't help - sit on Spikey and observe the world. 

Or hug a bunny. 

Our little dude - As you slide down the banister (read slide) of life, may the splinters always point the other way. 

With big bwother at the big school - where I am going next year. Man that was so much fun! 13 April 2014