Day out @ Bally Vaugh

This past Saturday we visited a animal sanctuary not to far from Harare. Not only do they have "orphaned" domestic animals (pigs,geese,chickens,rabbits,etc) but they also have a number of lions, zebras, crocodiles, variety of monkeys/baboons and other. All the children loved it - the boys were initially overwhelmed, but quickly recovered and then they were unstoppable.

Despite our friends' son ending up with stitches in his leg and a mishap of my own (last photo) a fabulous time was had by all.

On our way.

George & Samuel

George & Michael

This 3 week old orphan almost had a new home.

The boys (and girls) fell in love with him :)

Michael loving on the little one after he realised he could not pick it up,

he did try his best though.

Samuel got hold of a leg, would not let go and

proceeded to plant kisses all over the little one :)

Look, look..........
Michael was almost besides himself with excitement when he saw .........

the zorse...........

no petting of this little one though, he was skittish.

It started with a slow walk through the water..........

then a slight slip on the mossy slope .............

The rest is history................yes, the water was rather chilly :)

The view from our table where we were having lunch, awezim!

Samuel got frantic every time Jacob & friends got to close.

George thought Jacob looked better with my hat than me :)

Jacob, the donkey, getting up close and personal.

A little nibble from Jacob resulted in this - yes, its MY arm!!

Teething, tonsils all in the month of March

Since we removed Samuel's adenoids in December, his breathing improved, but his tonsils didn't. So just after his 3rd birthday we made the decision to rather have them removed. So came March Mommy & the boys went to South Africa and George & the girls remained in Zimbabwe.



Arriving at Johannesburg - 1 nappy bag, 1 laptop bag, 2 boys, 2 prams, 3 suitcases = 1 very stressed out Mommy. Especially since there was a hiccup at immigration with Samuel's visa :)

Oh, did I mention Michael also had a very high fever at the time and did not want anyone near him :( During the first week in South Africa Michael also had a terrible infection of his gums, apart from teething that is, and was not a happy chappy. However it wasn't long before he was up to mischief.

Samuel looking way to adorable in his red pajamas on surgery day.

He did not fancy the "dress" and promptly pulled his arm through - looked more like a Ghanaian kente cloth draping :) which was more to his liking.

God knew that this Mommy doesn't handle surgeries well (not even minor ones) and blessed us with a very healthy Downsie. It was soooo hard for me to leave Samuel in theatre and I was crying more than him when they gave him back to me afterwards.

Despite having lost weight initially, Samuel is currently eating like a typical boy! :) His speech is improving daily, especially when asking for something to eat. One can't help but love this :)

So many people prayed for Samuel for healing not only from the tonsils, but also his sleep apnea. God heard those prayers and Samuel's sleep has improved in leaps & bounds.

I'm constantly made aware of the fact that God loved our children, all of them, even before George & I became their parents.

His hand of protection is strong, constant and forever.