The day would have been perfect if dear husband wasn't stuck on the couch with a basketball ankle injury. The second one this year. He also had another this time last year but a lot worse, or it might be the same, I'm not sure. All I know is that he's handling it really well. Not complaining a lot, helping out where he can and the best part, not missing work. Even still, it looks pretty bad, luckily he's young enough for the body to be able to repair itself. Injury aside, we all had a splendid Saturday.
Baby boy and I took a short stroll to a new park nearby. It's ridiculously awesome! The park of my baby dreams. There's a faux tree house with a slide and a cave, connected to some monkey bars. Just awesome. The caves have bear ornaments and there's also a spider and a snake, all quite fun. Baby boy loved it. - side note, husband is currently drilling me about adding a photo of his injury on this post, I'm trying to ignore him and he keeps asking me why I'm ignoring him. There will be no such picture found on here. Just know that it's swollen and purple. -Back to the park. Oh how I love our new park. Thank you thank you to whomever I need to thank for such a wonderful play space for baby boy. He enjoyed it so much that I had to bribe him in order for us to get back home.
Since husband was home bound, I was able to put baby down for a nap and head down to the pool for some care free me time. Ah yes! It felt good to swim, relax, read a book and just people watch. Good times.
Later we all went to pick up some vegetables from Sprouts. And the reason I even mention the name of the store here is because Sprouts is the supermarket of my dreams. I even love the people who shop there! They all look so healthy and put together. This is incredibly refreshing when compared to Walmart shoppers. Now I love me some Walmart and they're prices but seriously, we all know what I mean when I say Walmart shoppers;). I remember when my friend Thato came to visit us in California and she wanted to see real Americans. Well, we took her to Walmart sometime around midnight. Back to the Sprouts customers: you imagine that they eat well, workout regularly, read often and watch very little TV. They're the kind of folks we all are for the first 3 days of the year, before the resolutions go down the drain and we head over to Walmart. Anyway, Sprouts also has good deals on vegetables and sometimes on meat too. I don't quite know what else they sell as I never make it to the other side of the shop, it all looks super organic, super vegan and super expensive. I also avoid the bakery section because I'm uh *cough* a bread addict. Instead I just make my own bread, twice a week since we gobble it up so quickly. During today's the shopping trip baby boy made himself quite popular by greeting every passerby. He brought me a near heart attack by almost breaking a jar of something that cost more than $5. Yes, it's quite possible that I've become somewhat of a cheapskate. No, let's say money wise or a money saver.
After the shopping trip I took baby boy for a swim while husband prepared for a good'all braai. Not a barbeque, a braai. They may mean the same thing but I tell you folks, these are two very different things. Here's the story. First time I was invited to a barbeque in the US of A my excitement went up the roof thinking that I'd finally eat something familiar. Oh was I wrong. All was good except that the meat tasted quite the same as it would if I had grilled it in the oven, maybe with a wiff of flame and that's about it. And all I was craving was a BRAAI. The real deal. So what is a braai you ask. Let's begin with the smell. Ummm. That scent that catches even the neighbours. It's meat, sizzling over charcoal and flame. I guess you could call it flame grilled. A braai is also not limited to hotdogs (viennas) and hamburger patties. A BRAAI includes marinated beef, chicken, boerewors and anything else you can imagine. Oh, don't forget the garlic bread. Delicious. And today we indeed brought the South African braai to this Schamel household. Hmm, yes!
After chilling out from a full tummy with the dishes done and the house in order, baby boy had his bath and challenged me for an hour before settling in bed. The challenge was reading the same book over and over again. I shouldn't complain since the book is The ABC's of The Book of Mormon. With baby asleep husband and I settled in for a movie.
A good day indeed. I forgot to mention my favorite moments: 1) baby boy walking down the stairs repeating 'mama, love you'. 2) when coming back from the pool baby stood at the bottom of the balcony calling "daddy, oh daddy" until his dad popped his head to say hello. 3)At the park baby boy wanted a snack so he came over asking for "berries". He loves berries, especially blackberries.
All in all, I loved today. And I love my little family.
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