The Waldron World
Okay, so not really flash…. just news. But I hadn’t written a post like the one to follow in quite some time, so decided today was the day. Today you get to read about my family. What we are up to. What makes us happy. What keeps us sane. What fills our days. Hope you…
We’re trying to win a contest for Elise at school. If she wins the most votes on Facebook, her school gets a cash prize and she wins money that we’ll put toward a keyboard for music lessons! The photo looks like this, and you can find the link to vote HERE. Just like the Infinity…
Elise has started school this year – kindergarten, or Grade R as they call it here in South Africa. She is at a lovely little pre-school just up the road from our house. Most days she comes home with fabulous stories of crocodile games, art class with paint everywhere, songs about toothless monsters, and playground tales….
I live in a country that one must live in peaceful coexistence with the insect population or one might go mad. The tropical climate that we enjoy is also enjoyed by a multitude of flying, crawling, inching, squirming, squishing, sliming 6-8 legged creatures.
Fun little video I found while reading some of my missionary blogs I follow. I loved it! Especially the end…. stop the pity. unlock the potential. Awesome!
Tomato. Tomah-to. Potato. Potah-to. Appendectomy. Appendicecto -what????
I have been a homeschooling mom for the past 5 years. And this year, it all changes! We have decided to put all 3 of our children in local schools, for a variety of reasons, but the biggest one is that after nearly six years living in South africa, I really feel drawn to spend…
To the surprise of few, the world continued its uninterrupted streak of existence over the holidays. In honour of its (and our) survival, I’ve compiled a short list of events and developments I’m excited about in 2013. Mudman Triathlon Series: The Live Out Loud boys and I have been training almost daily through the school…
We still didn’t get much of a smile out of her, but she was discharged from the hospital just in time to come to our Seed of Hope kids Christmas party. We made sure there was a present with her name on it. She stood in the queues to get some love from Father Christmas…
South Africa holds the distinction of being ranked #4 in a list of 2012’s most dangerous countries. Sadly, we also hold the title of rape capital of the world with 118 rapes per 100,000 people, and the murder rate is among the highest in the world. Most of the time, we don’t really focus on…