Wordless Wednesday #323 - Waiting for Earth Hour 2017

A weekend of recovering

As much as I thought the previous time that Home Affairs was a breeze when we applied for our passports, as much my mind has been changed completely!

We were there on Saturday at half past seven, and the queue was a queue ... was A QUEUE!.
It took ages to get in there as they do not let everybody go into the building all at once. (Which makes sense!)

We had to be there with Little Miss as her thumb print is required again when picking up the passports. She was hungry (of course!) for three whining hours long. The breakfast bars only went as far as breakfast bars could go.

We finally got our passports, but it was an epic!

We did not do anything much the rest of the weekend!

Earth Hour 2015

We switched off the lights on Saturday at 20:30, and got very sleepy with the dark of the dark hour! Earth Hour is always something we enjoy doing with the children.

In final news: Little Miss pulled her seventh teeth yesterday. It is the first one that she managed to dislodge herself, and she was very proud.

The Tooth Mouse was also very eager, and she got R15 (a note and a R5 coin, nogals), while she was in the bath. The note stated that he was very impressed with the quality of her teeth!

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Little Miss is attending Vacation School during the holidays. She is still eager to go to school while they are keeping them busy. With an extra payment from the parents (of course!), but it helps as we are busy saving leave for the longer vacations coming up!


What are you doing with the kids during the school holidays?

Making a difference one light switch at a time

We took part in Earth Hour 2012 on Saturday night again.

It is such a fun way of introducing our children in making a positive impact on the planet. There is nothing more exciting than switching off the lights and enjoying candle light and each other's company...

I was struck by how enthusiastically the young ones take part in initiatives like these!
They have the optimism and a believe that they are making a difference.

We were treated during the dark hour to a rehearsed show of "three fairies cleaning up the earth"! (Scripted by the eldest of the three)
Very cute!

Here in South Africa we look around in the suburbs, and we notice that we are the only ones going dark...
But the message should still be that we are making an impact, one light switch and one person at a time...

I hope that is what we can teach that to our children for the future!


Previous Earth Hour:
Earth Hour 2011 in Johannesburg

Earth hour 2011 in Johannesburg

On Saturday at 20:30 it was Earth hour across the Globe! We also switched off the lights for the hour! In Johannesburg, South Africa. #earthhour

We listened to a cello and violin impromptu concerto by a friend and her daughter at candlelight!

I cannot think of a better way to spend a Saturday evening.

I must admit that we forgot a light on in an upstairs bedroom, and we only saw it at the end of the hour. Sorry Earth hour, but it must still count that we have switched off the rest of the lights? Next time we will do it better!

The Toddler was extremely impressed with the music, especially when she also got a turn on the violin. She kept on saying “my beurt” (my turn)... And she was allowed to try again and again!
Hopefully she turns out to be more musical than the rest of the family!