Children's Conference in Soweto

Wow! We had a great time last Saturday at the Children's Conference in Soweto, which is a suburb of Johannesburg. Children continued to come all day for the event and the final number was around 750 kids! We were so blessed to be part of the 40 or so adults that came to help. The event was for children in Kindergarten to Grade 7 but we had children as young as 18 months old come. The younger children came with older siblings which is very common here. We took Lucas & Alexis along with us to serve. We were so glad when they helped by participating and interacting with the kids. The children were entertained with many games and relay races as they arrived. At one point I looked over to see Dan trying to teach about forty 2nd & 3rd graders how to play "Duck, duck, goose". Because of the noise and loud music it was hard for the kids to understand us. They are also Zulu speakers and I'm sure our American accent didn't help! Promise and her daughter, Melissa,(from our church) led the program for the conference. There was singing, dancing and a story. Most of it was in Zulu so I'm not sure what all was said or sung but we enjoyed mingling with the kids and offering a smile or hug. Lunch was served to all the children and I have never seen children wait so quietly in line for up to an hour to get their food. It was amazing!

Children's Conference in Soweto

Each of our kids had a fun experience as Alexis had several girls playing with her hair at different times. I had warned her that this might happen and she did very well with it. Lucas made us laugh as he got a group of kids around him and began giving directions for a soccer game he was putting together. He picked captains and helped decide who was on what teams and they all listened to him! I asked how he did it and he said he'd point at a kid and make a soft clicking sound when he was done and that kid knew what to do. Who taught him that? It is amazing what kids pick up! We were so glad to be part of this event. Please click on the picture above to see a bunch more from the children's conference!

Happy Mother's Day

What a blessing to be a mother to four such wonderful children! I love being a mommy!

Happy Mother's Day

The Four Foreman Kids!

We would like to share some fun happenings from each of our kids' lives so if you click on their pictures, you can see more of what they've been doing lately. Lucas has been busy with school and homework but he still finds plenty of time to play with his best friend, Scotland.

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Alexis is busy being homeschooled for Kindergarten (called Grade R here). We have several other 4-5 year olds on Monday for school at our house and then Alexis goes to another house for school on Wednesdays. She also finds plenty of time to play with her best friend, Anna Katherine.

Alexis

Joshua is such a happy 2 year old! Whether it's climbing on a playgym, building with blocks or hugging his little sister, he's always got a big smile to share!

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Rebekah struggled at the beginning of this month with croup and then a bad cough that continued for over a week. She's is doing better now and regaining the little weight she lost. Her most recent discovery has been her left thumb (our first child to go this route)and she has amazingly cried much less! She is much more alert and loves to follow the action of her older siblings.

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Rebekah - 3 months!

Our little princess is already 3 months old! Amazing! The colic is over and she is so smiley now. She weighs a whopping 9 & 1/2 pounds-such a little girl. Someone commented the other day that she has finally moved from looking like a newborn to looking like a baby. The kids are still fighting over who gets to hold her first. So much love for such a little bundle!

Rebekah - 3 months

Adventure Golf

This past Wednesday was a public holiday here so we did a little shopping then went putt-putt golfing with the kids. Dan and I have reached that season in our lives where we really just follow and watch. Dan was supposed to play but Joshua wanted Dan's "real" ball as opposed to his "little kid" ball. Dan wasn't too excited to play with the extra big purple foam ball either! Hmmmm.... But we had a great time anyway and enjoyed some beautiful sunshine! Here are a few pics from that day.

Adventure Golf

All I want for Christmas is my two front teeth!

Alexis had her top two front teeth pulled this morning. This was due to an infection above the one tooth that suffered nerve damage after getting bumped hard sometime last year. What a crazy morning it was! We arrived at the hospital at 6:30am, waited 3 hours for Alexis' turn to go into theatre (surgery), she was done in 20 mintues and we finally left at 11:30am! There were 5 children having dental work done and she was one of the oldest so she went 4th in the rotation. It was weird watching her breathe the gas that put her to sleep! She was only slightly swollen, didn't have much pain and had a healthy appetite tonight. She did great through this whole adventure! Now we'll see what the tooth fairy brings...

From Alexis with her front teeth

Alexis in hospital

Alexis without teeth

Finance Retreat 2012

At the end of February we joined the rest of the finance team for a 5 day retreat. We had meetings each morning and enjoyed relaxing and fellowship in the afternoons and evenings. Click on the kids and see more pictures of our time there!

Finance Retreat 2012