Happy birthday Mayke

We had some happy, creative, charming, clever, talented, spirited. joyful, nice people around for Maykes 17th birthday. Because they kind of took over our house we left for a couple of hours and had a nice thai meal at the Mall and went to the movies afterwards. That was a big offer but he you do that for your kids.
The movie was called "an education" and we both liked it, especially the sense of humour of the school girl Jenny. It was about this 16 year old girl who turned 17 in the movie and who had a cake with 17 candles like ours had in the picture underneath. Their lives are a bit different but we recognised the spirit of teenagehood and the complications it can bring. Although the movie one turned to be a bit more dramatic.

17 candles on a cake at night time Yes the perfect time to eat it and of course the candles have a much better effect in the shadow of the night. It was great double chocolate cake made by one of Maykes friends and it tasted yum. I felt guilty eating it because I know what it does to me, but these young people had no problem absorbing huge amount of food all day and in the morning. The weather was magnificent the next day and our recently adopted cat tried to catch every sunray. Mayke also enjoyed the sun and found a great place to put her freshly picked flowers. William spend his time working on a house for the chickens (don't even know the proper english word for it and to lazy today to look it up) Soon we will eat fresh eggs in the morning and me....after removing a part of the bombshell they left behind I am reading Heathers travel story. She is a Blogger from Christchurch and wrote a great story of her trip around the world.

“We must view young people not as empty bottles to be filled but as candles to be lit.” Robert Schaffer