Que Sera Sera: Bye opa and oma!

Sera and Yasmin's opa and oma have returned to Holland after spending two weeks with us. Sera seems to understand that oma, opa and grandma visit a few times a year and eventually, leave. The guest room in our house is, understood by her, as theirs. When they're not here, she tries every night to sleep in the guest room. Initially, we would encourage her to sleep in her own room with Yas, but nowadays, we let her sneak into the guest room. One, Johan and I are too tired in the night to have a bed 'tussle' with her, and second, we've come to realise that she may simply take comfort in sleeping in 'their' bed when they're not here (and believe me, she sleeps through the night in 'their' bed).

So, this morning, with their opa and oma's departure came the usual quiet acceptance from Sera. Yassy, on the other hand, has been very confused the whole morning. She went onto the balcony and kept calling out for opa and oma, waiting for them to appear. I asked her casually where they were and she said, "in school". She cuts up her wooden birthday cake, wanting to give opa and oma a slice, as she has been doing on a daily basis. Ahhh, my poor Yassy, it breaks my heart that she has to deal with goodbyes.

Nevertheless, the girls had a good time these past two weeks and no thanks to my camera, THE camera, I have no photos. But thanks to their opa and oma, I have some cute photos from their time here. Enjoy!

The girls on their way to school

Yas gets to play at the playground while Sera goes into her classroom

This is a typical Yas move - throws down the scooter, pouts and grumbles all the way home

The girls went bird watching with opa

They did lots of swimming

Sera practising her jumping in

And she's beginning to swim without her noodle ... but I have to say, she has the funniest swim ever. I call it the 'otter swim', her whole body, including her head, moves in an 'S' shape-movement

Yas just chilling out as usual

Her 'monkey' antics

Reading time ... always a big thing with the girls

Earth Day at Children's Garden. The school had encouraged green or home-made recycled clothes ... hmm, I just painted a tree, a cloud, a leaf and a flower, with non-toxic face paint on Sera.