Anaya 3 yrs

Some laughter…. This pic shows Madam Anaya with oupapappawudi !.  She calls Rebert pappie, Lisa mammie and myself benda. No oumamammiebenda for me.  I guess that’s her concept of us ? Rudy as oupa/pappie mix and benda is benda – finish and klaar!  She wants to swim – this means she pushes Rudy in the pool, standing on the steps, with a ‘weddie – steadygo!’.  No pause after steady. You have to be ready with weddie…  After half an hour Rudy feels like his back had a work-out. Then she wants to jump – and jump she does – weddie steadygo and oupa has to catch [and release!].  After, what feels like hours, his arms had a work out - thus not necessary to have his normal workout with weights. Alas, not finished yet with her swimming … it’s piggy back time!  By this time oupa is drowning and we call it a halt!  And she has a best friend everyday…. The same friend, though.  It’s Pappie.  Rudy and I got to share one day, which was an enormous  privilege. Lisa does not get a best friend invitation, though is the first one she runs to once there’s a problem [mom’s are the best!].  She has a secret handshake with oupapappawudi which he taught her… he holds his hand open and she tickles his hand in short staccato movements. Very secretive!  She hates to bath or having to sleep each night.  Except when she wants to bath with wudi. Oupa got into his swimming gear and we stood around the bath as she started to wash oupa’s hair. Simultaneously I washed her  while she’s screaming with laughter when oupa makes  faces as the soap gets into his eyes. Bath done and dusted!  Once she has to go to bed, this is another matter…. I sat on the patio when I heard her screaming ‘benda, benda help meeeeeeee!’ over and over, without stopping to take a breath.  Rudy was in the kitchen, running to the stairs and asked her ‘are you afraid of the steps?  Wait, Oupa will help…’ He then noticed Lisa hanging onto her other arm, trying to get her to climb the stairs but with her one hand madam was clinging to the rail and called out to Benda, please note!  Anything not to go to bed!  Rudy swirled around and ran back to the kitchen, with an ‘oops, sorry Lisa’.