Chi Chi’s year end concert – 2008

Chi Chi’s had her first ballet & christmas/year end concert at her school last week.. Here’s some action from there.. It was quite wonderful and well done.. Specially the christmas carol.. 

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Chi Chi is 4

Yippee, today Chi Chi (Tarishka) turned a lovely 4.. We had a short, quick party at school, below are some of the pics.. Specially for the grand parents and aunts who are away from Joburg.. 

She was so sweet and today morning she wanted to know why she hasn’t grown up and why she is still small when she is 4.. She just cant wait to grow up and go to big school like her sister.. Hmmmm, if only she knows what Tas goes through with her school and homework..

         

Had a great tasting Heffalump cake (i did the design that was printed on the cake) and the kids were so well behaved.. Like their teacher said – “Cake does a lot of things”.. hee hee.. 

Enjoy your birthday my girl..

Swimming with pride

I have been so hectic that i just didn’t have the time to post anything here.. here’s my two girls with their individual medals (well rosettes anyway) for the swimming gala held by their swimming school.. Tas came FIRST in her two races and Chi Chi came FOURTH in her race.. So right now am swimming with pride.. hee hee.. Click on the pics for the enlarged version

Application for permission to date my daughter

This is a MUST for all dads with daughters of dateable age..

APPLICATION FOR PERMISSION TO DATE MY DAUGHTER

NOTE: This application will be incomplete and rejected unless accompanied by a complete financial statement, job history, lineage, and current medical report from your doctor.

NAME____________________________________  DATE OF BIRTH_____________

HEIGHT___________  WEIGHT____________  IQ__________  GPA Grid_____________

INCOME TAX FILE NUMBER _________________  DRIVERS LICENSE ________________

BOY SCOUT RANK AND BADGES__________________________________________

HOME ADDRESS_______________________  CITY/STATE___________  POSTODE______

Do you have parents?                     ___Yes  ___No
Is one male and the other female?  ___Yes  ___No
If No, explain: _____________________________________________________________
    _____________________________________________________________________

Number of years they have been married ______________________________

If less than your age, explain
     ____________________________________________________________________

ACCESSORIES SECTION:

A. Do you own or have access to a van?        __Yes  __No

B. A truck with oversized tires?                     __Yes  __No

C. A waterbed?                                           __Yes  __No

D. A pickup with a mattress in the back?         __Yes  __No

E. A tattoo?                                                 __Yes  __No

F. Do you have an earring, nose ring,             __Yes  __No
pierced tongue, pierced cheek or a belly button ring?

(IF YOU ANSWERED ‘YES’ TO ANY OF THE ABOVE, DISCONTINUE APPLICATION
AND LEAVE PREMISES IMMEDIATELY.  I SUGGEST RUNNING.)

ESSAY SECTION:

In 50 words or less, what does ‘LATE’ mean to you?

     ______________________________________________________________

     ______________________________________________________________

In 50 words or less, what does ‘DON’T TOUCH MY DAUGHTER’ mean to you?

     ______________________________________________________________

     ______________________________________________________________

In 50 words or less, what does ‘ABSTINENCE’ mean to you?

     ______________________________________________________________

     ______________________________________________________________

 

 

REFERENCES SECTION:

Temple you attend ___________________________________________________

How often you attend ________________________________________________

When would be the best time to interview your:

Father?  _____________

Mother?_____________

Priest ? _____________

SHORT-ANSWER SECTION:

Answer by filling in the blank.  Please answer freely, all answers are confidential.

A: If I were shot, the last place I would want shot would be:

     ______________________________________________________________

B: If I were beaten, the last bone I would want broken is my:

     ______________________________________________________________

C: A woman’s place is in the:

     ______________________________________________________________

D: The one thing I hope this application does not ask me about is:

     ______________________________________________________________

E. What do you want to be IF you grow up?  _______________________________

     ______________________________________________________________

     ______________________________________________________________

F:  When I meet a girl, the thing I always notice about her first is:

     ______________________________________________________________

G:  What is the current going rate of a hotel room?  __________________________

I SWEAR THAT ALL INFORMATION SUPPLIED ABOVE IS TRUE AND CORRECT TO
THE BEST OF MY KNOWLEDGE UNDER PENALTY OF DEATH, DISMEMBERMENT,
INDIGENOUS AUSTRALIAN BULL ANT TORTURE, CRUCIFIXION, ELECTROCUTION,
CHINESE WATER TORTURE and RED HOT POKERS

_________________________________________________________
Applicant’s Signature (that means sign your name, moron!)

_______________________________      ________________________________
Mother’s Signature                                              Father’s Signature

_______________________________      ________________________________
Pastor/Priest/Rabbi                                            State or Federal Government Representative
_______________________________      (Their stamp goes here )
Notary Public

Thank you for your interest, and it had better be genuine and non-sexual.
Please allow four to six years for processing.

You will be contacted in writing if you are approved.  Please do not try to call or write.  If your application is rejected, you will be notified by two gentleman wearing white ties carrying violin cases.  (You might watch your back)

To prepare yourself, start studying Daddy’s Rules for Dating.

Daddy’s Rules for Dating
Your dad’s rules for your boyfriend (or for you if you’re a guy):

Rule One:  If you pull into my driveway and honk you’d better be delivering a package, because you’re sure not picking anything up.

Rule Two:
You do not touch my daughter in front of me.  You may glance at her so long as you do not peer at anything below her neck.  If you cannot keep your eyes or hands off of my daughter’s body, I will remove them.  

Rule Three:
I am aware that it is considered fashionable for boys of your age to wear their trousers so loosely that they appear to be falling off their hips.  Please don’t take this as an insult, but you and all of your friends are complete idiots.  Still, I want to be fair and open minded about this issue, so I propose this compromise: You may come to the door with your underwear showing and your pants ten sizes too big, and I will not object. However, in order to ensure that your clothes do not, in fact come off during the course of your date with my daughter, I will take my electric nail gun and fasten your trousers securely in place to your waist.  

Rule Four:
I’m sure you’ve been told that in today’s world sex without utilizing a ‘Barrier method’ of some kind can kill you.  Let me elaborate, when it comes to sex, I am the barrier, and I will kill you.

Rule Five:
It is usually understood that in order for us to get to know each other, we should talk about sports, politics, and other issues of the day.  Please do not do this.  The only information I require from you is an indication of when you expect to have my daughter safely back at my house, and the only word I need from you on this subject is: ‘early.’

Rule Six:
I have no doubt you are a popular fellow, with many opportunities to date other girls.  This is fine with me as long as it is okay with my daughter.  Otherwise, once you have gone out with my little girl, you will continue to date no one but her until she is finished with you.  If you make her cry, I will make you cry.  

 

 

Rule Seven: As you stand in my front hallway, waiting for my daughter to appear, and more than an hour goes by, do not sigh and fidget.  If you want to be on time for the movie, you should not be dating.  My daughter is putting on her makeup, a process than can take longer than painting the Sydney Harbor Bridge .  Instead of just standing there, why don’t you do something useful, like changing the oil in my car?   Rule Eight: The following places are not appropriate for a date with my daughter: Places where there are beds, sofas, or anything softer than a wooden stool, places where there is darkness, places where there is dancing, holding hands, or happiness.  Places where the ambient temperature is warm enough to induce my daughter to wear shorts, tank tops, midriff T-shirts, or anything other than overalls, a sweater, and a goose down parka – zipped up to her throat.  Movies with strong romantic or sexual themes are to be avoided; movies that feature chain saws are okay.  Cricket games are okay…Old folks homes are better.   Rule Nine: Do not lie to me.  I may appear to be a potbellied, balding, middle-aged, dimwitted has-been.  But on issues relating to my daughter, I am the all-knowing, merciless god of your universe. If I ask you where you are going and with whom, you have one chance to tell me the truth, the whole truth and nothing but the truth.  I have a shotgun, a shovel, and five acres behind the house. Do not trifle with me.   Rule Ten: Be afraid. Be very afraid.  It takes very little for me to mistake the sound of your car in the driveway for a chopper coming in over a rice paddy near Hanoi . When my Agent Orange starts acting up, the voices in my head frequently tell me to clean the guns as I wait for you to bring my daughter home.  As soon as you pull into the driveway you should exit the car with both hands in plain sight.  Speak the perimeter password, announce in a clear voice that you have brought my daughter home safely and early then return to your car – there is no need for you to come inside.  The camouflaged face at the window is mine.

 

the power of 5

its cute and fascinating how children make their own definition of the highest degree they can love someone or show their max limits..

my youngest daughter who will be 4 in December, has the number 5 as the maximum.. She says she loves me like this and show her 5 fingers.. She wants 5 of everything, 5 sweets, 5 muffins when she goes to the restaurant, 5 bananas..

for her 5 is the magic number and the highest number.. she knows the differentiation in the numbers because she says that she loves me and my wife to the max level 5 and her sister to the level 3 haa haa because she (elder sister) scolds her and fights with her..

scientific party

a few days ago someone asked me a good place in joburg to host their kids birthday party.. then i remembered my first daughter Tasmika’s 9th birthday party which we had at this place called EXPERILAB (http://www.experilab.co.za) in Randburg.. It was an awesome SCIENCE PARTY and the kids were all over the moon on this one and they enjoyed every bit of it.. It was educational, challenging and fun..

They made bouncy balls, volcanoes, SNOW, poking a skewer through a balloon without breaking it.. It was amazing to watch all of that..  

check out some of the pictures..

save our environment

here’s some environment conscious bits from tasmika my 9 year old (well when she was 6 anyway).. great that the kids are starting early on this topic, but then it is absolutely required in this day and age..

lessons from a 3 year old

well it happened like this..

couple of weeks ago i was driving home from work with my 3 year old in tow.. on the way she noticed some litter, coke cans etc on the side of the road near a taxi rank.. “look at these people daddy, they are dirtying the roads, i don’t know whats wrong with them” says she in a disgusted voice.. “even my friends in creche put the dirt in bins” she continues.. i was happy that she was learning hygiene and good civic sense at creche..

this morning i was driving to work as usual with her in tow, she notices a KFC Pops box along the side of the road and she mentions “hey these people should put it in the bin”.. i like a great gun said, “yes they are silly sausages to leave dirt on the side of the road”..

i am guilty of occassionally (as a lot of us) spitting out gum through the window while driving.. well she remembered that and her next comment was

“daddy, even you are a silly sausage because you spit out gum, you are a nice daddy but you are also like them.. next time you must use the sink to spit out the gum, ok”

yeah meet that (her version of “beat that”) daddy – you silly sausage.. !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

this is the day a 3 year old taught a 38 year old a lesson in hygiene and civic sense..

a-mazed

spent some quality time last weekend with my girls at the Honeydew Mazes in Joburg.. When the crew told us that it will take about 1.5 hours to complete a maze, we thought he was joking and we could do it quicker, but in the end it took us 2 hours (before they closed) and still we had about 2 questions to be answered.. it was a-maze-ing.. everyone should try it out.. visit http://www.honeydewmazes.co.za..

all of us had great fun, specially the kids enjoyed it very much which is all that we want..