Introducing: Sam, Rachel, Wendy, Patrick, Katherine, and Renee!

Hey Guys!! 

So this week, my cousins, Sam and Rachel, and their mom, Wendy, were visiting us. They also had their friends, Renee, who is the mom, and Patrick and Katherine, who are 13 and 16. If you were in Ms Roterman's class last year, you probably remember that you Skyped us when we were here last March, and my cousins were there. Well, these are the same cousins! Sam and Rachel are 14, almost 15 yr old twins. They got here on Sunday, and on Monday and Tuesday, I got to skip school because I was "sick." On Wednesday it was my last day of school so I only had a half day. On Monday, we were going to go to the beach, but it was kinda rainy, so we went to a castle, which I think is the oldest building in South Africa, but I'm not sure, so don't quote me on that one :). Later on Monday, the weather cleared up, so we went to the Pavilion, which are the pools, but they have AWESOME diving boards!! On Tuesday, my cousins went out, but later we all went to the beach. On Wednesday, we went to a beach called Muizenberg, which is just a normal beach except you can actually swim there, because its on the other side of Cape Town, so its the Indian Ocean. Muizenberg also has water slides, so all the kids went on those, while the grownups were on the beach. Me and Patrick tried to go down the slides together, but he ended up going just in front of me, so at the end of the slides, we WHACKED into each other. (Pat, I know for a fact that you're not reading this, but in the tiny case you are, I AM SO SO SO SORRY and PS: my tooth STILL hurts) :) On Thursday, we climbed up Lions Head, and YES, we made it all the way to the top!! *pats herself on back*. On Friday, and this is really my most exciting news, WE WENT SURFING!!!!!!!!!!!!!! OMG OMG OMG OMG WOW!!!! IT WAS SO FUN!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! And YES, I DID stand up, thank you very much for asking!! :D Here are some pictures from throughout the week! Hope you like them and thanks to Katherine and Renee and their amazing camera skills for all the pictures!!! 

 

                                                        This is me jumping off the diving board at the Pavilion :D

Me surfing... and falling ;D

Sam and Rachel surfing!!          

Me, Sam, and Rachel on the beach the first night they were here!

Katherine surfing :D

My dad and my aunt surfing!!

                                           Patrick surfing! :D

Don't forget to comment below and tell me what you think about the pictures!!!!

XOXO,

Leah <3 

Wine Country!

Hey Guys!!

So, today I went to the wine country with my mom, dad, grandpa, and my mom's cousin Steve, who is visiting us because tomorrow is a big bike race that he and my mom and dad are all doing together. The wine country is where a lot of wine in the country is made, (surprise surprise) but it also has lots of nice hotels and restaurants, and you can tour the places to see how the wine is made and stuff like that. We went to a place called the Deli Cat Essen for lunch, then we drove around for a while and went to a winery to taste some wine, or, in my case, do handstands!! :p Comment below and I'll see you later! Bye!!

                                  

                               These two were at the Deli Cat Essen :D

And these two are a winery that we visited! 

Bye Guys!!


XOXO,

Leah <3

Rachel's Bat Mitzvah!

Hey Guys!!

So, in my last blog I said I would blog on Sunday about the bat mitzvah, but I was really tired and my grandpa came, so I didn't have time, SO I am doing it right........... NOW!!!!

Ok, first of all, the bat mitzvah was my friend Rachel's. It was very fun, because everyone in my grade was there, so I had PLENTY of people to hang out with :) I think you guys would've loved it... there was dancing, singing, and Popsicles!! :) I mean seriously, what's not to love, right?! The party went from 8 until midnight, and so on Sunday I was seriously pooped. My friend Gav said to me today that he was STILL pooped, so I guess I recovered fast compared to him :) 

 On Sunday, the people who live downstairs had a party, and there were some kids who were my age there, and they were super nice and funny. We were swimming ALL afternoon, so I was pretty much exhausted. I finally recovered after school today, then it was off to ballet and I was exhausted again. Tonight we went for dinner on the beach, and I will post pictures of that soon, I just haven't uploaded them yet :)

Bye Guys!! Love you to the moon and back!! 

XOXO,

Leah

Its Been A Month!! AHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!

Hey Guys!! 

So, I HAVEN'T BLOGGED FOR ALMOST A WHOLE MONTH!!!! I just realized that and then I got really sad so I decided to do this blog!! Yea!! Oh and before I start you guys should look out for another blog on Sunday because I am going to a bat mitzvah on Saturday, so I'll write about that. So whats been going on in South Africa?? Well, last Friday we celebrated Purim at my school. Purim is a really cool Jewish holiday and its really fun to celebrate because we can dress up and the 6th Graders do these things that are like stalls, so each stall has one or two activities that you can do. My stall was with two of my friends, Anoushka and Yetta, who I showed in my last blog. The two activities we had were Pin the Hat on Haman, which was like Pin the Tail on the Donkey, only with Haman because he is part of the Purim story. The other activity we had was a raffle to guess how many Smarties were in the jar, and the winner got to take home all the Smarties. The cutest first grader EVER won the Smarties, and he came up to me the next day and said, "I already ate ALL the Smarties!!" HE IS SO CUTE!!!!! Sorry I can't say more, I have to go now to get ready for dance!! 

XOXO,

Leah

PS Remember to come back on Sunday and I'll have a new blog up for you then :)

Happy February!! :D

Hi Guys!! HAPPY FEBRUARY :D!!! So I know I haven't been blogging a lot BUT... the reason is..... I've been really busy! (I know, I say it every time... BUT THIS TIME ITS TRUE!! (I swear!!)) So, first things first, I just wanted to say Happy Birthday to... HARRY STYLES!! His birthday was on the first and I am just saying random things right now but I just like to shout Happy Birthday whenever it is someone in 1D's birthday. Second things second, I have some COOL NEWS!! Some of you might already know this, but on Friday, I had a swimming "gala" (aka a swim meet) with my whole school, and my house, which is Maccabi, won by almost 100 points!!! It was really fun and exiting, but very long. The picture above is of me diving into the pool for the "fun race" which was swimming with a bib thing on. The girl who is standing to the side in the front of the picture is my friend Ruby. On Saturday, I went to the Waterfront, which is like a big mall, with two of my friends. Also on Friday (at least I think it was Friday.. I can never remember :D) we went to the beach to watch the sunset and here is what happened...

 On Sunday, I skyped with Eve (Eve, if you are reading this, that was SO MUCH FUN and we have to do it every week) and pretty much just lay around and did nothing because I wasn't feeling well. Today my mom went to Durban and I stayed home from school because I am sick, and I did nothing today except... NOW I AM WRITING THIS!!! So I can't say I did nothing! :D Bye!!


Leah <3

First Week of School

Hey Guys!!
 So, I just had my first 3 days of school and I just wanted to tell you EVERYTHING I've been doing. Wednesday was my first day, I was pretty nervous but I got over it quickly :) I made a few friends on the first day, their names are Carla, Anoushka, Lara Seeff, Lara Katz, Dalya (who I met on the second day), Tannah, and Hettie. On Thursday we had PE which we only have once a week here (yes!!) On Friday, my teacher (whose name is Mrs Hart in case you were wondering) and I decided that because I don't know Hebrew, I am going down to the First Grade and being their Hebrew teachers' assistant, which is really fun because they are so adorable :) On Saturday I just lay around and did nothing, me and my mom went down to the beach and then had to turn back because it was so windy, and YESTERDAY I had a very exiting day because it was my friend Lara Seeff's Bat Mitzvah party, so I went to that which was very fun. There was a lot of dancing and singing :) I went with my dad's old friends and one of their daughters is almost 15. As soon as I got to their house she dragged me into her room and asked if she could do my makeup. I said yes and she made me look PRETTY :) I miss all of you sooo much, especially Mr Barrett's class. Hopefully you guys are telling him he's bald for me :) Thanks!!

Leah <3

Hey Guys!!

Hey Guys!! Sorry I haven't been blogging that much, I guess I just got really busy :) Right now I'm sitting in my room, looking out the window (I have a view of the beach). Its really windy here today, and an umbrella almost fell on top of me (long story) :) Yesterday I went to the beach, then later me and my dad went night swimming. Today I had to go shopping to get my school uniform, and now I'm going swimming!!!! Bye
Leah <3