{Throwback Thursday} T is for Throwback Thursday

T is for Throwback Thursday. I have not done one of these for ages, so though it was about time I posted another picture from my childhood.

This is of my sister (right) and myself (left) on Christmas eve. We must have been about 4 and 6 here. We were lucky enough to be born well ahead of our cousins, so it was just the 2 of us for a good few years. My gran used to set our own table for us separate from the "adult" table, and we were allowed to have "wine" (fizzy apple juice) as a special treat. She even bought us our own wine glasses.

 I love the memories from my childhood. My gran always used to spoil us and play our stupid games. Christmas was also so much better when you were a kid. I think this year will be exciting because Keaton is at the age where he kind of knows what is happening.

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{Throwback Thursday} Yellow on Yellow

This weeks Throwback Thursday is brought to you by a 18 - 24 month old Claire, in yellow on yellow. Thanks mom for playing matchy matchy, even now I like to coordinate my clothes and accessories.

Keaton loves these plastic motorbikes, as did my sister and I when we were his age.

We used to start at the top of the driveway and some straight down and bang into the garage door! I love how safe South Africa was back then, I really loved my childhood growing up in South Africa. I think that is part of the reason for moving to New Zealand - to give our kids the kind of lifestyle we had growing up.

{Throwback Thursday} Swimming Time

I am not sure how long this will last (I guess until I am out of pictures), but I was going through some old photos and came across some pictures of myself and thought it would be a fun way to get to know me a bit more.

This picture must have been taken when I was a bit over 1. I am the one on the left (obviously), and my sister is next to me (who is 2 years older than me), and my mum in the back. We had a pool back in South Africa ,and it’s one of the things I miss the most. Mum hated getting her wet in the pool, I remember she would always swim with her head so far out the water as to not get it wet. Not sure what changed, as in this picture she clearly had wet hair.

We used to spend hours in the pool in summer, late night swims were the best. Keaton definitely gets his love for water from me!