Madiba Shwe shwe Aprons
Two of my neighbours kids had their birthdays recently. Birthdays for some of these kids are very different from the birthdays of my nephew and niece (In scenario one my niece got to choose to a nother real live pony as a present as well as a smothering of gifts and a very inappropriate amount of money in each card at her birthday party that all the screaming girls counted up at the end. In scenario two, Clinton who who is of the same age got a school jersey for winter as his gift, which was a bit of a luxury as he goes to high school next year, and so needs whole new school uniform next year anyway)
When I asked one set of neighbours what I could contribute to a birthday they asked if it was possible to get a cake ( One, small cake - as his only treat)
I normally bake with these children from time to time anyway so I invited both of them and their siblings to come and bake and decorate their own cakes on Saturday.
Here in this picture are Nandio, Fiona and Lebsie wearing some of my collection of Shwe shwe Madiba aprons. They were for sale at most Pick and Pay stores a while ago and I bought one in every colour and pattern. Even though you can only wear one apron at a time, I often have several bodies in my kitchen helping out, and they made lovely gifts, so I could justify buying one of each.
