TEN tyde van \u2019n onlangse besoek aan die mooiste Kaap verkyk ek my behoorlik aan my kleinseun. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kleinkinders is mos eenvoudig net elke grootouer se trots. Op sestien maande hardloop die klong al die ganse huis vol. Goddank die vloere is nie van plank nie. Dit sou my seer sekerlik tot raserny gedryf het. Aan energie het hy absoluut geen tekort nie en Ouma en Oupa moet kort-kort die lafenis van \u2019n sagte rusbank opsoek om weer asem te skep. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Mens weet mos nooit tot watter katte-kwaad hulle om die eerste draaitjie in die huis in staat is nie en daarby kan \u2019n val op vandag se klipharde vloere van beton nogal katastrofies wees.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Waar ek as laaitie op \u2019n biesiesmatjie op ons voorhuis se beesmisvloer geslaap het, het die outjie sy eie kamer. Kompleet met \u2019n snoesige bedjie waarin selfs Sneeuwitjie van ouds die lieflikste drome sou droom. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
My o\u00eb wil uit hul kaste van bykans ses de-kades val wanneer ek my verkyk aan die magdom speelgoed van alle vorms en kleure. Daar is ontelbare balle, opvoedkundige bou-blokke, rygoed, inkleurboeke \u2013 te veel om op te noem. My brein maak sommetjies van hoe-veel voggies ek met die waarde daarvan my private kroegie tuis sou kon bevoorraad. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
In my verbeelding sien ek myself op sy ou-derdom halwe bakstene en ronde rivier-klippe onder die groot akkerboom op my plattelandse geboortedorp rondstoot. Karig geklee in \u2019n verbleikte onderhempie waarvan ek die voorkant reeds met my melktandjies aan flarde gekou het. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Ek brand om met hom op my skoot in ons motor om die woonstelblok te ry, maar sy ma weier volstrek. Die rede \u2013 my voertuig is nie soos hare met \u2019n SABS-goedgekeurde baba-sitplek toegerus nie. Praat van veiligheidsbewus!<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Kaalvoet mag hy ook nie loop nie en op s\u00fd skrale ouderdom het hy reeds \u2019n magdom paar skoentjies waaruit hy maklik al om die derde week groei.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Soggens word hy soos \u2019n suidpoolse eskimo\u2019tjie vir speelskool toegedraai en word die kosbare bondeltjie in sy spesiale sitplek vasgegespe. Ek wil by geleentheid vir die vale keer toe sy ma hom eendag \u2019n eetlepel groen medisyne wil injaag om sy ligte koors te breek. In my onkunde dink ek mos dis \u2019n stywe dop pepermentbrandewyn wat die outjie se asem heeltemal sal wegslaan. M\u00fd koors het oor\u2019le Ouma sommer met \u2019n halwe aspi- rientjie gebreek wat sy met haar wysvinger by my agterent opgedruk het.<\/p>\n\n\n\n
Van die verskeidenheid eetgoed wat na sy spysverteringstelsel pad vind s\u00ea ek liewer niks. Van gebalanseerde maaltye tot lekkernye. Praat van \u2019n gesonde eetlus! N\u00f3\u00f3it sal ek m\u00fd eenvoudige kinderkossies van geskroei-de meel, Klim melkpoeier en vaal mieliewater met \u2019n tikseltjie sout, peper en Pretvet vergeet nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
Nee kyk, vandag se babas word behoorlik in watte toegedraai en hulle lewe volgens \u2019n vasgestelde roetine. Gee my maar enige tyd my kinderdae van kniekoppe wat nerf-af ge-val is, \u2019n groottoon wat bloedneus teen \u2019n klip gestamp en \u2019n paar voetjies wat deur dorin-kies voos gesteek is. Om nie eers te praat van daardie lampie op my voorkop as ek in stikdonkerte in \u2019n kas of muur vasgeloop het nie. <\/p>\n\n\n\n
D\u00eds mos juis die dinge wat kindwees so lekker maak . . .<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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