A Day In The Life Of The Alfino’s

When you have a kid it’s really important to make sure that you train them like you would do a circus animal.  So that when you are out and about,…

There was a time where I debated whether or not I should do this. Now you’re wondering, what the heck are you talking about?!  Well a little while ago I…

I’ve been trying to put it off for a while, but for those of you that have been bitten by the bug you will know that resistance is futile –…

So the girls were a bit miffed with me that I didn’t show you any of the pictures that they took of our holiday.  Actually they didn’t care, because when…

Right now I am sitting bundled up in about 100 blankets and still freezing to death.  Sick again.  Yippee.  (Yes, that’s right – if you actually care you might remember…

Growing up my brother and I would hurl the most disgusting insults at each other for no other reason than to cause a fight.  I always won.  Obviously.  I think…

Hello there! We are still going strong over here at 3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House – despite what the lack of blogness would suggest. We were able…

There has been a big change in our house recently. Now that Seth has become a full 10kg’s lighter than he used to be, he performed an amazing hair removal…

It’s quite a scary thing to watch your children doing the things that you used to do when you were little.  It’s even scarier when it doesn’t even seem like…

Lately I have been taking time in my day to sit down and reflect on life.  In particular to reflect on each one of my children’s lives that I have…

There are certain smells that just remind me of things.  Like the smell of freshly mown grass totally just smells like Summer, add in some sunscreen and petrol and suddenly…

Since the girls have started school I have seriously cut down TV time in our house, only putting it on when they are about to rip each others heads off.…

I don’t know about you, but we have a pretty good idea of who our children are.  You know, like without really even thinking about it you know exactly how they…

This last week has been hectic.  Knox has his first real sickness which started with a fine rash from the top of his head to the bottom of his toes,…

How cute are these little felt finger puppets?  As you can see, the girls put each of the little bits on which they absolutely adored doing.  This craft is so…

The other night while I was putting the girls to sleep, Riya had passed out with ease, but Kyla was a bit restless.  Suddenly she sat up and told me…

Last Friday the girls had a “What do you want to be when you grow up” day at school.  Because I’m the best and most organised parent ever, I asked…

I never had a sister, but I had a younger brother.  We had good times and we had bad times (I remember a particular episode in the parking lot of…

Disclaimer for all those sick of hearing about Oscar – although it kind of refers to it, this post is not about his trial, his guilt or his anything really. …

You might have noticed recently that like a stealthy ninja, I have been slipping in little bits of information regarding our new “life style” that we have taken on?  If…

What a crazy, manic week last week was.  For some reason I thought it was possible to regain some sense of normality this weekend, but I don’t know what I…

Another Valentine’s Day down the hatch.  Thank goodness. I remember a time when we used to celebrate Valentine’s Day…  You know, before we were married with children.  Now we only…

A couple of weeks ago I frantically rushed home from work, stopped off at Spar and scanned the shelves for something healthy and nutritious to snack on (and came out…