A Day In The Life Of The Alfino’s

A quick round up of the last few months in case you’re new around here.  (Welcome by the way, feel free to stay a while) Up to this point, I…

Aaaah, the great outdoors.  With the sun heating up cold bones, birds and squirrels bustling around in the trees over head, the sound of children laughing and the view of…

Apparently the older your kids get, the more you are supposed to “do” at a party. It’s no longer about just getting together to have fun, you actually have to…

Sherbs.  I honestly need a weekend to recover from my weekend. That being said, the party was all sorts of fun and the girls had a fantastic time (which is…

* Today is Kyla’s birthday and I just couldn’t get words to work for me, so  instead of a letter to her, I’ll post the next best thing.  How to…

Before I get into the sad, seriousness of this post, let’s start with a joke… Why did the hipster burn his tongue? He sipped his coffee before it was cool.…

It was just another day for us. Me clutching both girls by the hand, reigning both of them from trying to hop into the road while trying desperately to miss…

What a weekend.  Please tell me things are going to get warmer from here on?  Please? With the girls birthdays fast approaching (we will have a 5 year old in…

A blonde haired, blue eyed boy. That’s exactly what I envisioned my first child to look like. Obviously after I met Seth and fell madly in love, I kind of knew…

Stellenbosch you have my heart. I feel like I left some of it there after our visit the other day.  Which is a good thing, because now I have a…

Have you ever considered the prospect being able to be a “Stay At Home” Mom? I’m guessing that you probably entertained the idea before deciding that it’s either not possible…

Beauty. It’s so subjective.  And yet the World has formalised it somehow. In order to be “beautiful” you need to have checked all these boxes – striking facial features, radiant skin,…

Sometimes doing things for the first time can be really scary. But flying a kite is not even close to that at all. If you get it right, it can…

* Disclaimer of sorts – This post is a bit of an emotional feely one.  If you are not in the mood for it then it might be best to…

I should probably give you a heads up – if you should happen to see anyone of the Alfino clan roaming the streets looking like a zombie, this is your…

Funny how when I am feeling overwhelmed and not sure which side is up, my go to post is a Currently one. So I guess by those few words alone…

Today is the Memorial Service for my Dad and because not everyone could be there, I thought I would share the little Eulogy that we put together for the service.…

Things have been a bit crazy and busy around these parts for the last couple of days.  It sounds crass, but there is honestly so much more to a loved…

I always thought that everyone who ever said, “This too shall pass” to me, were right. Was it helpful at the time?  Maybe not so much, because I was still dealing…

Do you remember 4 weeks ago?  When I shared that post that I had to close my eyes and “publish” and then resist deleting.  Also known as the time my…

Life has a strange way of having really high ups, swiftly followed by really low downs.  Or is it just me? Either way, things are mostly good around these parts…

The other morning I was getting the girls dressed for school and I could not find one warm top that I could put on for them.  Not a single one.…

There’s this place called Oude Molen Eco Village. From the outside it appears to be the kind of place that you don’t ever want to see the inside of.  So…