A Day In The Life Of The Alfino’s

*Disclaimer – I am opening up a little bit of my soul here.  A part of me that I have hidden for almost 5 years.  If you’re squeamish I wouldn’t…

It’s that time of the year again – the one where I wonder store to store trying to find the “perfect gift” for the Mothers in our lives. We are…

I don’t know when I got all American y’all, but let’s just take the bull by the horns and run with it. Much like many fellow South Africans and the…

Sometimes being sick is just what you need to have a mandatory break. Frankly I am actually slightly grateful for it.  Even though the kids might not understand that Mommy…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. Are…

Every time we head out on the N2 to escape the city, we pass Monkeyland.  Before kids I barely even noticed it as we whizzed on by, but as they…

Currently I am trying to juggle being a full time Mom, a wife, a business partner and a blogger all while trying to study financial planning in my “free time”.…

It’s no secret that I love a good photo.  It’s also no secret that we have been to Houw Hoek Inn so many times that I have nothing new to…

It was still dark when we woke up, stumbling around to get everything together that I thought I had so carefully planned out the night before.  We gently woke the…

Do you remember going into the video shop and standing there perusing the New Releases and deliberating at length with your movie partner about what to watch?  My favourite were…

We have recently come to realise that although we absolutely LOVE to go on adventures and stay at little guest houses all over the country, sometimes the budget just doesn’t…

I need to work on balancing our weekends.  Seriously, it’s a problem. On Saturday morning we left at 9.30 and only got home at 11pm (if you excluded the very…

Kyla got invited to a Princess Party by one of  her friends at school. This is probably something that happens to your kids often, but for us it was a…

Since we’re all about equality and stuff, it’s only fair that since we have given you a sneak peak of the girls range for Autumn that we should do the…

Tomorrow Seth and I celebrate 10 and a half years of being together, but less randomly, 7 whole years of being married. In my head it calls for loads celebration,…

Is it possible that we ever have absolutely nothing to do?  No washing to hang, no kitchen to tidy, no food to make?  Yeah, I didn’t think so.  But if…

This is not an easy topic to talk about.  But it’s an important one that has been sitting on my heart for weeks.  Similar to ensuring that your kids are…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. Have…

The last little snapshot was a lovely feel good moment, because in parenting, there are actually lots of those.  But today, well today is the real deal.  A grocery shopping…

I’ve been doing the strangest thing this week. After getting up, seeing the kids off and showering, I just put on my Dr Hauschka medicated cream and then sit down…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. How…

One part of my day that I least enjoy is getting ready for work in the morning. It means getting out of my bed that I feel like I’ve only…

Love how these posts just sum up exactly what’s going on right now, because without them I can’t seem to get it all together.  Having a couple of fuzzy brain…