A Day In The Life Of The Alfino’s

I keep making this specific promise to my girls. Over and over again.  Then getting so mad with myself that I couldn’t keep it.  Even though I had every intention…

One year old parties are often criticized as being for the parents and not for the kids.  And I suppose that could be kind of true to some people, but…

How do you know Summer is here (besides the beautiful weather we’ve been having, of course)?  Well, I know Summer is here because besides the sudden influx of filthy cockroaches…

Knox has finally popped a tooth. At last. I’m pretty sure that if he could talk he would say something along the lines of, “I got a tooth, I got…

You guys, I don’t know what it is about this video that is making it impossible to stop giggling, but I really can’t help myself.  Her face is just too…

Since the move things have been pretty crazy.  Apparently there is a whole lot of stuff that you have to do besides just getting moving and unpacking your crap.  I’m…

I can’t believe our birthday has come and gone already without it even really feeling like it was even here.  With so much going on with the move and everything,…

Our mealtimes aren’t the same as they were before. I’m not talking about before the kids – where we could just focus on getting our own food in our own…

Do you know what’s been the hardest thing about the move?  Not having internet.  Boy do I miss getting on my laptop, downloading all the photos I’ve taken of memories…

I have briefly surfaced into the land of the living to announce the Antique Fusion winner…  And just so you know, it’s not me – as tempted as I was…

Happy South African Heritage Day peoples of the world, and more importantly South Africa. If you are like me and are not very good at knowing what our South African…

Today marks 10 years that Seth and I have been together.  Granted we were not married this whole time, but I think that those dating years are important and not…

I’ve often wondered if going to therapy would help me or if they would listen to just one retelling of an afternoon in the life of me and immediately admit…

I know that on Monday’s we all feel like doing this… But I’m here to tell you that instead of doing that, you should go and enter the Oh So…

I was halfway through writing a deep and meaningful post about moving houses when I was stopped by this dude. I think he did the world a favour.  He actually…

Who has two thumbs and something to give away? *points thumbs at herself* This girl does. Man I love that joke.  I’ve been saying it all morning while I was…

Goodness, this weekend totally owned me.  For reals.  I am more exhausted now than I was before it started.  We have been very busy making sure that our kids get…

When I was pregnant with Kyla, we would often take our time in the mornings to get ready and still arrive at the Old Biscuit Mill at 9am.  Aaaah, the…

It’s not often that I am affected by the things that people say to me or about me.  Not any more anyway (shout out to high school Cindy – you…

Do you know that it apparently snows on Table Mountain once every 10 years or so?  I was seriously not aware that had ever snowed on Table Mountain, and so…

Sort of like my currently post a while back, there’s a lot going on.  But when I do have a chance to take a picture it seems to be going…

I like to make a big deal out of things. It doesn’t have to be a big deal, but I will make it one.  It could be anything really –…

Do you remember way back when you were at school and you had a civvies day or a “bring a monkey to school” day or a “wear your pants on…