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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…

I am definitely no expert on the subject and we are still in the process of making the hard changes to ensuring that we adapt to the new lifestyle that…

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…

Pictures are funny things. Although they clearly convey the scene in a crisp image, they can’t always capture the moment in full detail.  Like the early morning wake up for…

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…

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. This…

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…

I know that I’m not a food blogger, but having changed our eating so drastically has made me search far and wide for yummy recipes that we can enjoy as…

I’ve been checking the postbox with nervous excitement every day since Sticky Fudge asked us for our postal address. Honestly I wasn’t sure what to expect. The first shoot went…

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…

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. Does…

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…

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. I…

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,…

It’s no secret that I am a huge fan of Sticky Fudge.  And not only for our kids – seriously, if I could squeeze myself into some of their designs…

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…

So as it turns out, I might be a little bit more attached to my sweet potato plants than what is considered normal. But who cares about normal anyway? Since…

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…

When I entered the giveaway on A Gorgeous Life to win tickets to the Paarl Ommniberg Round The Rock Festival, I did what I usually do – imagined I won and how I…

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…

If you bumped into me last year at a party you would probably have knocked into me at the snack table.  I would probably have some kind of starch laden…