Mom and Dad

Our home is our sacred space. So often we take it for granted.  Not fully enjoying the time that we have in it.  Sometimes even moaning that we have nothing…

It’s so easy to be caught up in doing “big” things. You know what I mean?  Those big “occasion” kind of events – cool parties, epic holidays, fun day trips…

It’s been said that once you have children, you’ll never sleep again. No, darn it.  Sorry.  I always get that confused with the “sleep when the baby sleeps” phrase everyone…

There was a time in my life when I thought that make up was only for those women who cared too much about what they looked like. You know what…

Here’s the funny thing about having a baby. Either you go into labour, or you’re forced into a c-section, or you happily decide to have your baby cut out, or…

I really, really don’t like Winter. But you know what I detest more than Winter?  Overflowing laundry baskets and not having any clean dry clothes to wear in the morning.…

I don’t know if you’ve ever arrived in a new town and just suddenly felt like you were home. Like if you could give up all the ties you have in…

On the weekend we had a Rainbows and Kites party for the girls. It took a while to decide on the theme because every girl and her imaginary friend wants…

The weekends disappear far too fast for my liking. I mean really, it feels like I was just running around trying to prepare everything for the party and now it’s…

Welcome back to my favourite series! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment.  Here are the other ones in case you want to catch up. Here’s a…

I’m not a big fan of change. Obviously I’m all for trying a new restaurant or new holiday destination (who isn’t right?!) but ask me to change my style to fit…

While all my friends were stressing over which university to get into and what to study, I was stressing that for some unknown reason my body wouldn’t be able to produce…

Oh my dearest big little girl – today you are 6! I can’t say that it feels like yesterday when your tiny little body was placed in my arms, but…

I did it. After umming and ahhhing about it for months (probably years) I finally decided to hike up my big girl panties, have a strong cup of Milo and…

What a crazy week! This week has been filled with remarkably high highs and incredibly low lows.  But isn’t that how life goes?  It’s always a little bit bittersweet. We’ve…

What a week. I feel like we are finally emerging from a constant state of high alert.  Both girls had an awful virus that resulted in massive temps and vomiting.…

In case you’ve missed it, we’ve started a new series that will pop up here on the blog every Friday. Recently I have been inundated with content about racism in…

You know we often give ourselves a hard time as Moms. We constantly tell ourselves that we’re messing up, not doing it right, we could be doing better, you know how…

So you’ve had a baby. I’m sure you have many ideas about how you want to raise this squishy little thing and how well you’re going to parent them.  Maybe…

My current state: Dreaming about warm socks, warming my hands by the fire, squeezy hugs, cuddling under blankets, a hot bowl of soup with a lekker slice of bread with…

Do you know when I knew the MOST about parenting? Before I was a parent. How easy it is to be an onlooker and declare without a shadow of doubt…

It’s no secret that I’ve been feeling rather sorry for myself recently.  I thought I’d point it out, in case you couldn’t tell by the surplus tears that I have…

Walking through the winding corridors felt a bit like willingly walking into quick sand.  Sign after sign, urging me to go further in, around more corners, down long passages, past…