Kyla Isabella

Growing up my brother and I would hurl the most disgusting insults at each other for no other reason than to cause a fight.  I always won.  Obviously.  I think…

Hello there! We are still going strong over here at 3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House – despite what the lack of blogness would suggest. We were able…

It’s quite a scary thing to watch your children doing the things that you used to do when you were little.  It’s even scarier when it doesn’t even seem like…

Swimming. The word brings up fond memories of splashing around in the pool, kicking and screaming…  Or no, on second thoughts that might be drowning which is pretty much what…

I don’t know about you, but we have a pretty good idea of who our children are.  You know, like without really even thinking about it you know exactly how they…

This last week has been hectic.  Knox has his first real sickness which started with a fine rash from the top of his head to the bottom of his toes,…

How cute are these little felt finger puppets?  As you can see, the girls put each of the little bits on which they absolutely adored doing.  This craft is so…

The other night while I was putting the girls to sleep, Riya had passed out with ease, but Kyla was a bit restless.  Suddenly she sat up and told me…

I never had a sister, but I had a younger brother.  We had good times and we had bad times (I remember a particular episode in the parking lot of…

Going out in public always entails the same thing for us no matter where we go.  Sometimes it’s just a whisper, other times an assumed statement made to their friends,…

What a crazy, manic week last week was.  For some reason I thought it was possible to regain some sense of normality this weekend, but I don’t know what I…

Another Valentine’s Day down the hatch.  Thank goodness. I remember a time when we used to celebrate Valentine’s Day…  You know, before we were married with children.  Now we only…

A couple of weeks ago I frantically rushed home from work, stopped off at Spar and scanned the shelves for something healthy and nutritious to snack on (and came out…

It was Seth’s birthday this past Tuesday.  If you’re a Capetonian you will know that this was also the day of the RHCP concert.  What you might not know is…

We hardly entertain at our house.  Even though I absolutely love to put a table together with all the garnishes, I hardly ever have the chance to do it.  Besides…

We had a little playdate at our house and I thought it would be cool to put out all the girls dress up clothes so that they could all be…

The last time we went to the beach Riya was freaking out about the sand in her toes.  And the water.  And the dogs.  And the sun.  And the…  Well…

Noordhoek is special for us.  It’s the place that we celebrated our wedding day (our reception was at Monkey Valley and we took our pictures on Noordhoek Beach).  Besides that,…

Just before the holidays ended we decided to spend a Saturday morning at Giraffe House with special friends, relishing in the little bit of time that we had left together to…

There are some people that you meet in your life that weave into it and then out, never to be heard from again.  But then there are those that you…

It’s amazing how you can go to the same place over and over but each time you find something new to experience. We ventured out to Imhoff Farm for some…

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year…  I’m sure that you are singing that…

Have I mentioned how much Kyla loves to paint?  Well, imagine a person that really loves to paint…  That would be her.  I’m not even kidding that she asks me…