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3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House

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Riya-Ray

Our 2nd beautiful daughter Riya-Ray was born on 28 July 2010. She too is a blessing to us and I can’t wait to get to know her more.

    Dear Riya-Ray, Happy 6th Birthday!

    28 July 2016
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  • Our Faraway Tree Party (And FREE Party Food Printable)

    26 July 2016

    How do you decide on a theme for your kids parties? Every year it goes the same way for us.  The girls (whose birthdays are two weeks apart – so…

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  • All About Piercing Little Girls Ears

    7 July 2016

    So we’ve um’ed and ah’ed about getting the girls ears pierced for ages because the truth is, I was terrified of taking them.  I mean, I had no idea how…

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  • We Got The Snip

    20 January 2016
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  • First Day Of School – The Trial Run For Next Week

    15 January 2016

    Just when we’d gotten our kids into the habit of sleeping late and having to wake Knox up at 9 (when he still hadn’t emerged from his Hulk cave), we…

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  • To Riya-Ray on Your 5th Birthday

    28 July 2015

    Oh my dearest big little Riya-Ray You won’t believe how hard it is to sit down and write these letters to you*.  Not because it’s hard to find something to…

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  • Getting Your Kids Into Modelling – Not As Easy As It Sounds

    15 July 2015
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  • The Easy Way To Have The Hard Conversations With Your Kids

    23 June 2015

    They say life is like a box of chocolates – you never know what you’re going to get. I think that the same can be said about having children. When…

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  • Party Packs – An *Almost* Definitive Guide

    3 February 2015

    If I claimed this to a definitive guide to party packs I’d basically be saying that I’m Martha Stewart.  And we all know that’s about as true as saying Saturday…

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  • We Started School And There Were NO Tears!

    22 January 2015
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  • A Must To Entertain Your Kids This Summer – Canal Walk Ice Slide!

    12 December 2014

    Along with Summer comes the much anticipated school holidays and festive season.  It’s possibly my absolute favourite time of the year.  The excitement of being home and able to do…

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  • One Of Those Times It Feels Like Your Heart May Pop

    5 December 2014

    Our hearts do many things.  Sometimes they feel a deep sadness with an unexpected loss, sometimes a deep and unfaltering love for a partner and sometimes they just want to pop…

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  • Can You Feel That?

    23 October 2014
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  • Our Shaun The Sheep Party – More Pictures

    4 October 2014

    I don’t normally post on the weekend, because like, it’s the weekend. But I’m breaking bad just once to share more of the pictures of Knoxs Shaun the Sheep party…

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  • We Had A Shaun The Sheep Party (Including Free Shaun The Sheep Party Pack Printable)

    29 September 2014

    I’ve always wanted a reason to have a Shaun The Sheep party. In case you’ve never experienced the awesomeness of Shaun The Sheep – let me educate you quickly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OWPI-Ychs…

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  • My Body Image Affects My Boy As Much As It Does My Girls…

    8 September 2014
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  • Behinds The Scenes – An Allergy Test (On Children)

    2 September 2014

    If I can give you any advice about going to do a skin allergy test is that you shouldn’t do it. The second bit of advice is that if you’re…

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  • Spring Is In The Air And My Kids Are Growing Like Weeds (Sticky Fudge Spring Collection Sneak Peak)

    28 August 2014

    If you are Cape Town (like me), you are looking around and wondering what the heck happened to that brief period of sun we had just a couple of days…

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  • Getting My Head Around It All

    13 August 2014
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  • It Doesn't Even Matter

    6 August 2014

    You know when something really trivial happens and no one else notices, but to you it kind of feels like the World has stopped until you process those thoughts and feelings?…

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  • But I Don't Want To

    31 July 2014

    Aaaah, the great outdoors.  With the sun heating up cold bones, birds and squirrels bustling around in the trees over head, the sound of children laughing and the view of…

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  • Riya- Ray – Today You Are 4!

    28 July 2014
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  • "Kyla And Riya's Bakery" Party

    24 July 2014

    Despite how hectic planning a party can be, I am kind of sad that the girls party is over. So let’s quickly relive it through pictures, OK? In case you…

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  • We Got Crafty – How To Make Tea Cups That You Can Eat

    22 July 2014

    Apparently the older your kids get, the more you are supposed to “do” at a party. It’s no longer about just getting together to have fun, you actually have to…

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  • Sometimes You Just Have To Be A Princess (How To Make Pipe Cleaner Crowns)

    14 July 2014
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  • Just Another Morning

    9 July 2014

    I have totally given up trying to get the girls to wear the clothing that I wish they wore. You know the kind that if it was just a little…

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  • "Mommy, 3 Is Enough, Hey?"

    8 July 2014

    It was just another day for us. Me clutching both girls by the hand, reigning both of them from trying to hop into the road while trying desperately to miss…

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  • Stay At Home Dad – I Could Get Used To This!

    25 June 2014
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  • That Time A Lady Told One Of My Daughters They Were Beautiful And The Other One Noticed

    24 June 2014

    Beauty. It’s so subjective.  And yet the World has formalised it somehow. In order to be “beautiful” you need to have checked all these boxes – striking facial features, radiant skin,…

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  • Her Maiden Voyage

    18 June 2014

    Sometimes doing things for the first time can be really scary. But flying a kite is not even close to that at all. If you get it right, it can…

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  • The Power Of Dad

    11 June 2014
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  • We Have The Plague

    9 June 2014

    I should probably give you a heads up – if you should happen to see anyone of the Alfino clan roaming the streets looking like a zombie, this is your…

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  • Find A Good Space And Get In It

    21 May 2014

    I always thought that everyone who ever said, “This too shall pass” to me, were right. Was it helpful at the time?  Maybe not so much, because I was still dealing…

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  • I May Never Leave The House Again

    13 May 2014
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  • “Why The Long Face” And Other Things You Don’t Say At Oude Molen Eco Village

    8 May 2014

    There’s this place called Oude Molen Eco Village. From the outside it appears to be the kind of place that you don’t ever want to see the inside of.  So…

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