PARENTING

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Want to throw a Harry Potter party here in Cape Town? Let me give you the best DIY and budget tips to help you on your way! Listen, although it…

You know, I used to think that I had lived through terrifying experiences. Seeing a massive spider in the shower, having a baby deliver herself without me realising it and…

As usual, we stumbled upon this gem by accident.  While we were in Mohale’s Hoek we actually started researching Lesotho a bit.  We do that now, just figure out the…

I live in a van.  I don’t know if saying that will ever not sound weird.  Weirder still, I live in a van with all of my four other family…

One of the most memorable days of our time in Coffee Bay was our walk through the villages surrounding the town.  After doing the hike to The Hole In The…

Getting to Coffee Bay was such a flipping mission.  But breaking down in the dark and then waking up in the loveliest little rural town has its benefits.  You want to make…

I can tell you, without a shadow of a doubt, that the beaches of the Eastern Cape are some of the most beautiful I have ever seen.  Like, it’s not…

It’s not often that Seth and I drive into a new town and have the same thoughts about it.  Either I don’t like it for some reason (too humid, lacking…

Ah homeschooling…  A topic that has always plagued the back recesses of my mind space. If you had spoken to me a year ago I would have told you (and…

There’s many things that I have shared on this blog, or maybe over shared. Definitely over shared. But something you may not know about me yet, is that my Dad…

The last time Seth and I were in Jeffrey’s Bay, I was heavily pregnant with our Kyla Bell.  So it’s kind of fitting that we were back there to celebrate…

I’ve been sitting here, at our pop up table during the day/bed base at night, staring at my screen for the last 10 minutes.  Next to me Kyla is finishing…

So this is going to sounds crazy, but there are just 15 days until we leave.  How did that happen?  Are we ready?  Am I ready?  Not even freaking close. …

Although it’s basically freezing in Cape Town right now, things are heating up for us Alfinos.  We have a mere 32 days left before we have to have everything ready. …

Over the weekend we had the most epic party I think we have ever had.  Which is pretty crazy because we usually have pretty intense parties.  But we had to…

I don’t know if I have ever told you about the first and last time I climbed Table Mountain?  It was waaaay back, before we had babies.  In fact I…

If there’s one thing I’m crazy about, it’s throwing parties.  But y’all know that already right?  I mean, who doesn’t love parties?  Probably a few of you.  I know I’m…

Today marks exactly 50 days until we head out on our much anticipated adventure.  It’s such a nice round number that you’d think I planned it like this, but in…

You guys have no idea how I could not stop laughing when I took this picture.  She is so nervous being on the horse that she couldn’t even fix her…

I’m not even going to pretend that I know the difference between Joburg and Pretoria – how long it takes to get from one to the other, who stays in…

It’s been a while since we last caught up on how much progress we’re making on heading out on our adventure in a couple months.  I wish I could reveal…

It’s been a whole term of Knox being the Special Helper in his class. Which is flipping crazy because it feels like we were just celebrating Christmas and now we’ve…