PARENTING

We had the perfect morning routine for months and then it all went to crap. I don’t know how it happened but suddenly instead of the Rule Of One applying,…

“Hey Mom, can I please have this delicious looking sweet that my friend gave me in my party pack?” “NO!” “Please, please, please, please, please, please can I have it?”…

If you had cornered me a couple of years ago and interrogated me about my favourite types of movies, I would have wondered who the hell you were and tried…

It was a wonderful, sunny day in Cape Town when we found our egg. The kids were actually playing nicely together on the trampoline for a change (instead of using…

Over the weekend we celebrated Knox turning four. Originally we were going to have a Three Little Pigs Party, but he is just so freaking smitten with Paw Patrol right…

My Dearest Frederick Malgas Oh sorry, is that confusing?  In case you’re looking back at this twenty years from now and can’t remember, that’s your other name.  Apparently.  Although why…

If having three kids has taught me anything, it’s that having three kids teaches you many things and I have a whole lot more to learn. (Although let’s be real,…

If you had to ask 7 year old Cindy to strap on her ballet shoes and stand on a stage in front of a hundred people, you would have seen…

I know what you’re thinking…  How does a “Life Lately” compare with a Currently post?  Well, it’s the same really, except I’m not breaking everything down with headings.  I’m just…

After having some seriously disastrous results trying to get our kids to fall asleep on their own, we did what any good parent would do…  We gave up. While we…

Now that our oldest daughter is seven, we’ve finally come to the point where we can joke about how much of a shock it was becoming parents.  Well, that and…

One of our favourite things to do is drive into a brand new place, with no plan or agenda and just see where we land up. I get that this…

There I was, snuggled in bed and working through my pre-sleep ritual of calming myself down and allowing my thoughts to quiet themselves before I lay my head down to…

Good morrow fair maiden There’s something special happening this morning, but I suspect that you might know that already.  I mean, we’ve only been counting down to your birthday for…

If raising children has taught me anything, it’s that trying to stop a tantrum once it’s started is like trying to wrestle a giant octopus who wants to eat your…

Oh hello there Kyla. It’s your birthday today so I thought that I’d take a moment to sit and jot down some thoughts that I’ve had since my last to you…

Once upon a veeeery long time ago, my mother found herself teaching little children at a nursery school in Woodlands Park.  And I found myself spending most of my holidays…

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…

Just before I got really sick with the meningitis, we went away for the weekend to Marshden Estate.  A sweet little farm off the R44 – somewhere between Somerset West…

In March we’ll be celebrating our 10 year wedding anniversary.  It’s a pretty big acheivement that I’m really looking forward to, because 10 years is a heck of a long…

OK, so here’s what I thought I knew about Babylonstoren… It’s one of those places that you have on your hit list but you’re not really sure why, except that…

I have something to get off my chest. Contrary to popular opinion, I work for a living and it’s not because I hate my children and need to get away…

I’ve heard it said that a successful marriage is one where you manage to turn your partner into the perfect slave – you know, one that cooks, cleans, sees to…