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3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House

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Day Trips

    Out With The Old And In With The NEW!!

    2 June 2017
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  • I’ve Lost My Dark Passenger

    19 October 2016

    With all the new changes that I have made in this last week (cutting out dairy, grain and sugar), work being hectic and life being hectic too, I’m finding myself…

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  • A Little Slice Of The Good Life – Robertson Adventures

    4 August 2016

    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…

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  • Winter Holiday Escape

    1 July 2016
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  • A Wonderful Morning At Vergelegen

    28 June 2016

    We tend to stumble across awesome places completely by accident, which is exactly how we ended up at Vergelegen. How do we do it by accident?  Well, we do this…

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  • Babylonstoren

    22 June 2016

    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…

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  • When The Sun Shines In Cape Town

    7 September 2015
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  • Kirstenbosch Gardens – The Perfect Place For A Dinosaur Party

    11 June 2015

    We recently went to  the sweetest dinosaur party. My photos don’t do justice to the hard work and planning that went on behind the scenes, but my friend Zoë and…

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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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  • Summer "To-Do" List – The Galileo Open Air Cinema

    6 November 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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  • Stellenbosch – Good For The Soul (You Should Go)

    1 July 2014

    Stellenbosch you have my heart. I feel like I left some of it there after our visit the other day.  Which is a good thing, because now I have a…

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

    25 June 2014
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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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  • “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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  • Aaaargh Me Maties – We Went On The Pirate Boat

    29 April 2014
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  • We Took Our Monkeys To See Some Monkeys

    17 April 2014

    Every time we head out on the N2 to escape the city, we pass Monkeyland.  Before kids I barely even noticed it as we whizzed on by, but as they…

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  • Themed Photoshoot – Tea Party In The Forest – So Much Fun

    8 April 2014

    It was still dark when we woke up, stumbling around to get everything together that I thought I had so carefully planned out the night before.  We gently woke the…

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  • Root 44 – A Super Fun Day Out

    1 April 2014
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  • Who Needs Wine At A Wine Festival

    10 March 2014

    When I entered the giveaway on A Gorgeous Life to win tickets to the Paarl Ommniberg Round The Rock Festival, I did what I usually do – imagined I won and how I…

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  • Sea Point – You Beauty

    26 February 2014

    When I think of awesome destination places to go in Cape Town, I’ll be honest – Sea Point is not even in my Top 10.  Well, let me correct that…

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  • That Time We Left And Didn’t Come Back (Plus Momi Baby Bag Winner)

    24 February 2014
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  • That Time We Acted Like We Were 18 Again

    20 February 2014

    There’s this saying that goes something like, “With great parenting come great responsibility“. Not quite right?  Maybe.  But I think that parenting automatically gives you some cray super powers that…

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  • Dogs Are Hard Work – They Need Like, Attention And Stuff

    3 February 2014

    Flip, our poor dogs. In case you were wondering about adding a pet to your life, let me give you a little heads up – DON’T!  I mean I love…

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  • Memories Are Made With Times Like These (Our Extended Family Photo Shoot)

    23 January 2014
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  • Vineyard Hills, Yummy Food And Beach Sunset Views (And A Head’s Up)

    14 January 2014

    If I could live anywhere in Cape Town it would be Noordhoek. I’ve spoken about it before so I am not going to bore you with this again but now…

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  • Some Much Needed Down Time.

    10 January 2014

    Statistically speaking 80% of people that go away on holiday come back and want a holiday after their holiday to recover from their holiday.  Also, 90% of you will agree…

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  • Best Way To Spend A Summers Day – Kalk Bay

    6 January 2014
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  • Our Afternoon At A Minnie and Mickey Mouse Party

    7 December 2013

    Oh hello there. I’m going to take a break from current regular program (of giveaways everyday) and share loads of photos of a super cool Minnie and Mickey Mouse party…

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  • Best Morning Out With My Girls (And Also A Chance To Win For YOU!)

    27 November 2013

    A couple of Saturday’s ago – when it was really rainy and wet in Cape Town, I bundled my kids up into the car and we set out for the…

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  • That Time I Lost My Child

    12 November 2013
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  • We Got Coloured

    6 November 2013

    For quite a long time now I’ve seen people throw coloured paint at each other.  It’s always been pictures though and it’s this thing that originated for the Holi Festival…

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  • Sometimes Promises Are Hard To Keep

    31 October 2013

    I keep making this specific promise to my girls. Over and over again.  Then getting so mad with myself that I couldn’t keep it.  Even though I had every intention…

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  • Heritage, Hermits and Holidays

    24 September 2013
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  • What To Do On A Saturday? – Visit The Old Biscuit Mill – You Won’t Be Sorry

    6 September 2013

    When I was pregnant with Kyla, we would often take our time in the mornings to get ready and still arrive at the Old Biscuit Mill at 9am.  Aaaah, the…

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After living a very normal suburban life we packed up everything to live in a VW van for a year as a family of 5. Now that we have traveled our beautiful country we are back to normal but trying to remember what it was like to live with less, spend time in nature and build on our family bonds. Join us on the journey.

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