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3 Kids, 2 Dogs and 1 Old House

Say Hello To Our Little Herb Garden

WIN A Rookie USA Voucher for R2500

Our DIY Harry Potter Party

CURRENTLY – We’re Home, Now What?

Optimus Goes Rouge In Roma, Lesotho

Add Malealea To Your Lesotho Bucket List

Hello Lesotho! Our First Border Crossing And Stay In Mohales Hoek

Lady Grey – A Night In The Middle Of Nowhere

Things I Have Learned Since Leaving The City And Making A Van My Home

Maclear – A Farm Stop On The Way To Lesotho

Coffee Bay – A Cultural Tour

Life In The Van – Captured By Zorann Elizabeth #Vanlife

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    Get To Know Me

    27 October 2015
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  • Marriage – When Living Together Isn’t Enough

    26 October 2015

    I’m living in the same house as my husband but we haven’t had a proper conversation in a week. Best week of his life, am I right? Seriously though, how…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – Tazkia Van Oordt

    23 October 2015

    I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment in our series.  If this is the first time you’re joining us – WELCOME, it’s good to have you.  Here…

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  • Getting To Know Myself Again

    22 October 2015
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  • Come Dine With Me – Asian Fusion

    21 October 2015

    Ni rang wo hao kai xin! Wait what? I have to thank Ni Hao Kai-Lan for that.  Granted she often makes me want to rip out my own eardrums through my…

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  • ~*WIN*~ #HuggiesGold Hamper With @Huggies_SA! (Worth R800)

    19 October 2015

    We’ve had the absolute privilege of having three kids. And while I am very grateful for them and couldn’t imagine my life without them, do you have any idea how…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – Andrea Hoffmann

    16 October 2015
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  • *WIN* Two Tickets To MamaMagic in Cape Town 30 Oct – 1 Nov

    14 October 2015

    Have you put this in your diary yet? You should. I’ll wait. … OK, great.  Now you won’t miss out.  While you’re busy with admin, you should totally go to…

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  • Come Dine With Me – South African

    13 October 2015

    Now that we had opened the gourmet can of Come Dine With Me worms, we were hooked. Where did all those fishing analogies come from? Anyway. The annoying thing about…

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  • *WIN* With Watercolour Heart

    12 October 2015
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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Relationship – Cassarica Nadas

    9 October 2015

    Since the kids have been on holiday this week, we’ve been treating most of the days as mini Fridays.  But mini fake Fridays really just don’t compare to the real…

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  • You Don’t Have To Be A Frumpy Mom This Summer

    8 October 2015

    Look, I get it. I mean if anyone in the whole World gets it, it’s me. What I’m trying to say is, when you’ve had ANOTHER sleepless night, spent more…

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  • MamaMagic Expo 30 Oct – 1 Nov

    7 October 2015
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  • Come Dine With Me – Mexican

    6 October 2015

    A couple of months ago we decided that we were going to do our own version of Come Dine With Me. To be fair, in the beginning we weren’t quite…

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  • Currently

    5 October 2015

    I think the this is the longest I’ve gone without doing a currently post. That means that I actually had my act together for more than a couple of weeks…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – Laura-Kim

    2 October 2015
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  • That Time I Was On The Afternoon Express

    1 October 2015

    There’s many things that I knew my life had waiting for me. Wrinkles, love shared with family and friends, laughter, too many tears shed watching TV adverts and a few…

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  • What’s In The Box

    30 September 2015

    I love surprises. Not the “Oh my gosh I have to pay how much for this car service?!” or the “Jump out of the cupboard in a Scream mask” kind…

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  • Our Superhero Party

    29 September 2015
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  • Not Getting Any Younger

    28 September 2015

    Over the weekend I started living up to the term “old and grey”. I guess you could say that I started this a while ago actually, since I’ve been sporting the…

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  • I Did Something I Thought I’d Never Have The Guts To Do – I Dyed My Hair Grey!

    21 September 2015

    If I had to sum myself up in one word, “brave” would not be it. Although I am trying to change this part of me by regularly putting myself out there…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – The Mentors

    18 September 2015
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  • Mastering The Bedtime Routine

    17 September 2015

    It’s getting to that time of the day again. That time of the day where you are losing your last nerve as quickly as your children are unrolling the toilet paper…

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  • Bringing Back The 50’s

    16 September 2015

    There are many highs and lows that you experience during your life time. It’s kind of natural and really if you didn’t experience them I’d question your humanity.  Some days…

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  • Capturing Memories – Our Family Photo Shoot At Home

    14 September 2015
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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – Ana Valere

    11 September 2015

    Hey hey!  It’s Friday! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment in our series.  If this is the first time you’re joining us – WELCOME, it’s good…

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  • Indulging In The Little Things

    9 September 2015

    It’s so easy to be caught up in doing “big” things. You know what I mean?  Those big “occasion” kind of events – cool parties, epic holidays, fun day trips…

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  • On Going Through “THE Change”

    8 September 2015
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  • When The Sun Shines In Cape Town

    7 September 2015

    It’s been so long since I saw the sun that I almost forgot what it looked like. Not to mention what it felt like not to be bundled up in…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Couple – Lizna Erkelens

    4 September 2015

    Friday. Enough said. I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment in our series.  If this is the first time you’re joining us – WELCOME, it’s good to…

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  • Currently

    3 September 2015
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  • Like Father, Like Son

    2 September 2015

    The first thing that people say when they see the girls is, “Are they twins?” Once they get over the fact that they are not in fact twins and that…

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  • How To Get Your Kid To Sleep In Their Own Bed – In Just 35 Easy Steps.

    1 September 2015

    It’s been said that once you have children, you’ll never sleep again. No, darn it.  Sorry.  I always get that confused with the “sleep when the baby sleeps” phrase everyone…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Couple – Samantha Marchant

    28 August 2015
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  • Cause I’m Leavin’ On A Jet Plane

    25 August 2015

    Cause I’m Leavin’ On A Jet Plane  Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Except that I do.  Because I’m a mother and not some carefree globe trotter. I know…

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  • Behind The Scenes Of A Mixed Race Family – Veronique Cronjé

    21 August 2015

    Hey hey!  It’s Friday! Let’s cheers to a beautiful, warm weekend in Cape Town – finally! I’m glad that you’re back to read the next installment in our series.  If…

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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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