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Let’s first clarify (before you think that I have denied my kiddiewinkles the true joy that comes from shoving cold ice cream into your mouth hole) – the girls have…

So it’s Winter here in Cape Town…  Apparently…  Well, when I wake up in the morning I guess I can believe it, because it’s roughly 4-6 degrees, but on Sunday…

My first bike that I can remember, was a dark pink one with training wheels.  If I remember correctly I may have gotten it when I was about 6 and…

I have this huge desire to do things.  I remember it coming at this phase of the pregnancy with the girls, but then I was more able to do something…

I hate the cold.  I think that I would rather resort to eating my own toenails and leg hair for sustenance and then inevitably starve to death before I would…

Riya has never really had the patience to sit down and do a puzzle – without me doing it for her.  It’s not even a case of her not knowing…

I’ve mentioned before that Kyla LOVES playdates.  Literally shouting, “Yay, yay, yay” when I tell her that we are going to one, and I’ve even gotten them to start saying…

There are few things that you dread more when going out on a date night than getting a call from the baby sitter, except maybe a tornado or a flood…

Do remember a book from your childhood?  One that just takes you back in time and suddenly you’re sitting on your bed with one of your parents reading a story…

Do you enjoy going outside to your back yard?  Maybe enjoy some meals, family fun and festivities all enjoyed in your pretty back yard area?  Well up until a couple…

This comic from 9GAG pretty much sums up our shopping experiences.  I pretty much killed myself laughing at how this could be either of our girls. Kyla is most definitely…

This is Riya’s “how to” lesson on How To Make Friends.  Take notes.  It totally works. Step 1 Approach your new prospective friend like a tiger crawling up to prey…

Dearest Aunty Mia A happy, happy birthday to you!  We really hope and pray that this year is a great one for you and we can’t wait to see you…

Finally!  I can finally post positive feedback about actually going on a date night and it being a success!  Who would have thought. To put a bit of perspective on the whole…

Yes, isn’t that title just beautifully written?!  It’s actually inspired by my tots who never say I, but rather “me” at any opportunity and of course they do love some…

As promised, I have put together some ideas that you can use to form your own version of your Date Night Challenge.  But before we get into it all I…

The other day I decided to enquire on the most reliable source (Facebook obviously), on how often married couples go on the proverbial “date night”.  The response was a little…

What better way to end a week than to meet up with fellow Mom’s and have a play date.  At first I didn’t really value the importance of these, but…

Crazily enough we feel that we are finally at a place where we have enough time and energy to spend a little bit of it on the garden (I know…

I suppose this is what you get when you tell an almost 3 year old obsessed with pink, that they can choose a dress for being such a big girl…

As another Mother’s Day approaches I find myself thinking of the usual things: wondering what on Earth to get my Mom and Mother In Law, then it moves on to…

I mentioned before that the girls have found a group of friends that we meet with roughly once a month to have a formally informal “playdate”, but who they also…

I have always wanted to do those ink blot testy things.  Because?  Well, why the heck not?  And maybe it will just confirm that maybe I am slightly unstable or…