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Can I just mention “The Epic Enthusiasm Fail of 2012” or more well known to the girls as “The Time We Killed Their Imagination Cos We Suck At Consistency“.  Oh…

Wowzers, this week has been full of really high highs and really low lows.  It’s funny how that happens hey?  Maybe it’s to make you aware of how good you…

So, maybe you can help me find my daughter.  I know she’s there somewhere.  Can you see her? What about now? Aaaah, there she is. I suppose I should tell…

I have never enjoyed being home with my family as much as I am right now. Maybe it’s just the new house and all the great, new things that go…

So um, there’s this um, competition thing happening over at Kidz World at the moment and I um, would really like to get all up in that business. Look, I know…

It’s here… Can you feel it?  With the start of November also comes the start of “real” Summer in Cape Town.  The kids went to school this morning with shorts…

* Before I begin – today is #nofilterday, if you’re feeling down about life and thinking that you are not managing everything as well as other Mom’s out there –…

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…

I’ve been finding it difficult to take pictures recently.  Not that it’s my job or anything, but I normally really love to do it.  I don’t know why I’ve been…

How do you know Summer is here (besides the beautiful weather we’ve been having, of course)?  Well, I know Summer is here because besides the sudden influx of filthy cockroaches…

Recently I have had some time to sit back and reflect on life (with my laptop being busted and all it kind of aided this process).  I even had a…

You guys, I don’t know what it is about this video that is making it impossible to stop giggling, but I really can’t help myself.  Her face is just too…

I can’t believe our birthday has come and gone already without it even really feeling like it was even here.  With so much going on with the move and everything,…

Our mealtimes aren’t the same as they were before. I’m not talking about before the kids – where we could just focus on getting our own food in our own…

You guys, moving is no joke.  I think my mind is about to break.  Which I’m concerned about – because I’m not quite sure how to get it back together…

Happy South African Heritage Day peoples of the world, and more importantly South Africa. If you are like me and are not very good at knowing what our South African…

Everyday I sit with my kids in the afternoon and try and establish what they did that day.  Sometimes it’s easy and they just tell me exactly what happened, but…

I’ve often wondered if going to therapy would help me or if they would listen to just one retelling of an afternoon in the life of me and immediately admit…

I was halfway through writing a deep and meaningful post about moving houses when I was stopped by this dude. I think he did the world a favour.  He actually…

Who has two thumbs and something to give away? *points thumbs at herself* This girl does. Man I love that joke.  I’ve been saying it all morning while I was…

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…

I haven’t watched this movie.  But if I had to hazard a guess, I would say that Stella was a part time working Mom of 3 lovely, but busy and…

Do you know that it apparently snows on Table Mountain once every 10 years or so?  I was seriously not aware that had ever snowed on Table Mountain, and so…