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Disclaimer for all those sick of hearing about Oscar – although it kind of refers to it, this post is not about his trial, his guilt or his anything really. …

You might have noticed recently that like a stealthy ninja, I have been slipping in little bits of information regarding our new “life style” that we have taken on?  If…

What a crazy, manic week last week was.  For some reason I thought it was possible to regain some sense of normality this weekend, but I don’t know what I…

Recently I have had the misfortune of having to look for new staff to fill a position in our company.  I say misfortune because I am seriously going to miss…

Apparently today is a special day for some people…  So happy Valentine’s Day to you.  But if you totally couldn’t care less about it (as I do), I’ll give you…

A couple of weeks ago I frantically rushed home from work, stopped off at Spar and scanned the shelves for something healthy and nutritious to snack on (and came out…

A 1000 kisses from you is never too much, never too much…   I don’t know who sings this song originally because I just don’t care about things like that,…

Never did I think that having a boy would be so different to having a girl, except of course changing the nappies (that was a shocker the first couple of…

I might not have ever mentioned it, but I live in the same house that I did when I was growing up.  After Seth and I got married we took…

We had a little playdate at our house and I thought it would be cool to put out all the girls dress up clothes so that they could all be…

The last time we went to the beach Riya was freaking out about the sand in her toes.  And the water.  And the dogs.  And the sun.  And the…  Well…

Noordhoek is special for us.  It’s the place that we celebrated our wedding day (our reception was at Monkey Valley and we took our pictures on Noordhoek Beach).  Besides that,…

Just before the holidays ended we decided to spend a Saturday morning at Giraffe House with special friends, relishing in the little bit of time that we had left together to…

We have our own little green arrow at home and he is way cuter than the current hottie gracing our screens every Friday night. I love this little baby so…

Yesterday my little girls started school.  I can’t believe I have just written those words. The night before I spent hours packing their bags and making sure that everything that…

It’s amazing how you can go to the same place over and over but each time you find something new to experience. We ventured out to Imhoff Farm for some…

We wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas, we wish you a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year…  I’m sure that you are singing that…

This year I have had the privilege of getting together with some really wonderful women to create a place where new Mom’s can meet together and get to know one…

                  I love holidays!  Besides just being able to do what we want when we want it and having great family time…

The Christmas tree finally went up on Sunday.  Not the “traditional”, singing songs and laughing together as I had imagined.  It ended with me putting it up all by myself,…

I don’t know what that title has to do with anything except that I was trying to think of 3 of something and that’s all I could come up with.…

If you had mentioned the words “maternity leave” to me after Kyla was born I may have burst into tears.  The time that I was with Kyla on leave was…

I can’t believe that this gorgeous little boy has been in our lives for 10 weeks already.  It feels like I have known him my whole life (if that makes…