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Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. All…

Aaaah, the great outdoors.  With the sun heating up cold bones, birds and squirrels bustling around in the trees over head, the sound of children laughing and the view of…

My baby girl, you are not a baby any more! Today we celebrate you turning 4 and despite initially being a bit bummed that you were getting older (when you…

Welcome back to another installment in our series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. I am…

Flipping Winter. I don’t know about you, but this Winter has hit us hard.  There are just far too many bugs going around for it to be normal. Just a…

Apparently the older your kids get, the more you are supposed to “do” at a party. It’s no longer about just getting together to have fun, you actually have to…

Sherbs. Life is crazy this week.  So much to do that I feel like I am running around like a chicken without a head!  Obviously this means a good old…

Oh my Kyla Bells I don’t know why I struggle to write these posts to you. I guess it’s my own silly way of trying to stop you from growing…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. What…

I have totally given up trying to get the girls to wear the clothing that I wish they wore. You know the kind that if it was just a little…

What a weekend.  Please tell me things are going to get warmer from here on?  Please? With the girls birthdays fast approaching (we will have a 5 year old in…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. It’s…

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…

Sometimes I sit and stare at the blinking cursor for what feels like hours.  Thoughts swirling around in my head, a few make it to the keyboard only to be…

Have you ever considered the prospect being able to be a “Stay At Home” Mom? I’m guessing that you probably entertained the idea before deciding that it’s either not possible…

Beauty. It’s so subjective.  And yet the World has formalised it somehow. In order to be “beautiful” you need to have checked all these boxes – striking facial features, radiant skin,…

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…

Welcome back to another installment in our new series – I’m A Mom With Tattoos.  In case you have missed the last couple, don’t forget to check them out here. In…

So, like, I really try not to make this space one where it seems like we have it all together and get all the cool things and do all the…

I should probably give you a heads up – if you should happen to see anyone of the Alfino clan roaming the streets looking like a zombie, this is your…

Funny how when I am feeling overwhelmed and not sure which side is up, my go to post is a Currently one. So I guess by those few words alone…

Things are getting back to normal around here. Although I’m not sure how one can really define normal after you lose someone that you love.  For me right now, normal…

Things have been a bit crazy and busy around these parts for the last couple of days.  It sounds crass, but there is honestly so much more to a loved…