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It’s not often that I wake up with a nervous ball in my tummy.  Well, besides my real wedding day or any day that I had to say an oral/mondeling…

I’ve always wanted a reason to have a Shaun The Sheep party. In case you’ve never experienced the awesomeness of Shaun The Sheep – let me educate you quickly. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=43OWPI-Ychs…

Do you know what I’ve been waiting for since I became a Mom? A full nights sleep. 5 years later and I am still waiting… But that aside, things are…

There’s no skirting the issue that relationships (and marriage) are hard. Having said that, do I think I’ve landed with my butt in the butter?  Abso-freaking-lutely.   It’s not everyday…

There was a time (just a few years ago) where I could direct you to the closest baby changing facility in any shopping mall in Cape Town. I could also…

I don’t like my body. I’m not sure if I have ever walked past a mirror and not cringed at a bulge there or the wobble there, or how weirdly…

Is it normal to me more obsessed about your kids clothing than your own? I’m going to go with a yes to answer that question because I just can’t help…

“We have a tendency to want the other person to be a finished product while we give ourselves the grace to evolve.” Isn’t that just so profound? When I first…

Before I share loads of pictures of the fun and shenanigans that we got up to at the #CTmeetup, I have some thanking to do. First and foremost a huge…

A couple of weeks ago Seth sent me a link for a sale that was happening on Superbalist.  The link was for a ring to replace his very broken (and…

There was a time in my life when I used to be scared of being alone at home with my kids.  Every moment, from the time I got home at…

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…

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…

* Today is Kyla’s birthday and I just couldn’t get words to work for me, so  instead of a letter to her, I’ll post the next best thing.  How to…

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…

It was just another day for us. Me clutching both girls by the hand, reigning both of them from trying to hop into the road while trying desperately to miss…

In preparation for our Stellenbosch trip a couple of weekends ago, I did a little bit of research of where to go. My first point of call?  Facebook, Twitter and…

A blonde haired, blue eyed boy. That’s exactly what I envisioned my first child to look like. Obviously after I met Seth and fell madly in love, I kind of knew…

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…

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,…

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…

Life has a strange way of having really high ups, swiftly followed by really low downs.  Or is it just me? Either way, things are mostly good around these parts…