parenting

On the 21st of March, Seth and I celebrated being married for 10 YEARS! Yip.  We made it to 10 years.  I’d be totes lying if I said that it’s…

Oh hello there.  I remember you – do you remember me? For reals, I’m sorry that it’s taken me so long to invest some time onto this space.  Life has…

When I pictured being a Mom, I always hoped that I’d be that cool Mom. You know the one that all the kids think is approachable and friendly, enforces discipline but…

So, look, before I launch into this topic, I need you to know that I get it. Really I do.  That big old Rectangular Babysitter lives in our house too.…

The other night I was snuggling with my only boy child and waiting for him to peacefully pass out after a long day.  He cuddled into me before slowly, but…

Well Hello Friday! This morning I finally woke up to my third alarm (yes, I have to have three because I love sleep and I don’t like getting up, so…

Like I’ve said before – it’s impossible to do it all. And that’s OK.  Really, it is. Do know the only person that expect us to do it all perfectly all…

This past weekend we ventured out to friends that stay near the coastline and so they suggested that while we were there, we should pop over to the beach. When…

Last weekend we celebrated the birthdays of two very special men at a restaurant in the Groot Constantia Wine Farm.  Once we were there, they didn’t want to leave!  We…

A couple of weeks ago our family had the real flipping privilege of being on The Weekend Edition. I’m not going to lie – it was nerve wrecking!  Sitting there…

Seth and I are born and bred Cape Town folk.  Which means that our kids are also born and bred in this beautiful city.  Basically, we live in the shadow…

I cannot tell you how hectic it was for us going back to school this year.  Except that, I totally did tell you.  Because I have no secrets – my…

After hitting the button on my third alarm this morning, I was (as usual) not wanting to get up at all.  So instead I was lazing in bed and thinking…

If you’ve been wondering around the internet this morning and wondering who is the most excited about Friday, I have the answer for you.  It’s me. This week, although quite…

You know when nothing seems to be happening for what feels like forever, but then suddenly everything happens at once?  That’s us right now! BIG things are happening for the…

Dearest Kyla, Riya-Ray and Knox So right now, none of you are able to read this.  This is due to a number of factors, of which the inability to read…

Disclaimer…  This post is going to contain a whole bunch of things you probably wouldn’t want to know about my body and I.  If you feel like you can’t read…

I’ve found that there are a few types of parenting approaches when it comes to handling the holidays: Those that enjoy it, but want to run away screaming because their…

I know, I know – I’m talking about it again.  I’m sorry. But deciding whether or not to add another person to the family is actually pretty difficult.  If it…

When we had kids we realised that the time of doing something out and about for New Years was behind us.  We made peace with the fact that we couldn’t…

The other night we found ourselves kid free and so we did what we normally do under those circumstances and ran out of the house to do something adult. In…

Just had such a surreal moment. We’d just come back from The Playshed and were sitting watching Matilda when I started trying to work.  This isn’t usually a problem, but…

I remember finding out that we were pregnant for the very first time. It was back in 2008.  We had just moved out of our flat and into Seth’s parents…