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Growing up my brother and I would hurl the most disgusting insults at each other for no other reason than to cause a fight.  I always won.  Obviously.  I think…

Hey that rhymes.   [youtube=http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=T8DQaUoPmJg] Sitting here listening to this song takes me straight back into time – 6 years (and 5 days ago to be exact – soz, holidays…

There has been a big change in our house recently. Now that Seth has become a full 10kg’s lighter than he used to be, he performed an amazing hair removal…

You know, sometimes I sit here, desperate for something to say but I just can’t think of anything.  I start typing a thousand different things only for them to be…

Lately I have been taking time in my day to sit down and reflect on life.  In particular to reflect on each one of my children’s lives that I have…

Swimming. The word brings up fond memories of splashing around in the pool, kicking and screaming…  Or no, on second thoughts that might be drowning which is pretty much what…

Since the girls have started school I have seriously cut down TV time in our house, only putting it on when they are about to rip each others heads off.…

Is there a way to keep babies tiny and little and baby-like forever?  If you know of something let me know.  The best I’ve come up with is a brick…

This last week has been hectic.  Knox has his first real sickness which started with a fine rash from the top of his head to the bottom of his toes,…

The girls new hobby is to take “pishures” with my camera ALL.  THE.  TIME!  To be honest it can be a bit frustrating because they don’t give my little baby…

The other night while I was putting the girls to sleep, Riya had passed out with ease, but Kyla was a bit restless.  Suddenly she sat up and told me…

Time is such a precious commodity in our house at the moment.  The kids are sick (joys of going to school) and this time it has affected Knox as well…

I never had a sister, but I had a younger brother.  We had good times and we had bad times (I remember a particular episode in the parking lot of…

Going out in public always entails the same thing for us no matter where we go.  Sometimes it’s just a whisper, other times an assumed statement made to their friends,…

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…

Our gorgeous little man is almost 5 months old! Unfortunately, although I am trying to fight it very hard, we seem to be falling into the whole 3rd child thing…

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…

Another Valentine’s Day down the hatch.  Thank goodness. I remember a time when we used to celebrate Valentine’s Day…  You know, before we were married with children.  Now we only…

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…

What I am about to explain to you might come as a shock.  You would never have thought that these things were possible coming from my middle child.  Riya-Ray or…

It was Seth’s birthday this past Tuesday.  If you’re a Capetonian you will know that this was also the day of the RHCP concert.  What you might not know is…

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,…

We hardly entertain at our house.  Even though I absolutely love to put a table together with all the garnishes, I hardly ever have the chance to do it.  Besides…