travel

Oh hello there. I promise that I haven’t forgotten about this blog.  Or more importantly, you lovely people that take the time to read it.  It’s just that life has…

I think I may have mentioned once or twice that we got our dogs because we really wanted dogs.  But also maybe because I was so freaking broody that it…

It’s so easy to get caught up in the busy isn’t it? You know what I mean right?  Having a crazy busy week filled with work, extra murals, homework, stress,…

Yesterday we went into great detail about our trip to Greyton which is just two hours drive from Cape Town.  But today I thought I’d do something different – a…

It’s official.  We have the VISAs and so these crazy kids are about to set off on our very first international trip to Italy. I think if you could bottle…

You’d think after being together for about 13 years that I’d know when Seth was up to something. Turns out that I don’t.  Like not even a little bit. I…

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…

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…

The very first time I got on a plane, I was 20 years old and about to start the journey of our honeymoon in Durban.  I was literally shaking with…

It’s so amazing to me how you can take a break and feel so wonderfully well rested, but then head back to work for a week and it’s like you’ve…

No, no no.  Before you think I suddenly turned 34 (eeek), I’m finally getting around to telling you how we celebrated turning 30 and turning 4 on the same day.…

Just before I got really sick with the meningitis, we went away for the weekend to Marshden Estate.  A sweet little farm off the R44 – somewhere between Somerset West…

We tend to stumble across awesome places completely by accident, which is exactly how we ended up at Vergelegen. How do we do it by accident?  Well, we do this…

Sometimes, despite all your very best intentions, family holidays can just go extremely wrong. I know it happens, but call it luck if you will, we had not yet had…

Oh hello!  Fancy meeting you here. You’ve forgotten who I am?  Me too.  They say I’ve just been wondering around aimlessly, answering to “Mom”, “Mommy” and occasionally “Mother” when I’m…

It’s been so long since I saw the sun that I almost forgot what it looked like. Not to mention what it felt like not to be bundled up in…

Cause I’m Leavin’ On A Jet Plane  Don’t know when I’ll be back again. Except that I do.  Because I’m a mother and not some carefree globe trotter. I know…

I don’t know if you’ve ever arrived in a new town and just suddenly felt like you were home. Like if you could give up all the ties you have in…

Oh my goodness. You know when you enter a competition and then forget about it because the chance that YOU would be chosen is like the one time you tried…

I probably don’t have to tell you how much I adore my kids.  At least I hope I don’t have to tell you – I’d like to think that it’s…