Our Kiddies

While gathered around the dining room table, munching on some braaied goodies on Sunday afternoon, Seth suddenly drops a bomb shell.  As you do.  It went something like this… “Girls,…

If having three kids has taught me anything, it’s that having three kids teaches you many things and I have a whole lot more to learn. (Although let’s be real,…

Photography   ~  Flowers   ~   Make up   ~   Dress One of the questions that I am asked most often (after, “Don’t you have a TV?” because why else would…

I know what you’re thinking…  How does a “Life Lately” compare with a Currently post?  Well, it’s the same really, except I’m not breaking everything down with headings.  I’m just…

Now that our oldest daughter is seven, we’ve finally come to the point where we can joke about how much of a shock it was becoming parents.  Well, that and…

One of our favourite things to do is drive into a brand new place, with no plan or agenda and just see where we land up. I get that this…

Good morrow fair maiden There’s something special happening this morning, but I suspect that you might know that already.  I mean, we’ve only been counting down to your birthday for…

How do you decide on a theme for your kids parties? Every year it goes the same way for us.  The girls (whose birthdays are two weeks apart – so…

There are very few things that will make me judge you as a parent.  Very few.  We all know how difficult parenting can be, so I don’t care if you…

So we’ve um’ed and ah’ed about getting the girls ears pierced for ages because the truth is, I was terrified of taking them.  I mean, I had no idea how…

Before I lay into the holidays, I feel like I should first tell them what I love about them.  To like soften the blow or something.  Because I’m sure holidays…

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…

There have been many articles written about the ears of a toddler.  From how to clean them all the way through to questioning their function (because it’s clearly not used…

So as it turns out, despite the fact that I would prefer to remain inside under the covers with a good book for a large portion of the rest of…

Don’t worry Knox, I get it.  Being three years old is a lot of hard work, but I was wondering if I could ask you a few questions, you know,…

Besides party planning, the next thing that I like to challenge myself with is kids fashion. Don’t get me wrong, it’s not hard to find good quality and visually appealing…

Guys I had a baby and then I closed my eyes and then I opened them and I had a baby going to Grade 1.  Grade freaking 1.  How even?…

What do you do when your oldest baby is about to put on her uniform for the first time and head off to big school?  Well, let me tell you…

The first thing that people say when they see the girls is, “Are they twins?” Once they get over the fact that they are not in fact twins and that…

Here’s the funny thing about having a baby. Either you go into labour, or you’re forced into a c-section, or you happily decide to have your baby cut out, or…

When you have a kid there’s this weird thing that happens. No, I’m not talking about how suddenly your body resembles a deflated balloon or how regular bodily functions become…

Oh my dearest big little girl – today you are 6! I can’t say that it feels like yesterday when your tiny little body was placed in my arms, but…

We recently went to  the sweetest dinosaur party. My photos don’t do justice to the hard work and planning that went on behind the scenes, but my friend Zoë and…