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Want to throw a Harry Potter party here in Cape Town? Let me give you the best DIY and budget tips to help you on your way! Listen, although it…

Over the weekend we had the most epic party I think we have ever had.  Which is pretty crazy because we usually have pretty intense parties.  But we had to…

I have three children with very different personalities.  Obviously.  It would be heck of a weird if they were all the same.  Can you even imagine?!  So weird.  Although I…

Looking like Rudolf the Red Nosed Reindeer on the daily is not easy.  In fact it sucks butt.  But it is what it is and I’m slowly making peace with…

You know what I realised recently? It’s that even though we were excited about something in the beginning, the longer we have it/do it, the more normal it becomes.  Which…

We’ve been having such great weather in Cape Town for the last couple of days.  Usually that would imply that it was sunny right?  But nope, I’m talking about cold,…

Just look at good old Optimus there.  Back when he was working and stuff.  I’d taken the girls to the park when Seth came rolling up with Knox and the…

Have you ever built a gingerbread house?  We built our first one a couple years ago with a pre-made set that we were gifted by Seth’s sister.  Every year since then…

There is honestly nothing better than going away as a family.  It’s the highlight of my holiday when we get to pack our bags, and set out on a road…

I know we’ve been seeing Christmas wrapping and listening to Christmas music in the shops for ages now, but for us it still didn’t feel like Christmas.  Well to me…

It seems crazy to think that I have been “grey haired” for more than two whole years.  This picture up there was taken in August 2015 when I was trying…

Quite a few months ago now, I took Kyla on her very first date.  It was an impromptu thing that was just so magical that sparked a quest to do…

The amount of time our children spend lying on the floor borders on the freaking ridiculous. I mean, as an adult I can’t think of the last time I have…

Is that not the most angelic little face you’ve ever seen?  I just can’t. This picture was taken when he was sick a couple weeks ago.  I’d taken the day…

On Monday we had a double birthday party – both Knox and I got a whole year older. Even the Government was excited for us this year as we were…

If there’s one thing that I have realised (despite all desires to the contrary), these kinds of ‘internal affecting the external’ changes take time.  And that’s not a bad thing.…

  You guys know that I LOVE to plan a party.  In fact it may well be my favourite thing to do – no matter how stressed it makes me…

Do you remember we had a party a little while ago?  It was a camping party for Kyla and Riya who annoyingly seem to insist on getting older every year.  I…

When I originally started this blog about 7 years ago, we lived in an old house that I had actually grown up in from the time I was around 2…

Can you believe that I have been on this dairy, grain and sugar free lifestyle for almost a year already?  I can’t.  It seems almost impossible actually.  But it’s true,…

Is it annoying that I talk about Italy so much?  I annoy myself sometimes.  But I’m mentioning it again today because it is just so relevant to this topic that…

One of the ways that we’re trying to help Knox live his best life (besides fixing his sleep) is to get him involved in Playball.  As it turns out, he…

There was a lot that I was looking forward to when Seth and I got married.  Moving out of our parents houses and into our own space.  Not having to…