parenting

It’s been a while since we last caught up on how much progress we’re making on heading out on our adventure in a couple months.  I wish I could reveal…

We’ve been posting a lot about how things are going to work in the campervan.  I mean really, when you start to think about the actual every day workings of…

We have decided to keep Knox in Grade RR for another year. Bit of a shocker hey?  Maybe only to me.  Honestly I didn’t think I’d ever find myself in…

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…

Hearing my kid say that she doesn’t feel like I love her is not really the way that I wanted to start yesterday morning.  Actually it’s not how I’ve ever…

I really enjoy the idea of camping. No really, I do. You get to experience the great outdoors as it was intended – no need for a TV when there’s…

There is probably a currently post waiting to happen in my head, but I don’t feel like doing one of those now.  I’d rather talk about specific things that are…

So we’ve covered what we eat on this whole dairy, grain and sugar free life, but what about our kids?  Do they toe the line too?  How can we justify…

This weekend we celebrated our girls getting a whole year older with a Camping Party.  I know this is weird coming from someone who has never voluntarily gone camping in…

We are deep in the throes of birthday month which is historically a bit of an emotional time for me.  I mean dealing with two out of three babies growing…

So a little context.  I have been blessed with three beautiful, witty and flipping brilliant children.  From the moment that I pee’d on the stick and clung to the toilet…

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…

Winter has finally presented itself in Cape Town.  And it was kind of like one of those go big or go home situations.  All or nothing.  Not only did the…

It feels so weird to be sitting back behind my computer screen again, catching up on work, drowning in emails, fielding school requests and rolling my eyes at social media.…

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,…

For the last couple of weeks I have been struggling to sleep. It’s not that I’m not tired or anything – because, I mean I have three kids – I’m…

There’s this thing that happens every single time I think I am finally nailing one aspect of being a Mom. And that “thing”, is that it all goes to crap.…

You know, I started this blog way back in 2010.  It seems like ages ago now. It was just after Riya was born, which is just a year and a…

We’re quite big on family time for many reasons. One of the main reasons, is that we want to create a warm, open space for our children to come to…

Jeepers people. Are you feeling like I’m feeling?  I don’t even know if I can express this in words without letting my ignorance hang out, so I won’t even try.…

So you meet this guy and hot damn, he’s the freaking one man.  Like “the one” the one.  And you just know, you know? There’s something so intense about that initial…