This weekend we beat our previous family record of 5.5 hours of non-stop play at Bugz Playpark! And we’re still recovering from our jam packed family adventure because keeping track of three excited kids (plus one equally excited cousin) is no mean feat at a place as exciting for kids as Bugz.Continue Reading
Two weeks ago I revealed our outdoor space makeover and we’re still enjoying the novelty of the new patio, especially since Cape Town has been experiencing some real summer days and balmy evenings. (If you skipped that post, you can see the makeover here.) Now that we’ve spent some time making the place look pretty, we’ve been inspired to keep going and have done a spot of gardening too – we’ve planted a new baby pincushion protea bush and we’ve hung up a bird feeder to attract some bird life to the garden.Continue Reading
We live in a lovely sunny townhouse in the southern suburbs of Cape Town. We bought our first home when we still had just one kid and back then we smugly thought to ourselves, ‘Yes, this is a lovely starter home for our little family’. Six years and another two kids later, we felt that an upgrade to our highly used outside area was in need. Although our family sometimes feels over-sized for our space, we are so grateful to have a place to call our own (well, let’s be honest it still belongs to the bank) and to have been able to turn our house into a home in some small ways since we moved in.Continue Reading
I’m pretty sure that Kira had been counting down the sleeps for her 5th birthday since the day she turned four. She was adamant that she wanted a Cinderella party and I tried to dissuade her for the longest time – that is, until I discovered that there is a made for TV Disney version of Cinderella starring Brandy, Whoopi Goldberg and Whitney Houston and a beautifully diverse cast.Continue Reading
It’s time for the final post in my ‘Guide to Modern Parenting’ series brought to you by Baby Dove. I think I saved the best for last because I know I’m not alone when I say that I want to be able to say that I not only love my kids, but that I genuinely like them (most of the time) too. I want them to be known as kids who are not only full of life and personality but who are also kind and caring.Continue Reading