I got this book “52 things kids need from a mom” by Angela Thomas at my Stork Party three years ago from a friend of mine. Little did I know that this book would some day have such a big impact on me. This book…
As a mom who has ADD with two busy twins I often find myself wondering what I can do with my kids to calm them down… OK me too… and help us focus. Though art and crafts projects often makes it even more crazy around…
Though Multitasking is one of our superpowers, busy moms get fog-brain as a disease from time to time… sometimes for quite a while. This happens to me often, then I have to reflect back to the following principles and afterward I feel like I want to sing…
As I am writing this, I am not entirely sure what I am writing about… I mean I know I have something on my heart that I want to share but I am not exactly sure how I want to phrase this. To be honest,…
I like to fall into a no thinking zone sometimes where you don’t have to be creative to draw something or think about what you’re doing, you can simply follow the lines and stay within it and concentrate on only that. When I feel like that…
Ok first off I have to say that English is not my first language and that I too, make grammar and spelling mistakes. Blogging is sort of an excuse for the writer in me to enjoy what I love without having to worry too much…
A mall experience at the V&A Waterfront to remember with 3 year old twins… Alone! The mall is not really my thing but sometimes, inevitably I find myself having to go there. We go to the city with my husband for work every month and…
I got this awesome shirt from In The Gap Clothing for my son and I love it! Local is surely lekker and to top that, this is a growing family business to watch! Wearing Christian clothing is not everyone’s cup of tea but for some…
February 4, 2016
There is so much to learn from most of the Dr. Seuss books, but The Lorax… Oh the Lorax! The Lorax has affected us in more than one way, but the most stunning and beautiful thing is how my children, at only 3 years old,…
January 24, 2016
Sometimes I feel like finding reasons to be mad at God. As if God made bad things happen to me or punished me for my wrong doing. The well intended words of others who think God must be punishing us for something we did when…
My love for spiders started one day when I went bug hunting with my kids. In one day we found two baboon spiders and a very small gecko by just looking… Amazing how nature comes alive when you actually look. It was the most amazing…
After a week away from my family, I recently had a great family holiday. My husband had to work here and there but the kids and I had unlimited fun. We had so much fun that we wanted to buy the apartment we stayed in,…
Ive been wanting to share my thoughts like this in a quote for a long time and every now and then I get this twitter invite from @GrowingUpKTot and I make promises and I try but then I get busy… so I finally got this together so…
I live in a small town with dusty roads where cows and sheep walk- and children run in the streets. Every now and again, there’s also a Sewage truck in the streets, but I hardly ever see them at my house. They come, they…
I’m currently reading Calm Parents, happy kids by Dr. Laura Markham and thought I’d share ten of my favorite quotes from the book. 1. “The most important Parenting skill: Manage yourself” I believe a happy Mother creates a happy home. When all is good…
I recently came across this awesome Blogger Mama called Maz thats not only a Fashion Designer but also loves cooking, reading and traveling, writing about parenting, beauty, pregnancy, health and her favorite products AND she has some pretty awesome tattoos! What got my attention about…
Some of us put too much effort in getting back that pre-pregnancy body and some of us don’t put enough effort into it… so how much is too much? I spoke to my guest Corrie van der Colff from Extreme Gymnasium, McGregor, South Africa to get…
This blog has changed so much since I started it and I think its finally moving into a direction where I can finally pinpoint what I am going to focus on. Even though it all started with my infertility, its now thankfully something of the…
I grew up in a small town where you had to have the right surname to have the right to “belong”. I was about 5 years old when my group of friends realised my surname did not fit in with theirs… I roamed the…
If you clicked on this blog thinking I am going to tell you why all of this doesn’t go together you are making a mistake… In fact, I wish to explain to you why I celebrate Christmas… AND enjoy it! Like many Christians I also…