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July 28, 2016

Angela Thomas, 52 Things Kids Need to learn from a mom

52 Things Kids Need From a Mom by Angela Thomas, My Favourite Things

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…

July 14, 2016

The Wonders of Art Therapy for Children with ADHD by TheSpecialMom

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…

June 30, 2016

De- Clutter Your Brain

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…

June 9, 2016

Accepting Your Shortcomings as a Parent

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,…

April 28, 2016

10 Free Adult coloring pages!

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…

March 30, 2016

Texting language for people who can spell…

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…

February 18, 2016

Cultivate good behavior at the mall while teaching money mindfulness.

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…

February 11, 2016

In The Gap Clothing

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

Why I love The Lorax so Much!

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

God’s not Mad at You

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…

October 8, 2015

Don’t kill spiders!

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…

September 27, 2015

Inspirational Quotes #2 + Wallpaper!

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,…

September 21, 2015

Inspirational Quotes #1

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…

August 24, 2015

The Angels Amongst Us

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…

May 21, 2015

Calm Parents, Happy Kids by Dr. Laura Markham: 10 of my favorite quotes

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…

February 16, 2015

Guest Post: “Caffeine and Fairydust”, on Animal testing!

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…

February 12, 2015

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