Five years ago I had no wrinkles despite being in my 30’s and I certainly didn’t have any grey hair to speak of. At the tender age of 38 I have my fair share of wrinkles laugh lines and if I don’t colour my hair consistently you can see more than a sprinkle of silverRead more
Kade Ethan, On the 3rd June you turned FIVE. You will find out in time as you get older that your mother has many grand intentions on getting things done at specific times and that sometimes it just takes her a while to get them done. Like this blog post. The intention was to writeRead more
Kade has been bugging us for a bunk bed FOREVER! One of his friends got one about a year and a half a go and every time we would go over for a playdate ALL I would hear about was how cool Morgie’s bed is and “Morgie has a bunk bed”, “I had so muchRead more
Kade Ethan, Four years ago you entered this world and you made me a mommy. I had absolutely NO idea what the next four years would hold but boy have you stretched me and molded me as much as I think I have you. This past year has been a year of such contradiction asRead more
Being a mom of two takes some fine balancing at times. I am the baby of my own family and growing up my sister would often wail “you’re showing favourites to Sam cos she’s the baby”. Naturally I would always disagree with this notion most vehemently but now that I am a mom of twoRead more
This weekend was another jam packed one, so much so that I didn’t have any time to put on my running shoes to hit the road with my last “long” run before attempting the Soweto half this coming weekend. What it was jam packed with though was some pretty awesome moments spent with family andRead more
My Dearest Kade Today you are THREE! It truly boggles my mind that you have been in our lives for three years already. Three years have sped past and often I look at you and I just cannot believe I got so lucky. So incredibly blessed. You have literally exploded this year. I think backRead more
I went way overboard with Easter this year mostly because its been the first year that Kade could take part in an Easter egg hunt because last year he was immobile. As soon as Woolies started putting out their awesome Easter stuff this year I started buying it. Windmills, glow in the dark eggs, theRead more
Becoming a mom for the second time has certainly had its moments, both good and bad but I think for me the biggest challenge in moving from mothering one child to mothering two children has been finding the balance in it all. Actually with each passing day I feel that we as a family areRead more