We took the kids to see "Disney on ice" on Thursday afternoon. I was nervous at first, wondering if Alex would manage to sit through a two hour ice-skating show, and even worse, wondering how I was going to manage a potentially restless, grumpy baby on my lap for the whole show (who had missed …
Photo Friday – Baker’s Day
Alex was the Baker at school this morning, and he wanted to take "blue cupcakes with red spiders on them". He was very, very pleased with them! (despite there being some black spiders, having run out of red berry sweets)
The Joys of Parenting. Not
Alex has a nasty bug brewing in his tonsils, and has literally been man-down since Saturday afternoon. (Unless you count the half an hour or so windows after the Neurofen Syrup has been imbibed, and he is bouncing off the walls for a little bit. What DO they put into that stuff?) It is heart-breaking watching …
Photo Friday … Mother City
One of my favourite Photos of Cape Town (taken from the 12 Apostles hotel a few years ago)
Motherhood Has Completely Ruined TV
I don't think I had ever cried during a TV show before I became a mom. Ok, maybe one time. I was watching Lassie on TV one sunday afternoon during my teenage years (clearly there was nothing much on TV in the late 80s!) and I sobbed a little because Lassie (predictably) was lost. But …
Bloom
Love me. Love me. I'm not what you expected, but oh, please love me. I ordered Kelle Hampton's book as soon as it was available for pre-order on kalahari. I love her blog, she writes beautifully and her photos are amazing. I had tears streaming down my face for the first chapter, and had quite …
Please stop the whining, seriously now!!
Since my last post on this subject, the whining and tantrums have hit an all time high. Or should that be an all time low? All I know for sure, is that the constant whining and daily tantrums from my first-born are rapidly driving me to the nut-house. I have tried the calm-voice-approach. I have tried …
Baby Makes Six 