The month of Leo

-

It all started with a plan to make this month of birthdays special. My August birthday season starts with my mum (technically July, but right at the end, so it's included in my summer festive season :p. I had a lovely day planned out for my mum including a proper

The quick update

-

So this evening I'm sitting in my lounge with Little Fella who is in the process of defeating the droid army in fantastic style. Patrick is out painting the town red with his brother (Happy Birthday) and cousin who is visiting from Cape Town. All in all it's a rather tame

The next chapter

-

Moving is such a trauma, but we are settling down now and all is well with the world. Initially moving in was a shock, mainly because the pigs that lived here before didn't bother to clean or repair anything. We spent such a long time - days in fact -

The old school issues

-

If a child is to keep his inborn sense of wonder, he needs the companionship of at least one adult who can share it, rediscovering with him the joy, excitement and mystery of the world we live in. - Rachel Carson. I had an episode with Jimmy the other day. I

The one about slugs and snails and puppy dogs tails…

-

I've always got on better with boys. Most of my best friends were boys while growing up. I appreciate the fun loving side of boys - the total, well, boyishness of boys. So lately my favourite little boy, my sweet little angel, my wonderful Jim, has become a complete monster. Last week

The boy is back in town

-

So it's business as usual at our place, with Patrick back and us all getting back into a routine. Jimmy and I are up early today and being a Sunday it's nice and quiet. He's gone off to make his dad a cuppa and I have a few minutes to catch up. We got

The Invasion of mini Saffa’s

-

Today we have visitors. I'm hoping that I am not alone on this one, but my son's social life has of late become a lot more active than mine. Every weekend he has something planned while I have been striving to keep my weekends clear in order to catch my breath. The

The time we had a full on snow day

-

Having spent many years in my lovely warm and windy Cape Town, my memories of snow were a little hazy but we have had some great snow over the past couple of days. Looking outside, it appears that we are now on day 3 of snow. It's lost it's charm now

The tale of the grumpy man

-

So I'm on my way to work and as my boss very nicely asked me to stop off to get us coffees I am happy to be starting the day quite nicely. It's also Casual Day at school and Little Dude is feeling super cool wearing his pride and joy

Top
error: Content is protected !!