Have you heard of Mardles? We recently thoroughly enjoyed exploring them and getting creative with their app, making characters come to life and hiding rocks decorated with the special stickers that come alive when you use the app, for other people to find. Mardles are Kids’ Favourites with a 21st Century twist! Now Stickers, Colouring, Stories […]
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My small son loves games and toys that help him with imaginative play and I like games and toys that keep him creative and busy. He loves to make and construct things and let his mind explore and grow. He is happiest when he is building and using his hands and very busy brain. So […]
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This is a rant. It isn’t even Friday, but I am annoyed and it’s my blog space so we will call it a pre Friday Rant and let that go… I am very active on social media. I have an Instagram account, a Twitter account and a Facebook account. I get a lot of followers […]
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There are quite a few different reasons your teen might be preparing for a trip abroad. Even young teens often have the opportunity to participate in international travel experiences without their parents. These trips can be organized through school, church or an organization. They can be private group travel tours as well. Regardless of the […]
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If you are struggling with your everyday life – then you may have thought about getting a motivational coach. This can be suitable for people from all walks of life. It could be that you have some stress from coping with being a full-time Mum, it could be that you have a dead-end job and […]
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The summer holidays will soon be upon us, and many of us will be heading off on holiday. Some people fly, or travel by train and some people opt to use their cars to get them to their holiday destination. We are travelling to the South of France this summer, for our much anticipated break. […]
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If you don’t want to read my mini rant about the stomach bug, and where we are at with trying to get pregnant, then skip this post. Last week, early on Tuesday morning, very early, I woke up feeling like I had a very bad bout of indigestion. The husband and I had celebrated his […]
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Father’s Day is coming. It seems like only yesterday we were celebrating it last year, but it’s almost upon us, and if like me you are starting to think about gifts (or maybe you are SUPER organised and you already have ideas and have even bought or made things, in which case I am very […]
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When 2017 ended, it had been another tough year. Job stress (which has eased) health stress (miscarriages, knee surgery, small boy’s surgery) and other things, the husband and I looked at each other and said “2018 HAS to be better, we need better, we need to do better”. We were hopeful. He’s an eternal optimist, […]
READ MOREMy of South African heritage children know what this plant is, even if my small boy can’t quite pronounce it quite right. Do you know? Taken at the Temperate House, Kew Gardens.
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