I know I say this every year! But I really can't believe that you're 8 already! Where has the time gone?! It has been a truly wonderful honour watching you, in the past year, grow & excel into who you are. You've become mature enough for me to wonder, "where did that wisdom come from?";... Continue Reading →
To my daughter on your 7th Birthday
To the best daughter in the whole wide world, I ask the same question every year "Where has the time gone?" It has been seven blessed years of loving you, looking after you & watching you grow into the smart, confident, kind, funny & beautiful girl that you are. In the past year, you've gone... Continue Reading →
To my “Bubble” on your 6th birthday.
I can't believe that you're six already! What an amazingly blessed journey it has been to watch you grow into the sweetest, kindest, funniest and most energetic little lady! So many beautiful moments from the moment you were born up until this very minute. From that very first cry and being comforted when you were... Continue Reading →
Journey to 68 – Weeks 2 & 3
Much too often, in my weight loss journey, I've been so focused on the end result and the number on the scales. Yes, it is very useful to have a goal in mind which can be used as a motivation for what I'm working towards, but it's also important to remember that it is a... Continue Reading →
Journey to 68 – Week 1 – midweek update!
Pleased to report that I have been doing well with both the meals and exercises. Not a morning person, so waking up to work out indoors is a challenge but I’m sticking with that plan for now. Though I am sore all over, I have taken the view that this means I am doing something... Continue Reading →
Journey to 68!
I’m not a new year’s resolution kind of person. In fact, I always joke that the only new year’s resolution that I’ve stuck to was the one where I decided that I was no longer going to have one. That being said, in this year, I need to lose about 12kg to be at my... Continue Reading →
January 2021…Here we go!
Happy New Year 2021! Can’t believe that we’re already at the end of the second but better late than never, right? To think that this time last year, most of us were “kind of” aware of the discovery of a new novel virus but still managed to go about our day to day activities, oblivious... Continue Reading →
To my daughter on her third birthday!
I stumbled upon a page very recently and the owner had written letters to her children yearly on their birthdays over the years. I think it's such a good idea and wish I had found out about it before now. It'll be such a good reminder for all the little things that tend to be... Continue Reading →
My ten tips for potty training a two year old!
Another working mummy friend of mine recently went through potty training her young man and it reminded me of when we did ours with Riri. I will write a detailed post on our potty training experience here. But for now, here are some of my tips for potty training:Review and chose a potty well ahead... Continue Reading →
Six weeks of lockdown…
…our sort of my diary of how it has all been going and how we’re “smoothly” balancing working from home and looking after a little person. *Long post alert* While for most people, this is officially week five of the lockdown, it’s the sixth week in our household. On Friday the 13th of March, our... Continue Reading →