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Thought I would write a little throwback to Valentines Day just gone.. As we were in lockdown, I knew I had to plan something home bound. (I mean, we rarely do much on Valentines most years, but hey, in this crazy year, why not go over the top! 🤣 I turned our lounge into aContinue reading “Valentines Day with the kids!”

After almost 3 months off school, thanks to the dreaded virus, we are back at school! The kids were so excited! Excited to see their friends again, and their teachers, and just to be away from Mum and Dad for a bit! Last night we bathed, braided hair, got uniforms ready, read a story (IContinue reading “Back to School!”

Yes I go OTT! 🤣🤣 Yes I know this may not actually be the end of the home school.. but.. the kids are excited to go back to school and they are excited to not have mum as their teacher for the foreseeable, so a graduation and prom it is! It was fun to getContinue reading “Home School Graduation and Prom!”

It’s that time of year again, when we have to struggle to think of and make (or rush out and buy, but I’m a tight arse, so I’m not doing that! 🤣) our kids World Book Day costumes! This year is different to any other as we are in lockdown.. and to be honest, IContinue reading “World Book Day!”

A few people wanted to see the whole week on one post, so here you go! 😊 We started the world tour in the USA, where we visited New York, became NYPD, and drove a New York taxi. We also visited Las Vegas and a had a bit of gamble on the roulette table! WeContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. The Whole Week! 😁”

Yep, that’s right.. We are on the last day of our 7 day world tour and just before we head home, we decided to do a quick tour of our home country, The United Kingdom! I feel it can be really underrated by some, but it really has some truly stunning places, on your doorstepContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. Day 7.. The United Kingdom!”

We have arrived in China! Definitely our favourite take away, so we just had to go and learn about some of their culture and activities.. We started the day with some crafts.. first we tried to make a paper koi carp. This didnt go down too well.. the kids really struggled, and found it quiteContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. Day 6.. China”

Hooray! We have arrived in beautiful Thailand! We have lots of Thai family, so it was really fun to make some Thai crafts and eat some delicious Thai food! We started the day by making a Thai flower garland.. I remember when I was in Thailand, age 16, there were small children about 4 yearsContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. Day 5.. Thailand!”

This day has been emotional! We went home.. back to South Africa! My Mr is from South Africa and we moved there in 2013, and lived there until 2016.. Our Daisy was born there, on our farm, with no medical intervention, just Matt and me! It was magical! I have many many fond memories ofContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. Day 4.. South Africa”

And we have arrived in Italy! Number one country on my bucket list to visit is Italy! I cant believe I’ve never been, but after this rubbish year, I am going! I’m booking to go next year, I’m not putting it off any longer! We started the day with a delicious Italian brunch of coldContinue reading “Around the world in 7 days.. Day 3.. Italy”