Are you a joyful mom to be around? Just take a second and reread the heading of this blog...because I had to ask myself that question...

I have the feeling that I might be in the busiest time of motherhood. Our daughters are busy with pre-school and primary school. Days are...

2019 is in full swing and I’m already preparing for our not-so baby girl going to school again. This past holiday was so needed and...

I recently read a beautiful blog by Chrissie Jones (www.mother.ly/life) “Sometimes motherhood can feel really lonely”. There is so much...

I’ve always wanted kids. When we got married 8 years ago, it was a matter of when, and not if… So when I went off the pill* and years...

We all have our worst days with our kids. Days like movie scenes from “Moms’ night out”, “Cheaper by the Dozen”, or those red haired twin...

People, I’m going to be honest...I absolutely LOVE social media. I love to see what others are doing with their lives. I love to discover...

Every pregnancy and every birth and every child is such a great gift from God. No story about the beginning of a life is more special...

Ok. So let me be honest from the start. I love my kids, no wait, I literally ADORE them. But...I must admit I had my moments these last...

Most families have a special holiday destination, the place that holds fond memories, their best moments, their celebrations and...

Ever been hit by a dodgeball? Like a REAL dodgeball that they show is the movies? Us Afrikaans kids grew up playing dodgeball but it was...

As my mother once said – it is better not to know at the beginning of a new year what that year has in store… Since Isak’s birth on 29...

This blogpost is little bit of a tongue-in-cheeck one to brighten up your Monday with a some humor. Have you ever looked at your husband...

Yes, you read right...this was a statement made by a friend of mine on Facebook. She went on to say (from what she can see) that...

“The books or the music in which we thought the beauty was located will betray us if we trust to them; it only came through them, and...

It all began November 2016 when I found out I was pregnant.... It was a very big shock to us, something we did not plan for, especially...

So this blog, for me at least, is quite a personal one in the sense that it's not only a blog about a recent event/memory as it's more...

Celebrating you….this is a very hard concept for many mothers, myself included. What does it mean? How do you do it? It sounds so...

This is us: Can you see the tiny baby brother? He is still very tiny ;-) Isak is about three months old. He was born on 29 December 2017,...

Tomorrow is the start of Easter weekend 2018...and even though for us as a family the meaning behind Easter is SO much more than a long...