Warrick’s is 6

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I love November!  It’s close to the end of the year, summer is here to stay and it’s Warrick’s birthday on the 19th.  Claire came to visit us for Warrick’s “Birthday week” and this time she brought James, Nick and … Continued

Nissan X-Trail

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We have been looking at getting a new car for a while and we were finally in a position to pull the trigger a couple of weeks ago.  We wanted a family vehicle that would be big enough for road … Continued

The Crocodile Farm

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On Sunday we went to the “Crocodile Farm” near Franschoek.  It’s a 45 minute drive that we thoroughly enjoyed with all the mountain peaks covered in snow. We took the 20 minute croc tour given by Graham, the Nile Crocodile … Continued

Happy spring day everyone!

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It hasn’t been your typical Cape Town winter so a wet and windy August was to be expected and accepted.  The first few days of Spring have been sunny and mild, so HAPPY SPRING DAY everyone! On Monday all the … Continued

Dylan is 3!!

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We celebrated Dylan’s 3rd birthday on a warm winter Friday morning with Granny Mac and a few of his friends from school.  Ali organized a puppet show, cupcake decorating and a lovely Gruffalo cake. The puppet show “Animal Antics” was … Continued

Qrra Nis

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A story by Warrick, 23 April 2013. Warrick has been begging me to let him “make a book” on my computer.  Having no real idea about what he actually wanted I relented and gave him access to “word” while I … Continued

Zinkwazi Beach 2013

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It has been a while since I have been to the Zinkwazi Beach house.  The last time Ali and I went there was in the winter of 1996 when I was a 3rd year student at UNP which was 17 … Continued

Boris the Borador

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At the end of last year we made the decision to get a dog.  Both boys just love animals and I suppose we could have just got them a couple of hamsters or guineapigs but in the end went the … Continued

Plett December 2012

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We had a fantastic holiday in Plett for the 2012 festive season.  Dylan and Warrick have already asked us when we are going back to Granny Dot’s house.  Dylan just loves the Plett garden, every now and then he would … Continued

Warrick and Dylan isms

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Apart from being content to sit in a tomatoe box for half the day I’m sure there must have been some funny sayings and things I did as a baby.  Unfortunately no one can remember what they might have been.  … Continued