Ideas and Events
Celebrating Life in fun ways. Different ideas to add some excitement to life. Create your own fun!
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Lionel’s Birthday Robot
Why did the robot cross the road? Because he was programmed by a chicken. A few months ago Leo told me he would like a robot party. I asked him, if he could…
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Our Oumie’s 80th Birthday
“A life well lived is the most exquisite work of art.” – Erwin McManus “One must have compassion for one’s fellow man. (‘n Mens moet deernis hê vir jou medemens.)” – Oumie’s life…
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Clarens Craft Beer Festival 2022
“Wish you were beer with us!” It was the long awaited Clarens Craft Beer Festival this weekend! The last festival was just before lockdown in February 2020… What a lot has happened since…
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Celebrating Dakkie’s Birthday with Good Food and Great People
It’s quite lucky when your birthday is on a weekend, but especially lucky when your birthday is on an extra long long weekend! This weekend we celebrated Carol’s birthday with a dinner party,…
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Cherry Festival 2021 and Sandstone Estate Train Ride
Eat a cherry and be merry! It was the Cherry Festival this weekend at Ionia Cherry Farm near Ficksburg. We camped at Ionia on Friday and Saturday night. They had a theme park…
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Little Rock Birthday Camping
“Life’s better when you add fresh air, trees, good friends and a braai.” Why travel far when there is a perfect camping venue right on your doorstep!? Little Rock Resort in Ladybrand pleasantly…
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Tommy’s Dinosaur Party
“Hold him a little longer, play with him a little more, tell him another story, let him make the dinos roar. Let him sleep on your shoulder, appreciate every smile, he will only…
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Hulk Smash Party
We had a Hulk Smash Party for Natey’s 3rd birthday this year. It was a fun theme and we all enjoyed it. On the 1st of September a little Hulk toy came to…
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8 Week Creativity Challenge
Are you ready to get creative? 1 theme/topic every week for 8 weeks. Interpret and depict the topic by drawing, painting, writing, taking a photo or creating something. Share your creation/thoughts on our…
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A Super Superhero Party
Cake, balloons, a few fun friends and a superhero family… Those are the ingredients for a super awesome party! We couldn’t invite many people and we were fortunate that the sun was shining…
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Our First 5 Days of Covid Isolation
Can everyone even remember life before Covid? Before every teller at Spar had a screen up in front of her? When the birthday girl or boy could blow out their candles without everyone…
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Encouraging Creativity
“Start where you are. Use what you have. Do what you can.” – Arthur Ashe Creativity is something so uniquely human. Creativity sparks new ideas, new inventions, artwork, literature and feeds the soul… …
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Gqeberha.. . For Me, Always PE
Gqeberha is the new name of Port Elizabeth… I haven’t met anyone yet who is enthusiastic about this. It is apparently originally a khoisan word, now written in Xhosa… But they say it…
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Geetha’s Broad Bean Curry
Marc has been holding the fort at home while my siblings and I have been in the middle of South Africa’s Covid hotspot trying to help my dad fight the virus. Granny Geets…
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Natey’s 2nd Birthday Party
“You are 2! 2 cute and 2 adorable!(with a few 2 terrible screams in between)” Natey wanted a blue party and I wanted a train party… So we had a blue train party!…
