Ideas and Events
Celebrating Life in fun ways. Different ideas to add some excitement to life. Create your own fun!
-
Will you Marry Me Next Week?
Here’s the story about Peter, my brother, and his wife, Imke’s engagement and how they planned their wedding in less than one week! The whole family was excited to go down to Port…
-
Let’s Eat Local
Where does your food come from? (Before you buy it from Shoprite or Spar) What are the ingredients of the sauce you’re eating? Do you know what E270 and E260 are!? I thought…
-
Teddy Bear Picnic Party
If you go down to the woods today, you’re in for a big surprise… Almost a year ago, before we knew about things like Corona and lockdown, we celebrated Natey’s first birthday by…
-
Solar System Birthday
“My world revolves around you!” Leo chose to have a solar system birthday this year… He decided this like 2 weeks after he turned 3! And he didn’t change his mind. He also…
-
Birthday Drive-In
2020…what a weird year! I love celebrating birthdays and this year we had to really think out of the box because social gatherings are not permitted (unless it’s a church function.) So… we…
-
Coronas on the Shelf
When Lockdown was announced, I thought of doing something everyday to entertain the kids (and myself)… That’s why I came up with”Coronas on the Shelf”. It works similar to “Elf on the Shelf”…
-
Myers Briggs Birthday Party
Last year I also had a very enjoyable and interesting birthday party… A Myers Briggs Birthday Party! I’ve been wanting to post it on here but haven’t gotten around to it. (Typical INTP…
-
Bob Ross Paint Party
We don’t make mistakes, just happy, little accidents. Bob Ross Marc’s “Bob Ross” party exceeded my expectations! It was really lots of fun and I was so impressed with how everyone’s painting looked.…
-
Our Getaway to the Drakensberg
We packed our bags, the kids, the kids’ bags, the kids’ pram, the kids’ toys, the kids’ snacks, the kids’ day bag and …. off we went passed Clarens, passed Sterkfontein dam to…
-
1,2,3 Let’s Blaze Birthday Party
1,2,3 Leeet’s Blaze! That was the theme of Leo’s 3rd Birthday Party we held this year. I made a Blaze chocolate mud cake which you saw on the previous post. When he saw…
-
Koranna Camping
“Second Star to the right and straight on ’til morning. -Peter Pan” The abundance of stars was one of my favourite things about our Koranna trip! I haven’t seen so many twinkling stars…
-
Our Templehof Lion Encounter
Leo and I enjoyed an outing with the Dixies to Tempelhof Guest and Game Farm today. The farm is near Ficksburg so it wasn’t too far to drive and Chantal bought lekker snacks…
-
Jane’s 50th Parkrun
There are no shortcuts. Work hard. Be patient. Be consistent. Be persistent. And never give up! Well done to my mom for completing her 50th Parkrun this weekend! She even ran in the…
-
Corporate Iron Man in Port Elizabeth 2017
Jy’s my batman, superman, IRONMAN…. I did it! I got the medal! Marc, Pete and I took part in the Port Elizabeth Corporate Ironman 2017. It’s a tenth of the big Ironman… It…
-
Clarens Craft Beer Festival 2017
“If you’re hoppy and you know it drink craft beer!” It was the 7th annual Clarens Craft Beer festival this weekend, the 5th one we’ve been to. And the beer just seems to…
