My husband works in hospitals and is up even before my little rooster. I cook good old Jungle Oats (even though as a teenie-bopper I promised I’d never feed it to my kids) in the morning and send hubbie off with his share in a tupperware.  Today while I was washing out husband’s breakfast tupperware from yesterday, I was reminded of my youth. We were lucky to get a lunch box at the beginning of...

Yesterday it was raining here in the fair Cape and so I thought  introducing my little munchkin to an indoor play park would be amusing for him. This outing was not as succcessful as I had hoped seeing as I came away doubting my mothering. Once again, when faced with the mothering of other mothers, I seem to instantly begin the comparisons. As I’ve mentioned before, this seems to come naturally. In my...

I have been blessed with three children, their ages are fairly close together and I am currently in the final stages of my third child’s baby phase. He turns 3 on Sunday- Valentine’s day and he is a true valentine, sweeping us off our feet with his ways! As he approaches three though, I cannot help but feel a sense of “is it really all over?” He is out of nappies, hasn’t had a bottle or dummy for ages...

Break time at school: the one thing most children go to school for. Just when the day’s getting boring or long or you can’t fight the hunger any longer, the break bell goes and you’re free from the confines of the classroom. Now, what if second break was canceled? How would the children and teachers feel then? Ah, if it were canceled for one long first break, it could be possible. I think you...