So, Aidan walked away with the Grade 2 prize for the best reader and seeing him with the trophy made me cry.
Not because I value academic achievement that much, but because for us it meant more than academic achievement, it meant that he has been able to succeed despite mourning his great-grandfather and my aunt and that although my health affected him, he persevered.
Continue readingReally Eleanor, vegetarian? So if you know me/my blog you would know that I like challenges, so you would not be too far off if you guessed that me going vegetarian had something to do with world vegetarian day (today) and month (October).
But it’s a little deeper than that because it has to do with my six-year-old son who tearfully became a vegetarian at the age of two because he figured out where meat came from.
Continue readingJust stopping by to tell you about people getting dressed up for the Wilderness Foundation Africa. Seriously get the picture of a safari in stilettos out of your head and stay with me here.
What I mean is, The WFA Wilderness Foundation Africa, are now the official beneficiaries of the Jason Kieck Fundraisers (like the one I was invited to on Saturday).
Continue readingSo you may have heard that I’ve teamed up with Agape Coffee Shop in Uitenhage to host #uthexperience events every month for the rest of the year. The first event is on August 9 and we are ready to roll.
So what is Uitenhage experiencing first? A beauty basics class and mini photo exhibition brought to you by a bunch of amazing women, on woman’s day nogal and completely coincidental.
Have you noticed the Cocoa Life sticker on Cadbury slabs? Have you wondered about it?
Well, let me give you the low down and tell you why I’m now looking out for Cocoa Life sticker on chocolate as much as I look out for the Beauty without Cruelty one on beauty products.
Continue readingThis KidsCon post is not sponsored, I just know that many of you are in the same “mom of a gamer position” I am in, so I had to share that the highly anticipated ComicCon that takes place in Johannesburg, just had a baby.
Okay, I’m being silly, but from September 21st the Gallagher Convention Centre in Midrand will have a dedicated kids section at ComicCon
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