Five Ways To Encourage Children To Have Healthier Eating Habits This Spring

Five Ways To Encourage Children To Have Healthier Eating Habits This Spring

Spring is the season of fresh starts, new beginnings and loads of fun in the sun. Promoting healthier eating for children during Spring can be both an educational and fun experience!

As Parents, we often feel the stress of worrying about our children’s growth and development, so we are always keen to learn more about how we can help our kids stay on track to healthy growth!

Spring is the time of year where fruits and vegetables are abundant, so it’s definitely a good time to encourage eating habits during the season.



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Study Tips To Help Your Child Prepare For Exams

Study Tips To Help Your Child Prepare For Exams

Can you believe we are nearing the end of the school year already!

While the holidays are in sight, the kids still need to get through their final year exams. I attended such a great workshop with Alyssa earlier this year so I thought I’d share some study tips to help your child prepare for exams.

The Study Skills workshop we attended was incredibly useful and the tips we learned were both from a parent and student perspective, so I think you will find this useful. I will also share some additional resources that I’ve come across.



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Why Family Vacations Are Important

I once read an article that said, “you only get 18 Summers with your kids” and it hit me so hard. This is exactly why I believe that family vacations are so important. There are numerous benefits for family members and the family unit, as a whole.

Although travelling overseas is great (and quite expensive), local travel in and around the Western Cape or South Africa is just as wonderful and can see the same benefits that I am chatting about in this blog post! If you’re worried about your car being too small or not fit enough for the long road, you could easily hire a car that is equipped to take you on your journey!



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Awesome Kids Party Venues In Cape Town

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Updated October 2023

For the last 10+ years of my life, basically since the day I found out I was pregnant with Alyssa, – my definition of the word party had a whole new meaning.

Never in my wildest dreams could  I imagine the amount of kids party venues in Cape Town that I would visit, not only to host my own kids birthday parties – but to attend their friends and cousins parties too!

Alyssa and Aidan’s social calendar is lit, I tell you!

If you’re anything like me who leaves everything until the last minute, it’s always a mission trying to find party venues that would suit your kid’s party theme or accommodate your budget on such short notice.

I’ve hosted my kids parties at some gorgeous venues and we’ve also attended parties at places that we really loved, so I thought I’d share a list of our favourite kids party venues in Cape Town that you may find useful.

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