Aidan Turns 2

March 31, 2017

Aidan Cole Malan is Two-Years-Old today!

“Hip, Hip, Hooray” – Those are the words he’s been animatedly shouting around the house this week and even singing Happy Birthday to himself.

This has probably been the fastest two years of my life & it fills my heart with joy watching this little man fearlessly loving life!

For the first year of his life, Aidan was a genuine Mommy’s boy and didn’t care for much else. However, from the day he turned 1, it’s as if he made a decision to explore what else the world has to offer besides Mommy dearest. Just like that, he decided Breastfeeding was for babies and he weaned himself off within days of his first birthday. He transitioned from crawling to walking practically overnight and from that moment, everything changed.

Can We Force Our Kids To Be Religious?

March 27, 2017

So yesterday, Alyssa attended her first official Sunday School Class in Church.

We are a Christian Family, but to be honest, we’ not been going to Church very regularly – especially since we’ve become parents. When we did go, I’d always miss most of the service and spend the time in the cry room or running after the kids.

My Wardrobe Dreams Realised

March 22, 2017

So almost 3 years after moving into our additional renovated bedroom, we finally have a bedroom closet!

Renovations are definitely the worst thing to prepare a budget for. The unexpected always seems to happen and your budget spreadsheet may as well be moved to your recycle bin before you even see the end of the project. This was our experience, at least. Midway through we had reprioritised and cut out things which could wait until later.

Well, this was one of those items. We had more than enough space in the cupboards in the other bedrooms at the time, but with an extra kid around and a daughter with a complete dress fetish – we had to make a plan to get our own space.

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March 20, 2017