Showing posts with label celebrations. Show all posts
Showing posts with label celebrations. Show all posts

Thursday, 9 March 2017

Barbie is 58!

Congratulations, Barbie! 

You are older than me or my daughters. We all grew up with you!
Little Miss has a collection of Barbies now.

Barbie has expanded her looks, her careers, her ethnicity. 


She truly is the best version of who she can be:  
"You can be anything!"

I love the #DadsWhoPlayBarbie video campaign. It has over 1.7 million views on YouTube already.

"Time spent in her imaginary world is an investment in her real world!"


Friday, 5 February 2016

50 Years together! It is really something to celebrate!



Today is my parents 50th wedding anniversary!
We are so lucky to be able to celebrate it with them.

They are a real inspiration to us, and their lives together shows us how it should be done! They both have their idiosyncrasies (as we all do ;-) ), but they have learnt to give each other space!
To each be their own person! Respect!

Congratulations, Mom and Dad!
Enjoy your movie today at the cinemas!


Photos taken at Sondela




I loved this beautiful breakdown of 50 years! (Thanks Sis for sharing today!)

*Creator unknown!

Monday, 13 April 2015

Happy 30th birthday, Philips Avent! #tinythings



We were invited to the Philip Avent 30th birthday celebration at the lovely Il Giardino at 44 on Stanley on Saturday. I took Little Miss and The Student along.


I have a small anecdote to tell about Philips Avent. 21 years back when my eldest had to go on the bottle, we did not know anything about BPA-free bottles, and I bought the cheapest on the shelve.
The second time around, 15 years later (6 years ago), I knew something about bottles that should be BPA-free. I also wanted to try harder at the breastfeeding thing, and searched for breast pumps. I found the whole set of Philips Avent breast pump and bottles on the shelve at the nearest Dischem, which was also the most cost-effective. It could also claim it back from my medical aid, which really helped! We used them exclusively for the duration of her bottle drinking while she was at day care. I also carried the breast pump to work with me, and expressed twice until she was nine months old.

The following is a quote by Philips Avent:
"We believe that the smallest things can make the biggest difference. A picture capturing your child’s firsts can cement a lifetime of beautiful memories that you will always hold dear.
Having shared three decades of memoirs with moms and their precious babies, Philips AVENT is celebrating its 30th Birthday this April."

Il Giardino venue
Yummy food!

Philips Avent Baby of the Year Bokamosa Moloi with family
Little Miss had a great time with cupcake decorating, colouring, face-painting and making hand-prints.




Disclaimer: I was not asked to write anything. 
We got our hand prints in a frame and a photo-mobile, and of course the lovely breakfast and entertainment!

Thursday, 21 November 2013

A 60th at Stone Cradle


There was a recent 60th birthday in the family.

The family organised a surprise event at the Stone Cradle restaurant, and it turned out to be a very lovely venue, close to the Rietvlei Nature Reserve and Centurion.

It is lovely to have a buffet of enormous varieties with a view over the landscape. There was sushi as starters! Guess where we got stuck?



Little Missy was very impressed with the table that was arranged for all the kids

Table arrangement

The grandchildren entertained their grandfather

The surprised birthday man!

Entertainment at the venue
(great for a Sunday afternoon)

Two other well-known twins, Daniella & Caitlin of The Little Train that CAN-fame
celebrated their 8th birthday as well!
Speeches for a man that makes a difference!

Lovely to end the Sunday afternoon with a downpour of rain!
We will be going back!

Thursday, 2 May 2013

Gautrain from Rosebank to Hatfield


We celebrated 9 years of being married yesterday!
It has been so much fun, and I love how I still enjoy going home at night! We enjoy each other's company, and we love doing stuff together.
Thank you for being the perfect mate and pall and life partner! I am so lucky to have you in my life!


Yesterday we finally did the Gautrain trip to Pretoria. We got on at Rosebank, and stepped down in Hatfield. Little Missy loved it!



When the first train arrived, I could not see a "perfect spot" for us to sit, and we stepped out of the train.
Big mistake! You can't take your time getting on. We had to wait another 30 minutes, and I was not very popular!


The train ride to Hatfield just takes long enough for us to enjoy. About 30 minutes!
We could also step out and walk to Hatfield Plaza and Square where we found Cappellos to have lunch at. The service was not that great, because they forgot to put in Little Missy's order, but for the rest it was perfect!


This was definitely a great way to spend our anniversary!


Related posts:

Gautrain train trip - The Toddler's first

Movie Clip Monday #10 - Toddler on the Gautrain

Wordless Wednesday #177 - Waiting for the Gautrain


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