The Big-Five Marathon, South Africa 2016

Entabeni monolith in the distance

The Big-Five Marathon and Half Marathon 2016 in South Africa on the Entabeni game reserve was amazing. This unique race takes place in an African safari game park with lions, elephants, rhinoceros, African buffalo, leopards, cheetahs, hippopotamus, zebra, giraffe, antelope and many more wonderful creatures. The race has been run for the past 12 years… Continue reading The Big-Five Marathon, South Africa 2016

First Days in Africa

Animal party at Lakeside Lodge

Travelling from Johannesburg to Limpopo I’ve just arrived at the Entabeni Game Reserve in Limpopo South Africa. It was a long journey from North Vancouver, Canada; 10 hours on a plane to London, 5 hour stop over, 10 hours on a plane to Johannesburg and a 6 hour drive to the game park. The drive… Continue reading First Days in Africa

ClutterLESS Experiment 1 month later – Jaida and Blake

One month without the kids toys, games, action figures, lego, books and craft materials (ie. clutter) has gone by very quickly. We moved all of their belongings into the shed to see what it would be like to live without clutter. Their rooms have been clean other than a few clothes on the floor that… Continue reading ClutterLESS Experiment 1 month later – Jaida and Blake

ClutterLESS Social Experiment Day 21 – Jaida and Blake

Now it has been 3 weeks since we removed all of the toys and crafts and clutter from our home as part of a ClutterLESS Social Experiment There really hasn’t been any change in the kids’ attitude towards this experiment. They are still so happy to have clean rooms and have not missed anything. I… Continue reading ClutterLESS Social Experiment Day 21 – Jaida and Blake

ClutterLESS Social Experiment Day 11 – Jaida

Things are going really well.  I still feel really good about our ClutterLESS Social Experiment – my toys and belongings have been removed from my room.  I haven’t really missed anything yet. Here are my answers to the clutterLESS kids social experiment questions.  How do you feel without all of your stuff? Jaida: I feel good… Continue reading ClutterLESS Social Experiment Day 11 – Jaida

Finding out what a preschooler and toddler will do without toys

We removed all of the toys, games, collections and clutter from our kids rooms (Jaida is 10 and Blake is 8).  They are thrilled, I am thrilled we all love having empty space.  They have been finding other things to do, creating games, reading, playing piano and sports.  We wondered what would happen when their… Continue reading Finding out what a preschooler and toddler will do without toys