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
Author: michele
First Days in Africa
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
Big-Five Marathon in an African Game Park
Running with Wild Animals – Literally This June I will be setting off to South Africa to fulfill one of my bucket list dreams. Simply going to Africa is my bucket list dream but I feel this trip have developed into so much more. I will be running a race in an African game park.… Continue reading Big-Five Marathon in an African Game Park
I was Star Struck by Mo Willems
Tonight I had the opportunity to meet the amazing, spectacular, brilliant, spiffy, one and only – Mo Willems. For those of you who don’t have a child under the age of 12, Mo Willems is the author and illustrator of several wonderful children’s picture books. He is most known for three very popular book series;… Continue reading I was Star Struck by Mo Willems
Fun Family Meals – At Home Restaurant
Are you looking for a way to make an ordinary meal into a special fun dinner night for your family? Here is an idea to get kids excited about dinner. They can be involved as much or as little as they please but I suggest you try to sell them on getting involved because it… Continue reading Fun Family Meals – At Home Restaurant
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 14 – Jaida and Blake
It has been 2 weeks since we removed all of the toys and crafts and clutter from our home as part of a ClutterLESS Social Experiment Now it is time to check in with the kids on the 4 questions of the experiment to see how it is going: How do you feel without all… Continue reading ClutterLESS Social Experiment Day 14 – Jaida and Blake
Clutterless playdates?
It had been 12 days since we started Social Experiment #1 – where we removed all of the clutter and toys and crafts from our kids rooms. It was interesting to see what happened when some neighbourhood kids came over on a day off school. Blake’s friend from our street came over at about 10… Continue reading Clutterless playdates?
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
Blake after a week without his stuff
Blake has been really enjoying his time without his belongings. We wrote on the calendar the date that they kids can go through all of their boxes and pick what they want to keep. Blake wanted to move that date further into the future. 1. How do you feel without your stuff? Blake: awesome 2.… Continue reading Blake after a week without his stuff