lifeinlollyland

“Can one lose their family?” Its a question I’ve asked myself repeatedly over the last 6 years. As some of you know we have had quite a lot of drama, heartache and nastiness with B’s family over the course of the last 6 years. Some days it was consuming and the hurt so deep that [...]

When I’m big, I want to be like my husband Now to some, that may sound really strange. But to those who know him, it will make perfect sense. I am so incredibly blessed to be married to him. He inspires me to be better and do more. He inspires me to live life bigger [...]

liRemember bing little and having people ask, “What to you want to be when you grow up?” ? Back then every boy wanted to be a fireman, police man or pilot and every little girl wanted to be a doctor, vet or a mommy.  As girls got older, were told that being a mom was [...]

Just before Jessie turned 5, Jade said to her, “On your birthday you’re going to be a whole hand!” That has stuck with me. We are going to have a whole hand of sprogs come Spring 2013 We are pregnant for the 5th time and are all absolutely over the moon! Kyla is telling everybody [...]

It’s summer here in SA, which means braais and swimming! In theory that sounds idyllic, but to parents it’s enough to make them want to stay inside and try to petend that summer isn’t happening. Even the most relaxed parents are prone to anxiety attacks when it comes to their little sprogs and swimming. Rightfully [...]

In a society that is so obsessed with how we look, I wonder how many stop to think of the story that their body tells. I’ve been thin, I’ve been not-so-thin. I’ve been fit, I’ve been unfit. I’ve been buff, too buff.  I’ve been healthy, I’ve been not-so-healthy. I’ve been anorexic, I’ve tried to be [...]

We have had some pretty big milestones here in the last 24 hours. Sprogs literally growing up over night. Jack is now riding his bicycle without training wheels!  We’ve been watching him (obviously) and for a while now, he has been balancing himself for the most part, and only really using his trainers to turn. [...]

After mentioning today on Twitter,that we are bus toilet-training Kyla, I was asked for some tips. So this is my post dedicated to the in and outs of what we do toilet-training wise (eloquent intro isn’t it?) We DON’T use a potty. I really don’t like them. The cleaning, the sterilizing…. I cant help but [...]

Hi, my name is Lauren and I’m a mommy blogger. Or am I? I’m a mom who blogs about my sprogs and our lives (when I blog ). These days being a “mommy blogger” seems to imply that 1 has to be endorsed, sponsored or paid to write I am none of those things! I’m [...]

Jack seems to be our narrow escape child… Ok, that might be a tad dramatic! But he has had a few close and interesting calls. At 18 months, he fell off a jungle gym from around 1.7m high onto the back of his head. After 2 minutes of crying, he was 100% fine and was [...]