A little time away

Any relationship is hard, its takes tons of work and patience and compromise. Being in a relationship with a toddler is a whole other ball game. Your relationship kinda skips that whole puppy love aspect as time is min and there's this little person jumping in between kisses and romantic words.

We try have one date night a week and every second weekend an entire night off from being with A, we do get time in between that but with life being so busy we haven't lately.

I randomly said that we need to get away even if it's for 2 nights, we need that time alone. Only to realise we hadn't in 6 months spent 2 nights alone together.

And so we went away, for 2 nights, to the quaint little Nullarbor Cottages in Magaliesburg.

It was a silent heaven.

And the perfect time to reconnect.

In our backyard (almost) - Rietvlei Farm

Lately we've gotten into quite a rut, we became hermits for a while and weren't getting out the house at all. Thus making us all a tad insane and making the toddler extremely uncontrollable. It's hard to find things to do and places to go that are kid friendly and affordable. And when I say kid friendly I mean an environment where the kids can play freely and I can watch them from a distance.

Now I have lived in Alberton my whole life and I always tend to venture out when we plan something to do because well it's the South, what exactly is there to do here. Low and behold, there is a gem of a place literally down the road from me and if you venture past the front section there is a little kiddies heaven. (No I never knew this place existed) I have always taken my car to get washed there and then stop at the very open restaurant, which is like sitting in your garden with a waiter.

A little while ago we went a little further and found what Rietvlei Farm is really all about. For R25 for adults and R12 for kids you step into a huge farm with a Petting Zoo, picnic facilities, braai facilities, lapa's to rent for birthday parties, train rides, pony rides, tractor rides, there's even a Spa! The list goes on and on.

It's our new favourite spot.

And my new mission to find things to do closer to home.

And the winners are...

I always try make this as random as humanly possible. So I've opened up a new post and will type the first 5 numbers that come to my head between 1 & 11 and then check who the lucky winners of the Babygroup vouchers are.

So the lucky numbers are:

6
9
2
11
7

And those winners would be....

DeMonique
Remember When
Kash
Brigitta Nel
Sindi

Please will the winners email me at jmckaydesigns@gmail.com with your contact info and I can get your vouchers to you ASAP.

I have something for you

I love shopping, I especially love shopping for Aiden. Only recently have I found the joy in online shopping and I can say it can quickly turn to a nasty habit but it's so easy and you can find exactly what you looking for with a click of a button.

Baby Group is a online portal that offers exclusive products that aren’t available anywhere else in our country as well as insightful advice and support from the BabyGroup panel of experts. You can also find them on Facebook so give them a like if you have a chance.

This is a sponsered post but I received nothing for it but I did get five R50 vouchers for my readers. I honestly love this site, it's clean and easy to use and the products they have in their shop are wonderful.

Leave a comment and the five lucky readers will be announced on Wednesday 6 June.

Here are some things I would love to get my hands on:

Freddie the Frog Silicone Bib

Sparky the Schnauzer Night Light

Blossom Bashful Bunny

This camper cot is only R795, wish I had seen this before I bought Aiden's one

Amber Teething Necklace

Love this clip on feeding chair

Stack & Spray fountain

Photoshoot by Butterfly Fantasies

I am a happy snapper, I always take tons and tons of photo's. I am the friend people ask to snap away at their kids birthday parties and I even take photo's at all my own events, being the one behind the camera means I never get nice photo's of myself and especially with my beautiful boy. So much so people have commented how they don't think I raise Aiden as much as my sister does (oh the anger with that one). That's why when Tanya Holmes from Butterfly Fantasies offered Aiden and I a shoot I jumped at the opportunity. I love how they all so natural and not so posy and she even made me a slide show with all the best shots to my choice of song "Your Song- Elton John" that I dedicated to Aiden when he was born. Here are a few of my favourites.

 

Aiden, it's about me this time!

Very rarely do I take off the mommy hat and make things about me, it's actually quite impossible because as soon as you even think about doing this your little ones pick up on it and go all kinds of bonka's on you and almost forces you to put the hat back on.

On Saturday night I was throwing myself a party to celebrate my 25 years of life, I warned everyone in advance that although I was throwing it at home I was indeed off mommy duty, for one night, I was just me, a young free 25 year old with a few tequila's in my pocket.

I had a great time! I haven't let my hair down that much since before I had a bun in the oven. With old friends and some new ones who I adore, I had a blast, pink cupcakes, jelly vodka's and cheese puffs were on the menu, with a variety of music and blazing fire and lots of laughs, it was definitely one to remember.

Don't worry Aiden, it's all about you again...and thank you so much for being so well behaved the next day when mommies head was so sore.

What I Love

So this year I joined the Blogger Secret Santa and we've been asked to do a post on what we love. You still have time to join us and you don't have to be a blogger and it will be fun and who doesn't love getting presents and giving presents and waiting for presents and and and...you only really need one reason, it's Christmas, get into the spirit already!

What I LOVE

• BIRDS, not real live birds, I'm not sure why, this obsession filled my heart a few years ago and my collection is growing.

• HEARTS, all you need is love right.

• Tea, we don't have family braai's we have family tea's thus my love for tea pots

• Strange love for stationery

• Anything old or looks old, your crap is probably my treasure

My favourite colour is green or silver, I love to write and always have space for another journal, I'm photo crazy and scrapbook every moment of life, I'm very feminine, love florals and lace, costume jewellery is the best but I don't wear earrings and you can always style kitsch into something worthy.