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Artjamming

A few weeks ago we celebrated my eldest daughter’s 11^th Birthday. Luckily being a January baby we have always been blessed with good weather, so a pool party or the like has been the theme. This year however we decided to change it up a bit and book a party at Artjamming, in Cavendish Square in Claremont. Both my girls love art so this seemed like the perfect venue!

What an amazing place, run by a wonderful young lady, Megan, who was both enthusiastic and hugely talented. After the girls were shown the ropes, they went about selecting their choice of paint colours – they all marvelled at just how vast the choice was! They were then let loose to do whatever their creative spirit dictated. Most of them thought that a more abstract approach was the order of the day and we ended up with quite a few Jackson Pollack inspired pieces!

All in all it was a fun-filled, creative way to spend an afternoon and celebrate a special person’s birthday. If you are looking for a party venue for your kids or just a fun family outing have a look at their website, Artjamming, it is well worth a visit!

[note color=”F73985″]Contact Details: Cavendish Square, Shop G19, The Link, Cavendish Square Tel: 021-683 5050 Email: [email protected][/note]

Look out for more WhatWhereWhen…. news and views of whats happening in and around Cape Town. For other posts in the series click here – WhatWhereWhen….Cape Town’s Popular Coffee Shops

Photography: ©FAR Photography by Super Mom Blog

Cape Town Lifestyle, FAR Photography, Featured Posts, Lifestyle, Local, Travel, West Coast

Jacobsbaai – A Beach Lovers Paradise!

As I have mentioned before one of our favourite places for a weekend getaway is the remote area of Jacobsbaai, it is up the West Coast of South Africa, heading out of Cape Town, in the direction of Vredenberg. We have a beautiful family holiday home there, decorated in distinctly beach style decor, which allows the space to be both tranquil and luxurious! It truly is a beach-lovers paradise.

On a recent trip up to Jacobsbaai, we were fortunate enough to have suitable sea-faring weather! Well when I say we, I mean my eldest daughter, her Dad and Grandpa. We have discovered that our eldest has a passionate love of the sea – or should I say of extreme adventure sports, which include boating, crayfishing and boogie-boarding! Needless to say all a bit nerve-wracking for the mother involved – ME! The interesting thing is that I was pretty much the same as a child, it is only recently that I have decided that swimming with sharks actually does sound dangerous and somewhat life threatening.

The boat trip was rather successful and the fisher-folk managed to catch a few crayfish, crabs and a fish! I was rather happy with this outcome seeing as I love crayfish! So the fishing crew returned rather chuffed with themselves and we could all enjoy the bounty that they caught, as an appetiser before dinner – yum!

A few other places to stay up the West Coast include: Langebaan, the quaint fishing village of Paternoster – where you will find lots of lovely B&B’s and self catering accommodation and the beautiful Shelley Point Hotel & Spa.

Images: Collage 1,2 & 3 ©FAR Photography by Super Mom Blog

Be Inspired, FAR Photography, Featured Posts, Interviews, Life, Real Women.Real Life

Cape Town’s Premier Birth Photographer

The first post in my new series “Life Insights – Real Women.Real Life.”

As parents we know the importance of capturing special memories and what is more special than the birth of your precious baby!

We all have birth stories to share; many with a great deal of drama attached others “a walk in the park”. Although I remember snippets of my births, which are hazy at best thanks to strong drugs, I have all the memories captured forever, in print. I could not imagine being without these photographs to look back on, especially as your littlies grow up into not such littlies!

I must admit the concept of a birth photographer was new to me but what a wonderful thing. We make such a big deal about other momentous occasions and hire the best professional photographers, so why not for a birth? It would certainly take the pressure off of the Dad- to- be, allowing him to truly witness the moment without unnecessary distractions.

So now you ask – where can we find such a person? Well I have recently had the privilege of meeting, through the awesome medium of digital technology, a wonderful photographer who specialises in birth photography!

Her name is Marysol and she is a second generation photographer, who has her father to thank for her love of photography. She is a Cuban-American, now married to a South African and calls Cape Town her home. She herself is a mother of two.

The journeys, by which I had children, by adoption and by birth, have profoundly shaped my life and my motherhood. I know how important it is to have images of these events because I’ve been on the other side of the camera too. – Marysol Blomerus

What is a birth photographer?

Marisol takes photojournalism style photos documenting the following:

labour: the build-up to your baby’s arrival, the location, the emotions, the story complete with all the details.
delivery: the first moments you and/or your partner see your baby
new family: those first precious hours with your child, baby weighing, bonding time, perhaps meeting other siblings and family
new-born: your only hours old infant, mindful of not over stimulating them.

I’m capturing your birth story, documenting the day you can never recreate. – Marysol Blomerus

Please visit Marysol’s website, Blomerus Photography, to find out more about this amazing woman, and see more of her wonderful birth photography.

Contact Marysol for more details – Email: [email protected] or Phone: 072 285 7438 [/note]

Or to visit her website click here you can also find her on Facebook.

Images: Courtesy of Blomerus Photography

Be Inspired, Charity, Children, Family

Dettol SA to Donate R1 million to the Children's Hospital Trust

The Red Cross Children’s Hospital was built in 1956 and is the only stand alone, specialist children’s hospital dedicated entirely to children in southern Africa. The Hospital is a public tertiary and secondary level hospital in Cape Town, and is dedicated to delivering word-class paediatric treatment, care, research and specialist training. As a referral Hospital patients include very sick children who need highly complex interventions to recover.

With your help, Dettol will be donating R1 million to this great cause. Dettol is asking mothers to become heroes by liking the Dettol SA Facebook page and thus adding momentum to their donation. The Dettol SA Facebook page will also be sharing valuable tips and information with South African mothers pertaining to sustainable family health and hygiene. It has been found that many diseases affecting child mortality can be reduced by 75% by adopting good hygiene habits.

The Facebook page will also have a Q and A section where mothers can ask parenting and family health questions. Mothers, along with Dettol, will also be given an opportunity to answer other mothers’ questions using the valuable knowledge they have gained from caring for their families.

Every mother wants to protect the health and wellbeing of their children. Get on board with this great initiative and improve the health of your family, as well as that of the sick children at the Red Cross Children’s Hospital.

Children, Family, Parenting

Healthy Lunch Box Challenge

As parents we all know how important it is to ensure that your children eat a healthy balanced diet and how difficult it can be to achieve, especially when you have fussy eaters in your family! When it comes to packing a healthy lunch box, we can all relate as to how frustrating it can be to continually come up with new, healthy lunch box ideas! I know that I find packing lunch boxes a challenging task, especially when you children become bored with what you are offering them. So it’s fair to say that we could all use a bit of help when it comes to “lunch box ideas.”

Just the other day a rather clever “idea” popped into my inbox, in the form of the “Healthy Lunch Box Challenge” being run by “Little Cooks Club”. Interesting – that’s what I thought, so what does this entail?

[quote style=”1″]Our “Challenge” this year is to get children eating healthy food at school during school times (08h00 – 13h00). We are only concentrating on during school, not after school. If all children are getting good, healthy food, they will all be forced to eat healthy food with their peers. – Little Cooks Club [/quote]

What are the benefits of your child eating a healthy school lunch:

As there is a rather high rate of obesity in young children, it goes a long way to eliminate this problem by excluding unhealthy options from your child’s diet.
Eating a healthy well balanced, nutritious diet is vital for good concentration and avoiding learning issues.
Certain unhealthy foods can negatively affect behaviour; some children are allergic to the preservatives in these foods which can lead to inattentive or bad behaviour in class.

How to join the Healthy Lunch Box Challenge:

First register for the Challenge. By doing so it will then allow Little Cooks Club to send you a new monthly schedule with recipes for that month, tips and ideas. It also gives us an idea to see if parents are interested in the Challenge. Click here to register.

Print out the monthly schedule and stick it onto your fridge. (This is what it looks like.) If your child doesn’t like certain things on the list then choose from the other options – everything is healthy on my list and acceptable for children. If your child has specific food allergies then please give them something else; you all know your own children – this is a guideline only.

To read more about this awesome challenge click here to visit the Little Cooks Club website.

Image source: Pinterest

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