Birthday celebrations – The Milk Memoirs

Taking delight in an adventurous little soul…five years on

Posted on May 20, 2016 by mommabeartrax

A day late…but,hey, life happens…Including gremlins that don’t automate your post, that was automated for yesterday morning.So instead, I’ve added some more pix of her day.

As soon as I saw you I knew an adventure was going to happen.

– Winnie the Pooh

Oh Pooh Bear, such great wisdom you have. And oh how much truth there is in that when it comes to you my darling Morgan-Lee. From the moment I saw you..your long pink body stretched out, and staring intensely straight back at me with your chocolate brown eyes..There was an undeniable shift in me: I didn’t know exactly what lay before me, but I knew it would be great…and it would be because of you. It was with that, that I scooped you up towards me and relished all the feels that this warm, velvety little bundle had unleashed within me.

You had only been in this world with me mere moments, and yet Continue reading →

My darling, Parker-Grace, on your 2nd birthday…

Posted on November 3, 2015 by mommabeartrax

Smile: Pax at almost 5 months old

So thanks to my back in almost full spasm(its been a few hectic weeks for me), resulting in my legs being unable to move, and other such lovely gifts bestowed upon me by Murphy and his boring law, this here post never did go out on last Friday as planned. And what a special post it was to be! You see, my little-lest beast had just turned two!!!

Oh my darling Parker, my beautiful, strong, wild and loving Parker-Grace. Today you Continue reading →

Pizza & Pyjama Jam: How any grown, mature adult celebrates a birthday :)

Posted on September 21, 2015 by mommabeartrax

Side note: Forgive the horribly blurry photos, somehow everyone’s pix that night was blurred. Cant think why.

It was my brother Max’s birthday early in September, and not long there after, it was my other brother, Rolff’s birthday. Not to mention that right now I’m in the thick of deciding whether or not we’re going to have a party for Parker-Grace’s second birthday next month.(Yowzers!) So understandaby, I’m all up in the birthday vibes right now.

This then got me thinking about my very own birthday recently in July.(Ok, fine, maybe not so recently. Geez, this year is flying, right?!) But back then, I was also in two minds about having a special celebration of sorts for myself. Even it was just for the buds. It was only at the very last minute that I decided to Continue reading →

Ideas for your next Frozen Party that are SNOW cool!

Posted on July 20, 2015 by mommabeartrax

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If you’ve ever read some of my kiddy party planning or activity posts, like here and here, you’d have picked up that Im a real sucker for it. Sure each time, after aching backs, numb fingers and sleepless nights, I say, never again will I make things myself…”Next time, I’ll just hire someone to do this, and I’ll just rock up on the day to enjoy”…but then I don’t. ‘Cause, I have a stupid soft spot for arts and crafts (refer to previous “sucker” statement of earlier), and well, lets be honest, the wallet and I don’t always see eye to eye on what the party budget should be.

So with all of this in mind, its always so cool to me when I go to another kid’s party and find that the mom is just as big a sucker as me! This past Saturday, I went to just such a party. It was chock-a-block with all Continue reading →

Morgan-Lee’s Dora the Explorer Birthday Party Ideas & Free Templates

Posted on May 14, 2015 by mommabeartrax

[UPDATE:All links to all templates and tutorials now up!]
Side note: This post is pretty delayed, as explained here in this post. But its a post Ive been wanting to share for so long, hopefully inspire anyone who’s looking for party ideas.And now with my girl’s birthday looming, I thought the timing is pretty fitting

So Im pretty much a sucker for party planning, particularly a kiddies party. Because kids know how to have fun! Always so open to the new experience – no matter how slow or shy they are to open up at first. The more colourful, sillier, active and inclusive it is for them, the better…So I know I can put in the effort, and be assured that it will be enjoyed.

Even more so for the birthday person in question, when I know it’s a theme they’re totally into right at the time. Like when my eldest daughter turned three in 2014, and was nuts about Dora the Explorer. Like really, Continue reading →

Parker-Grace’s Birth Story: A VIDEO chronicle of a peaceful Hypnobirth

Posted on May 6, 2015 by mommabeartrax

I’ve shared Morgan-Lee’s birth story with you(If you’ve missed it, start here.). It may be a bit long and verbose, but (hopefully) still beautiful. Admittedly, I don’t I think I actually did enough justice to its beauty. But I suppose, as with most birth stories, that may be something that a mother may never get right in the written word, and it will, instead, forever only live on, very clearly, in my head.

Parker-Grace’s birth story, however, I’ve decided that instead of letting you read it…I’ll show it to you! You know what they say about pictures and a thousand words, right? So perhaps I’ll let you do the maths on words for a video!!! It is a Continue reading →

Izakaya Matsuri: Japanese cuisine at its finest AND most relaxed

Posted on April 14, 2015 by mommabeartrax

This past weekend, we got to celebrate this guy…

My very own personal little dream come true, built-exactly-according-to-spec hubby. And it was a FULL day of celebration from the beachy morning, a lunch, cake ‘n tea, right down to a very taste bud satisfying dinner at one of Cape Town’s little hidden gems, Izakaya Matsuri!

Birthday boy had a major sushi craving that needed tending to, so I was Continue reading →