Archive for the 'family' Category

Make cheap international calls from any phone

In a previous post I explained how to make free phone calls. This often requires that you spend some money on equipment. Now here is a way to make international calls from a standard landline or mobile phone to another standard landline or mobile phone for a nominal fee compared to regular telephone company tariffs. [...]

Things to do with kids in Cape Town on a sunny day

Central Cape Town Climb or take the cable car up Table Mountain Just stroll around the Waterfront and look at the entertainers. Lots of Restaurants and boat trips to choose from. Feed the squirrels at the Company Gardens. Have a picnic or walk in the Green Point park (between the light house and the stadium). [...]

Kid sleep day/night trainer clocks

All parents dread hearing footsteps early morning that signals the start of another day long before you actually planned to get up. We knew that feeling too well. Buying one of those overpriced clocks that promises to solve the problem proved to be money well spent as we do get (slightly) more sleep now. Toddlers [...]

Child birth explained to medical aid schemes

Dear Discovery Health, It has come under my attention that after all these years as a medical aid you still do not quite understand child birth. So let me try and explain it in simple terms. When babies are conceived (the details of this is not applicable), there is a simple formula for calculating the [...]

Dinosaur/Reptile pictures for colouring

Here are a few dinosaur/reptile pictures I created from a photo taken at the South African Museum. Print it out and let the kids colour them in. Stegosaurus Styracosaurus Tyrannosaurus Rex Allosaurus Tortoise Crocodile Macroplata Diplodocus Ankylosaurus Snake