Category Archives: the parenting bunny

The Magic Number

By 6000 | 6000 | July 15, 2011

Following on from April’s Five post, today brings with it my daughter’s third birthday. Scoop, as she is affectionately known (because of her innate ability and regular wish to be scooped up and carried by her dad), has brought 36 months of pleasure, insomnia, love and laughter into our lives. As she and the 6000 family hit this [...]

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Running Doula update

By 6000 | 6000 | July 12, 2011

Incoming from Melinda, one half of the comedy charity duo that is the Running Doulas. It’s a brief account of their weekend away in Knysna and their experience of the dreaded Knysna Half:  The Running Doulas got off to a somewhat unfortunate start. Unhelpfully, disaster struck the day before the race, when I woke up [...]

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Fishhoek view

By 6000 | 6000 | July 11, 2011

Wow. Some party. Drunkenness, loud music, wigs galore. And this view across Fishhoek bay when you took a little time out in the cool evening air. There are other photos, of course, most (if not all) of which will mean more to those present on Saturday night. Don’t you hate the way that flash photography makes it [...]

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Support the Running Doulas

By 6000 | 6000 | July 7, 2011

Hello readers. Here’s something you can help with: the Running Doulas. It sounds like some sort of comedy act (and in fact it may well turn out to be rather amusing to watch) but actually it’s two ladies doing something for a very good cause. Firstly, you may not be conversant with the word “Doula”. [...]

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Squirting Sunshine

By 6000 | 6000 | June 18, 2011

Although the weather today made it seem like we might have made the wrong decision on this weekend: …everyone is talking about what’s coming tomorrow and for the week ahead, namely the gale force winds (66kph) and the unusually cold (12C) weather. We’ll survive.

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