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• 1 juicy tots // Oct 7, 2008 at 10:11 pm

  WOW! what a lovely family and what great interesting little people. Well done you. I have 3 wonderful children myself and have the utmost admiration for you. It looks like such a happy home, I have bookmarked your blog!

• 2 Cassandra purshouse // Jan 21, 2009 at 4:18 pm

  Hi, wow, your blog is awesome…and you live in SA. I’m Cassandra, a lucky mother of three amazing children, but we’re really hoping to have three more. We live in Randburg, Guateng and have just started homeschooling through CLASS.
  I teach kiddies craft workshops, make pinatas and produce kiddies craft kits. The kids and I also grow and sell organic herbs. I am so glad I found your site, it’s absolutely wonderful. Be well and God Bless

• 3 se7en // Jan 21, 2009 at 5:15 pm

  Hi there, pleased to meet you too – glad you like our blog!

• 4 Grace Lee // Jan 28, 2009 at 11:40 am

  Been blog hopping… and… PHEW! Amazing little … or big I should say family! Keep it up and God Bless!

• 5 se7en // Jan 28, 2009 at 12:04 pm

  Nice to meet you! Glad you enjoyed your visit!!!

• 6 Marina // Feb 2, 2009 at 6:29 pm

  thanks for the pinata idea… i have 15 mini pinatas drying as we speak for Liam’s 7th birthday on Saturday!!

  you have gorgeous kids and i really enjoyed browsing your blog!!

• 7 se7en // Feb 2, 2009 at 10:10 pm

  Hi M, Your pinata’s sound fantastic, I hope you all have a great birthday together. So glad you are enjoying our blog!

• 8 Christelle // Feb 6, 2009 at 1:58 pm

  Hi! So glad I found your blog(by accident as I was looking for a Fingerpaint recipe!) I live in Krugersdorp Gauteng, have 3 boys and is just starting to homeschool my eldest on a trial basis as he only turns 6 this year. I feel overwhelmed though by the huge amount of curriculum choices out there! How did you decide, and could you recommend any? Needs to be cost effective as well..

• 9 se7en // Feb 6, 2009 at 4:34 pm

  Hi C, Glad you found us! I visited everyone I knew who home schooled and weighed up the pro’s and cons… The one that just fitted us right was Sonlight… we have used it always and loved it. People often say to me its pricey – but all the work is done for you. It comes in a box with all the directions – no preparation time for the already busy mom. And no spending ours trying to source materials. Otherwise do a google for homeschoolers in your area you should be able to find some local support groups in your area.

• 10 Shirley Ann Vels // Feb 7, 2009 at 1:50 pm

  I love browzing your site. I am also a homeschool mom, I live just up the road in GlenCairn. I would like to invite you to visit my blog site as I blog on faith, family and home schooling. http://shirleyathome.blogspot.com

• 11 se7en // Feb 12, 2009 at 7:33 am

  Hi glad you enjoyed our site and thanks for the invite to visit yours!

• 12 Joy Murry // Mar 6, 2009 at 12:13 am

  Hi! “The father person: gave me your blog – it’s fantastic – how do you manage it! Well done! Your kids are gorgeous..I hope we get to meet them one day! Blessings to you from Joy (and Douglas and the 8)
  PS who are you using for blogging?

• 13 se7en // Mar 6, 2009 at 2:16 pm

  Hi J, glad you like it! We just started blogging for fun and it turns out we totally love it! Who are we using? I am not sure what you mean … wordpress is our “editor”?

• 14 Abby // Mar 12, 2009 at 2:16 am

  Hi

  Just seen you have updated the "about" section. It is great you kept the old one too so we can see how the kids have changed. Your littlest hood looks full of mischief!

• 15 se7en // Mar 12, 2009 at 7:12 am

  Hay A, nice to have you back again… That littlest hood is definitely not one for just observing, she is in with the fray in every way!!! Hood #6 is the most mischief at the moment, my goodness she keeps me on the run… but then that would be “two” for you!

• 16 Wendi // Mar 26, 2009 at 7:49 pm

  Hi, I smiled when I came upon your site. We, too, have 7 children and get and answer all of the same questions on a daily basis. As homeschoolers, we are out and about during the daytime hours sometimes and get tons of looks and questions. "No school today?", etc. We have 5 girls and 2 boys ages 14, 12, 9,8,7,5,3; pretty similar in ages to yours. We live in southwestern PA. LOVED your "se7en" logo-precious. You are an inspiration to us all! Wendi

• 17 se7en // Mar 26, 2009 at 9:07 pm

  Hay W, How lovely to meet you! How funny that we are living the same life on the far side of the world! You sound about two years down the line from me! Thanks for stopping by!

• 18 Huisvrou // Jun 21, 2009 at 12:21 pm

  Wish I could get “organized”!! Still wondering wether my children will ever be ready for “grown-up-world”?
  Have 4…. but definitely feel the urge for 2 more (at least), but still waiting on dad to feel the need.
  Came onto your site via our yahoo-group
  Thanks a lot for sharing – will definitely peek in some more – just wish more material in the “relaxed” and “unschooling” way were available in Afrikaans…..

• 19 se7en // Jun 21, 2009 at 2:45 pm

  Hi H, Glad you stopped by! I hope you find some fun stuff on our blog – it is always nice to find some local input! Take Care and Have a Good Week!

• 20 Dawn // Jun 28, 2009 at 2:45 pm

  Just found your blog and I love it! I am a homeschooling mom (of just two little girls). Love the crafty things, the party things. Too bad you live on the other side of the world – sounds like we have a lot in common. Hard to find other moms around here that are into being crafty and homeschooling. I’m looking forward to following your blog.

• 21 se7en // Jun 28, 2009 at 2:53 pm

  Hi there D, Nice to meet you too! I am so glad you like some of the things we get up to!!! Take Care!

• 22 vera // Sep 10, 2009 at 11:49 am

  got your website via a fam member of yours and to my surprise when i went in found that my 13 yrl old has been on your site. hence the questions of home schooling ect what a lovely site im hooked. thanks

• 23 se7en // Sep 11, 2009 at 3:39 am

  Hi V, Nice to meet you!

• 24 Southern Gal // Dec 27, 2009 at 6:25 am

  OK. Obviously you don’t live near the beach that I do! I just found your about page. My daughter served on a summer mission trip with Global Expeditions to Botswana a few years ago. She had to fly to SA and then take a bus all the way to Maun. She loves that country.

  And I homeschool(ed) my children. I am using Sonlight this year with my youngest who is in second grade. Love the reading aloud. Nice to ‘meet’ you.

• 25 se7en // Dec 27, 2009 at 8:22 am

  Hi Southern Gal, We live a two minute walk from Fish Hoek beach in Cape Town… beautiful family beach where everyone needs to be in the Summer!!!

• 26 ruth browne // Jan 31, 2010 at 9:23 am

  Hi again se7en+1 Haven’t seen you around much since we shared a church. Stumbled on your blog by accident, then started recognising faces This is a great site!

• 27 se7en // Jan 31, 2010 at 9:03 pm

  Hay R, That’s a surprise!!! I so was not expecting to hear from you!! Say Hi to your family with love from all of us!!!

• 28 Trudie // Mar 30, 2010 at 9:28 pm

  Just found your blog! Love it, I am also a Cape Town mommy who is planning to homeschool my little girl, we started already with Tot School. What a wonderful gift you are giving to your children! God Bless.

• 29 se7en // Mar 30, 2010 at 11:23 pm

  HI Trudie, So nice to meet you!!! Someone who understands “local is lekker” without any explanation!!! Thanks so much for stopping by!!!

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• 42 jade // Oct 8, 2010 at 2:33 pm

  what a lovely family you have! love finding other homeschool families whereever they may be in the world. We are in the UK and just wanted to say hi and blessings
  jade and family
  x

• 43 se7en // Oct 8, 2010 at 2:59 pm

  Hi Jade, How nice to meet you – I am so glad you stopped by to say hi!!!

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• 47 julie // Oct 19, 2010 at 9:15 pm

  Just found your site and wanted to thank you for creating it and putting so much energy, creativity and love into bringing up your beautiful kids. we have two at the moment, but you make me want to have more and home school them all

• 48 se7en // Oct 19, 2010 at 9:56 pm

  Hi Julie, So good of you to stop by!!! Thanks for visiting, I am just so glad you felt welcome!!! Hope you have a great visit!!!

• 49 Melody // Oct 20, 2010 at 4:06 pm

  Hey, I too live in the valley and am friends with many of the homeschooling moms in our area. I am sure our paths will cross someday. I am enjoying discovering your blog.

• 50 se7en // Oct 20, 2010 at 5:53 pm

  Hi M, I am sure we will bump into each other!!! Though it does surprise how few people that we meet on our blog we ever actually meet in person!!! Even so, it is a small world please say hi if you see us!!! Kind of hard to miss a mother with eight kids trailing off in every direction!!! Hope you have a lovely week!!!

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• 54 Reluctant Mom // Nov 4, 2010 at 8:34 pm

  I stumbled on your blog and well am decidedly jaw-dropping-ago at it all. I tried to troll around for the how and the why – I am sure that seven kids do not just happen, one has one, and then thinks, mmm, nice idea, and then has another.

  At a point then one goes okay we have three/four or what ever and goes, well we cannot actually fit into a normal car anymore, or go to the Spur without getting two tables … and then life takes a bit of a different route.

  I am always interested in they why … if there is a a blog post like that, can you drop me a note with it, as I would love to read it.

• 55 se7en // Nov 5, 2010 at 2:03 am

  Hay Reluctant Mom, Always good to meet a fellow South African Blogger, where you can say howzit and lekker in the same sentence and still be understood!!! We always knew we wanted kids and we eventually had our number 1 and from there we knew we were having se7en. When number se7en arrived we knew we still had a #8 between us. Now if we had more I wouldn’t mind!!! You are so right it doesn’t happen overnight… it takes years to grow a family child by little child, they are all unique and marvelous and yes there are a few things we don’t do – trips to the Spur are indeed out (not our favorite dining experience)!!! But we do love eating out and restauranteering (http://www.se7en.org.za/category/saturday-spot/cape-town-saturday-spot/restaurants) is one of our favorite pastimes!!! I think our blog is not so much about the why we are a larger than your average 2.5 kids family, but more about how we live and get through our days… I hope this at least vaguely answers your question, at two in the morning it feels distinctly higher grade!!! Hope you have a fun weekend… and I loved your “Throwing the baby out with the bathwater” post!!!

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• 62 Durban mom in Ireland // Dec 5, 2010 at 5:30 pm

  Hi there, I came across your blog a little while back while searching for a koeksisters recipe. I’m from the Bluff in Durban, but moved to Ireland 5 years ago. Got married, had kids etc etc. My husband is Irish and very rarely understands the odd South African comment or saying, but just nods and smiles. The same tends to happen when I make a traditional South African dish, but he does eat it and even though he wouldn’t be a big fan of koeksisters, he did love your milktart recipe. It has definitely become a favourite dessert in this house. I haven’t managed to convince many of the Irish, but it is their loss

  I admire the fact that you have 8 children and home-school them all. I’m also surprised to see how many South Africans are home-schooling now. I did my final two years of schooling through ACE, and even though the curriculum isn’t accepted by a lot of universities, I definitely preferred it to the government curriculum. I can easily study from home because of it. I don’t need a lecturer in front of me telling how to do an assignment.

  My question is (out of curiosity), what made you home-school your children in the first place? I have considered it myself, but home-schooling isn’t something that is done over here in Ireland.

  Kind regards

  PS: I’m trying your scones recipe next week

• 63 se7en // Dec 6, 2010 at 2:24 am

  Hi there Durban Mom in Ireland… Great to meet a reader from so far away!!! And I hope you feel welcome and enjoy a little South African flavor over here!!! Why we homeschool? Well after endless reading and researching we came to the conclusion that by homeschooling we were providing our kids with the very best education we possibly could and the best life-skills necessary for whatever paths they take in their adult lives. It is possible here to sign up and take part in any “end of secondary school” examination… and all tertiary institutions require an entrance examination regardless of which school leavers certificate your child may have. Hope that answers your question and hope you have a happy baking week!!!

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• 68 Yolande Cullingworth // Dec 29, 2010 at 2:52 am

  Thanks for a wonderful and encouraging blog. We live in Table View, have 6 children and also use Sonlight. Was just wondering if you have any outside help with the house work? I’m struggling to keep up with the laundry and dishes . . . a never ending pile! Yolande xx

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• 70 se7en // Jan 4, 2011 at 7:42 am

  Hi Yolande, Sorry this has taken so long – it might be the lack of help!!! I am just catching up with my New Year/Christmas comments… And I wanted to say hi and welcome it is always nice to meet local moms!!! Help: Yes, I have a lady once a week on a Thursday morning… she comes mops all the floors, puts fresh sheets on the bed and leaves!!! It is simply wonderful. Otherwise my kids and I do lots of chores together – always have!!! Usually first thing un the morning and last thing before dinner we have a bit of a rush on chores and get things back to a comfortable level. I never think of getting things done so much as long as we are making progress!!! This post may help you: Se7en chores and life skills we do. Hope you have a great day!!!

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• 89 Michael // Apr 26, 2011 at 10:50 pm

  Hey, it was good to have met you all and shared the Passover with you on Wednesday night – the Lord bless and keep you

• 90 se7en // Apr 27, 2011 at 1:17 am

  Hay, Michael… It was great to meet you and thank-you so much for sharing… Our kids have been talking about their Passover meal for days, I think you had a great impact on them. Thanks again.

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• 102 Zikhona // Jul 13, 2011 at 2:37 pm

  I am so inspired by your blog. I came across it by accident while goggling about worm farm composting. Lovely little garden you have! I am wowed by you and your family, the fact that at this ages you have already identified the special gifts each of your children posses is wonderful. This just goes to show that with homeschooling, children are not just put in a mould and expected to be same as is the case with normal schooling (public and private). What a special gift this seems to be! I have 3 kids and have been toying with the idea of homeschooling but my oldest is 11 and doing grade 5, I wonder if he can easily be changed to homeschooling. Please advise if you have any idea. My younger 2 are not at school yet so I will be going that route. Thank you for sharing your family with us.

• 103 se7en // Jul 14, 2011 at 12:56 am

  Hi Zikhona, Thanks for stopping by… I think the transition to changing to from school to homeschool or homeschool to school is a tricky one but it can be done if that is your dream. I have heard folks say it takes at least a month per year of school for the transition. I can’t really advise you, homeschooling is a very personal thing and one of the great things about homeschooling is that every homeschool is quite unique… See what your eleven year old has to say about it often my kids blow me away with their insights. Otherwise do as much as you can to learn about homeschooling, read about homeschooling, meet homeschoolers and mingle with homeschoolers. And can I say the most amazing thing about homeschooling, for me, that I never expected, was just how much I would learn!!! I wish you all the best on your educational journey!!!

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• 110 Rashmie @MommyLabs // Sep 8, 2011 at 6:34 am

  Hi,
  I am from India and has been following your blog for a couple of months. Came across it on the Crafty Crow.
  It’s so heartening to see your lovely family and the fact that you homeschool all your kids. I was thinking of taking this path for a long time and finally did a few months back. But, here in India, homeschooling is at a very very nascent stage and very few families in this hugely populated country homeschool. Hence, though I have taken this path, I still carry apprehensions about the aspects of socializing etc for the lack of homeschooling children in the vicinity.
  Besides that, I would like to share that we recently visited South Africa and were there for 3 weeks. We did a self-drive expedition starting Cape Town, over Garden Route and all the way to Kruger. Incidentally, we also stopped by in Fish Hoek for a meal – on the way to The Top Stone Factory (Scrath Patch) in Simons Town.
  Now that I know you live in Fish Hoek, it makes the blog look so familiar all of a sudden!!
  I will be sharing my South Africa memories soon on my blog.
  Great to ‘meet’ you and your family! All the very best.
  Rashmie @MommyLabs´s last [type] ..Handmade ‘Rakhis’ for ‘Raksha Bandhan’ for the Brother

• 111 se7en // Sep 8, 2011 at 9:27 am

  Hi Rashmie, How exciting to know you were just here!!! I am so glad you have been to our town, thank you so much for stopping by and telling us about your trip!!! Fantastic!!! I love your crafty, arty blog so fun and colorful. And I wrote a post on socialization for homeschoolers and you might want to take a look… but seriously our children meet so many people and probably the smallest group are other homeschoolers, and they have so much more time to interact with other children that socialization is the great non-issue in the world of homeschooling!!! All the best with your creative school and have a fabulous day!!!

• 112 Rashmie @MommyLabs // Sep 9, 2011 at 2:46 pm

  Thanks for your reply and for sharing that link about socialization for homeschoolers. I will go through it sometime tomorrow at leisure.
  Just wanted to let you know that I shared our South Africa trip through a photo essay on my blog today and also shared your lovely blog with my readers.
  Have a look here:
  http://mommylabs.gorgeouskarma.com/learning-by-traveling/the-mommy-lab-teams-south-africa-adventure/
  Rashmie @MommyLabs´s last [type] ..The Mommy Lab Team’s South Africa Adventure!

• 113 se7en // Sep 9, 2011 at 7:26 pm

  Hi Rashmie… I love your visit to South Africa post, what an adventure… I have so enjoyed exploring your blog, if you are ever ever ever in Cape Town again please stop and say hi!!! Meanwhile have a lovely weekend!!!

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• 115 Jade // Oct 8, 2011 at 3:39 pm

  Hello
  I just want to say how much I enjoyed reading your blog, and have marked it as my favourite
  I am a mom with a little boy (32 months) whom I intend to homeschool (or unschool) and am really happy to know that you’re so close to me *waves from Noordhoek*
  Looking forward to return to your wonderful blog again and again.
  Have a blessed weekend

• 116 se7en // Oct 11, 2011 at 2:13 am

  Hi Jade, Good to meet you – sorry for the delay in replying… we have been away fro a little while but we are back!!! So good to “meet you” and thanks so much for stopping by to say hi and introducing yourself… I love getting to know our readers better. Hope you have a great day!!!

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• 128 domestic Goddesque // Jan 21, 2012 at 1:30 pm

  you totally need a ‘scroll to the top’ button for this page!!
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• 129 se7en // Jan 21, 2012 at 1:36 pm

  Hay Domestic Goddesque – Happy Saturday to you!!! You are totally right of course, and that is totally beyond my capabilities – so now I will have to learn something new this weekend!!! Thanks for the project!!! Have a fab weekend!!!

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• 147 Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot // Jul 10, 2012 at 12:42 am

  Such an incredibly beautiful family! They are growing up – I so want to visit you all one day. Did you take the kids’ photos? You’re good at that.
  Annabel Candy, Get In the Hot Spot´s last [type] ..Kluane National Park Glacier Tour: Coolest Yukon Day Trip Ever

• 148 se7en // Jul 10, 2012 at 3:42 am

  Hay Annabel Candy – So thrilled to have you stop by!!! Yup they grow up!!! And you can only begin to imagine what it is like to take a photograph of a gang of kids!!! All in one spot let alone looking at the camera!!! Would love to have you and your family visit Cape Town one day!!! Have a great week!!!

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• 162 Mary // Sep 23, 2012 at 10:43 am

  I stumbled on your website this morning whilst googling for places to visit using my Blackberry in bed. I just had to get up and ‘see you’ on the big screen instead. what an amazing family you all are. you have filled my soul this morning. I am surprised that you even have time to think about writing a blog! I am waaaaaaaaaaaaaaay past the children stage but I am going to pass your link on to some young woman with young children I know. I think mostly what I love is your attitude to life and pure love for your family. Thank you for a magic blog! Mwaah!!!! xx

• 163 se7en // Sep 24, 2012 at 12:23 am

  Hi Mary, So good of you to stop by and comment!!! Sorry to get you out of bed, but I am so glad you enjoyed your visit over here!!! Hope you have a lovely week!!!

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• 171 Helen Queener // Dec 18, 2012 at 3:19 am

  Hi — what a nice surprise to find a homeschooling family in Fish Hoek! I grew up in Muizenberg and am now living in Tennessee and homeschooling my littles. Mine are 10, 7, 5 and 2. Home to back for a visit next year — maybe we’ll bump into each other

• 172 se7en // Dec 18, 2012 at 8:40 am

  Hi Helen, Good to “meet you” from the far side of the world!!! Hope you have a fantastic day!!!

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