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…celebrating is exhausting. By midday yesterday, my second little prince was asleep. He looks so tiny now, yet in less than three months, he’ll suddenly blossom before my eyes into a little boy as his baby brother joins us. Our three Musketeers.
Creative writing is a good time for children to develop their skills in vocabulary, grammar and sentence structure. It’s also good for developing a child’s ability to be creative, exploratory and to enjoy the process. Being creative should always feel fun, so trying out writing is important to nurture. Here are some ways to explore…
Nursery is the first stepping stone in a child’s education. Although it’s not compulsory, children can benefit from the educational opportunities available to them and a smooth transition into proper schooling. For parents it is also a means to get back to work, or just have a much-needed break. It’s a decision that is completely…
It’s been 360 days since my last birthday – which means it’s been 360 days since I ate these too-good-to-be-true macrons from my little sister, mom and dad. Beautiful macrons that they went to extraordinary lengths to get for me after I actually crushed my own macrons from the Dordogne into crumbs [embarrassing story right there]. Which…
This whole week has been a bit of a downer – and we’re only a few days into it. I wasn’t in the best of moods last week and then what feels like since the dawn of Sunday, one thing after another seemed to go wrong, or feel unjust, and on top of my general…
This weekend Dadda worked especially hard on the garden so that our weekdays, when we’re at home, aren’t spent couped up in the house going stir crazy. Being outside is where my boys love to be, and are happiest…and so am I. Breathing deeply in the fresh air calms, cures, heals. As Dadda moved the…
We had a first today. It was unexpected and not the nicest of firsts, but not the worst either. This muddy, strawberry stained little face took a tumble. But that wasn’t his first. Baby Hero needed [according to a little talk between him and Granny] a plaster for his little scratch on his knee. Scraping…