Boredom busters: things to do with the kids

It’s been back to school this week, a week of Easter holidays.  Spending quality time with the kids is a top priority for parents and…

Expat Life: Will I ever come home? Do I even want to?

Last week my mum came over to visit and talk turned, as it always does, to the potential of us returning home.  I’ve always been…

To my firstborn; it’s not always easy being the eldest

To my firstborn, It’s not always easy being the eldest, I know. A little over two years ago your life, as you knew it, was about…

The Bedtime Tag

Ah.  Bedtime questions, perfect for one obsessed with sleep wouldn’t you say?!  It’s safe to say I literally squealed with joy when the lovely Abbie…

Living Arrows 16/52 – flying high in the sky

“You are the bows from which your children as living arrows are sent forth” Kahlil Gibran This year I am taking part in Living Arrows,…

Now you are two

Oh those things you can do, now that you’re two Waving hello with a big beaming smiles, Your mouth stretching joyfully miles and miles, Saying…