Family rituals – a postcard from the past

ali and kids lovely

The other day I caught a comment about sorting postcards from a blogger friend, Ali.  I completely misunderstood what she meant, thinking she was being super organised and bought and pre-wrote her Christmas cards in January (as she was putting all the Christmas paraphernalia away). She corrected me and told me about a lovely tradition [...]

The magic childhood is made of- the Tooth Fairy comes to town

Tooth fairy letter

Yesterday was a big day in the family: Little Miss’ first tooth fell out.  She’s  5 and a half and has been looking forward to this ever since the tooth started to wobble on Christmas Eve. We were just about to head home from friends when she started munching on an apple- according to her [...]

Silent Sunday- 17 June 2012

. Just an image that sums up your week, no words… the rest you decide… Comments are always welcome. Silent Sunday was started by Jay Mountford, photographer. For more pictures search Twitter for the #SilentSunday hashtag   . .

A calm and relaxing Christmas day

. We’re just wrapping up a lovely Christmas Day: It all started with a lie-in, till 8am for all. …No wonder after the excitement of presents last night! (We celebrate differently from most UK families.) After us all cuddling in bed and reading a couple of stories from one of the books the Littlins got [...]

Christmas Eve- It’s very special for us

. We each have our own Christmas traditions that we grow up with-  my family certainly had strong traditions for celebrating Christmas. Oh-so-lovely-daddy brought his own traditions, perhaps not as prominent, as they place a much bigger emphasis on Sinterklaas. Together we have created traditions that suite us, while respecting eachother’s strong feelings and adopting [...]

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