The Eurovision song contest final, for us, sort of hails the begining of the summer and garden parties BBQ season. It’s a wonderful excuse to get together with friends and watch this quirky, often bizarre, mix of music from across Europe and the adopted European countries of Australia, Turkey and Israel. Over the years we’ve […]
Family life
The Kids’ Sweetie Jar as a Parenting Tool
Imagine telling a child that they can have all the candy from their sweetie jar they may want!Are you getting visions of horror? Unruly kids on a sugar high? Each of my kids has a sweetie jar. It is their prized possession and one that stores all their sweets, but is only opened one day […]
New Year, New Me… If Only!
In the past years I’ve ranted enough about New Year’s resolutions and how inefficient they are. It’s the wrong time of year to make most resolutions… Just too dark and gloomy. Read: Forget New Year’s resolutions for dieting and getting fit! However, there are 2 resolutions which, in my experience, will work: 1) Making the […]
15 Last-minute Gift Ideas, Experience Gifts
Gift-giving is so fought with pit holes : we give and get so much stuff, that we don’t really want or need. Our planet is drowning in our plastic waste. SO what are the alternatives, if you want to show someone you appreciate them through a gift, but don’t want to buy yet another thing. […]
Have an Imperfect Christmas!
Christmas, over the last century has morphed into this “magical” holiday where we are all supposed to be with family, being super happy, with an abundance of food and presents. Christmas films perpetuate this idealistic world of happy endings and miracles. The pressure for perfect in immense! (No wonder it’s the time of year with […]
My Intelligent, yet Struggling Son has Dyslexia
It’s been long long road to get the diagnosis of dyslexia for Hugo, but now we can finally get the wide-ranging support available to him. We’ve learnt through the process to trust our parental instincts.
WeeDo Turtle Snowsuit Review
How cute are these snowsuits? View this post on Instagram We are unique, we are visionary… #weedofunwear #spaceflakes #kidswear #snowwear #snowsuit #forstrongmindedkids #minishredders #gettingreadyforsnow A post shared by WeeDo (@weedo.funwear) on Sep 24, 2018 at 8:26am PDT As last snow season […]
Till What Age Do You Brush Your Kids Teeth?!
A couple of months ago we went for a routine dental check up with the boys. (Angelina had had hers a few weeks earlier). To my shock and horror the dentist discovered tooth cavities in both boys’ teeth. I felt awful, like I’d totally failed them. Healthy teeth, in my view, are integral to healthy […]
Small Family Apartment Remodelling- Taking Down a Wall
So, does 700 square feet for a family of 5 plus dog count as a small apartment or a tiny apartment? It certainly is tight! Some remodelling is called on, for sure. On a beautiful Saturday, when the weather was actually beckoning us to sit on our terrace to just chill, sip coffee and eat cake, […]
What Should Kids Do In Case Of A Shooting, The Uppsala Shooting Discussion
There was a shooting today, on May 30th, 2018 at midday in the quiet university town of Uppsala, Sweden’s 4th largest city. It was directly outside Max’s nursery, not far from my older two children’s school. Two people were injured, the police are calling it an assassination attempt, two of Max’s nursery teachers witnessed the […]