Do you have some cucumbers hanging around? We LOVE the humble cucumber as a side dish for different cuisines or a dip! It's one of the first dishes my kids made, as it's so simple. The beauty of this is that the children learn how different spices added to the same base mixture changes the flavour of a dish so much. What ingredients do you need? 1-2 … [Read more...] about Cooking with kids: Raita or Tzatziki
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Hygge Family Routine for Working from Home with the Kids
Working from home with is nothing new to me. I've been doing it for the past 8 years. Over that time, like most parents, I've been the main carer for any of our kids when they were struck down with illness. (Not too often, thankfully!) Along the way, I've learned how to deal with getting work done while having kids at home. With the current social distancing, and often … [Read more...] about Hygge Family Routine for Working from Home with the Kids
Self- quarantine in a tiny family apartment
Perhaps booking a cruise with 50 other nationalities from all over the world wasn't our best plan just as a pandemic was emerging! We transited one of the busiest airports in the world and mingled in the thick of it with lots of people in 3 countries. We took precautions, washed our hands a lot more, sanitised and used hand gel. How much we touched our faces, we don't … [Read more...] about Self- quarantine in a tiny family apartment
Life in Sweden as a Family
We moved to Sweden almost 4 years ago now and although I live and work away a lot, Dadonthebrink and the kids are very much Sweden-based. Life in Sweden is good, though not without its challenges. The costs are high, the salaries average, the public services good, but rigid and you do get by just speaking English (I'm embarrassed to say.) The countryside is a lush, … [Read more...] about Life in Sweden as a Family
6 Essentials for hosting an AWESOME Eurovision Party
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 organised many Eurovision parties with … [Read more...] about 6 Essentials for hosting an AWESOME Eurovision Party
