Green Man White Man
In case you hadn’t yet noticed, I’m now living in Toronto. I can’t stop talking about how much I love it here and feel like the ultimate “smug married” and don’t even care. Last week had the first day this […]
I used to sleep naked. Now I sleep in thermal underwear and I am surprisingly happy about it.
We moved to Canada! Toronto more specifically. And we love it! When I was a kid I always wanted to live in London (UK) and now I’ve done that and left my favourite city for somewhere new. I knew it […]
Am I happy about the last day of home school?
A year ago I was in Singapore visiting family and marvelling at how empty the streets were. How great it was that I didn’t have to queue for any tourist attractions, had enough space to lie spread-eagled on the floor […]
The African Adventure
Introduction My 7 year old daughter has written a story. We hope you like it… The African Adventure by Amma Watson “Hmmm where shall we go this time?” said Max. “Maybe we should go there” said Lilly. They both put […]
Being happy during a pandemic
It’s quite clear that 2020 has been a total car crash of a year. And it’s not over by any stretch of the imagination. Unless the new vaccine is the fastest acting one ever invented, 2021 is in all likelihood […]
You know her best… Do I though?!
Of all the things people tend to say to new mothers, “you know her best” is probably the one that stuck with me as one of the more bizarre. The midwife who came to visit us at home the day […]
Kobe is one of those people
I have that empty feeling. Maybe it’s just me that has this when famous people die. I don’t feel loss as such because I didn’t really know Kobe Bryant or his daughter Gianna. I just knew they were there. Somewhere. […]
Dora the Explorer Movie Review
Date seen: Sunday 15th September 2019Venue: Showcase Cinema De Lux Southampton I will openly admit the only reason I took my daughters to see this movie is because Eva Longoria is in it and she also produced it. I loved […]
I love my evil cat
We bought Hector when he was only 12 weeks old from a family in South London whose cat had kittens. My husband, Tim, took some time off work to coincide with my return to work after maternity leave and our […]
What NOT to say to mixed race people… especially parents
As a mixed race family, we get some amazingly weird questions asked of us. I’ve answered the most common ones below in the hope that people can read the answers and stop asking them. I’ve been bottling up these thoughts […]