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A Final Farewell

Monday, March 15, 2010

You call out ‘goodbye.’ Maybe there’s a token peck on the cheek, a shared smile, a brief hug. The car pulls away and you go back to your book, your day, your life. Later you imagine them flying over the sea. They should be there now. Exploring the ancient city, fulfilling a dream, to see [...]

Bloggers for Haiti

Saturday, January 16, 2010

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I sit and write this post at the end of a long day. A day where my two little girls arrived home from Daddy’s at 9am. A day where we set off to visit Rosie and IJ’s at 10.15am and stayed for lunch. A day where my mates Nic, Lu, Podda and Baby I came to visit at [...]

Mean Mummy

Thursday, September 10, 2009

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She sits wrapped in cuddles, blanketed in love, drinking her milk and holding tight. Her face is tight and tense, her eyes wide and staring, a caricature of vulnerability and ‘babyness’. Why is it that she can fall asleep in my arms at a family wedding, rocked and comforted and cherished, yet just weeks later she is [...]

YawWWWwnn

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

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That’s what happens to my brain when my kid gets me up unexpectedly at 3.20am, then cries at, moans at, chatters at and grumbles at me for no particular reason, until about 6.30am. It ain’t pretty.

Why do I find this so cute?

Friday, May 22, 2009

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Miss E and her little sister and cousins are playing happily in the conservatory. The floor is barely visible beneath a pile of bricks, several partly dressed dolls and a mosaic of jigsaw pieces. I’m vaguely aware of their chatter as my Mum and I make lunch. I’m not really listening so [...]

A Musical Blast from the Past and ‘My Bump and Me.’

Friday, February 27, 2009

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A Musical Blast from the Past and ‘My Bump and Me.’

Never one to miss out on an opportunity for free literature, I jumped at the chance to review a new paperback release from Virgin Books. UK celebrity, Myleene Klass, singer, classical musician, TV/radio presenter and bikini wearing jungle babe has recently joined the Mummy club and while working on the production of her mini me, the [...]

Thinking Time

Tuesday, February 24, 2009

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Sometimes, when things are a little bleak and you don’t seem to have a minute, sticking your child in a Fast Food play area while you sip a latte, (ok, it was a chocolate milkshake), and just have a quiet moment, is completely allowed. It doesn’t mean you’re a bad parent. In fact Miss M had [...]

The Talk, you know the one…

Monday, November 10, 2008

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A few things have happened this year that have made me realize that the time is nearly ripe to think about having ‘the talk’ with Miss E. No I don’t mean the talk about how if she ever buys a Celine Dion album I will disown her. (Sorry Celine fans.) And I don’t mean the talk about [...]

Chuggington, where trains really are cool

Monday, November 3, 2008

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Chuggington, where trains really are cool

Tonight I have been dancing. I have been dancing to a little piece of fabulousness I experienced on Saturday in the heart of Londinium on an all expenses paid trip courtesy of the lovely folks at Wolfstar. They invited a lucky group of bloggers to a private screening of the wonderful new children’s series, Chuggington, so, early on Saturday morning, [...]

Daddy cool

Saturday, October 4, 2008

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Miss M: “Mummy, was my in your tummy when my was a baby?” Me: “Yes babe, when you were very very tiny.” Miss M: “And was E in Daddy’s?” Wait for it… Me: “No. Only girls can have babies M. We’re very lucky aren’t we.” See, I didn’t even laugh, at least not until [...]