Archives 1 Jan 2013
Making play snow
Living in Spain we're not expecting to see real snow this winter. For that I'm grateful as I'm not really a big snow fan. The idea is great, the reality is cold. I'm more of a snow admirer. But I did feel the kids were missing out on snowman building …
Living in a country where …
I have to confess we moved to Catalunya on a bit of a whim. It wasn't that it wasn't planned but it wasn't exactly well researched. That is to say, I didn't realise that people actually spoke catalan here. (Having come from the south of Wales, I thought it would …
Exploring the derelict building site
It's a warm autumn day, which makes a pleasant change from the recent wind and rain. I set out with the babies to walk around the derelict building site that is just behind the local school. There are lots of unfinished buildings round here, but this site is on a …
Gift ideas for babies and …
By far the best toy for babies we have ever been bought is our ride on bike. It was given to my oldest son for his first xmas and is still going strong 4 years later. Fabulous for it's longevity. The babies press the buttons and listen to it sing …
Counting down to Christmas
It's the first weekend in December and already the Christmas excitement is running high in our house. It started with advent calendars. I became suspicious when Galen said he wanted to go to the supermarket with me. And then I remembered that last time I dragged him around he'd seen …
What is normal development at …
Children are amazing in their capacity to grow and learn. In the first year of your life you double or treble your weight and many children learn to talk, walk, feed themselves and various other things. That's quite a busy year.
But children grow and develop in different ways. Some …
Now we are a one …
It was a cold, dark and windy Friday evening and annoyingly I had a meeting to go to. Annoying because it was Friday and the kids' bedtime and because meetings here in Spain are always about 5 times as long as they need to. I was going to meet my …
An autumn weekend
It's mid November and the weather so far has been lovely. My husband has been dying to try out our new fireplace with all the fire wood that we have stacked in the garage and the kindling we collected a few weeks ago. But it's been too warm. Up until …
Feeding Toddlers.
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