Archives November 2013


What is normal development at …

A baby pushing another baby in a walker

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 …

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Now we are a one …

A wall

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 …

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An autumn weekend

2 boys in wellies and umbrellas

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 …

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Autumn pumpkin recipes

Healthy autumn recipes. Quick, easy and healthy!

I love the rich colours that autumn brings. Reds and oranges in the trees and brown, dry leaves blowing around all over the place. And beautiful autumn fruit and vegetables too. Dark red apples, shiny brown chestnuts and bright orange pumpkin, butternut squash and sweet potato.

You can just roast …

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Ideas for kids xmas presents, …

Boy paying with playdoh

Christmas is round the corner and I'm always looking out for toys that other people recommend. So here's what we thought of the play doh candy cyclone.

I bought this toy for my second son's 3rd birthday. He's a keen playdoh-er and it was instantly a hit. He's spent …

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On being 3. My Super …

On Being 3, my super cheeky powers

'The terrible twos'. Children who are aged 2 come with an advisory warning attached to them. This is understandable. Suddenly, your cooing and gurgling baby turns into a demon child who at the drop of a hat bellows fire from their nostrils and steam from their ears. Aka, the tantrum. …

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Streets of Spain, Palafrugell

The church at Palafrugell

I do a lot of walking around our little town. Last week as I was walking back from the doctors, having spent half an hour changing a prescription (I wouldn't know I was in Spain if bureaucracy didn't take so long), feeling rather frustrating, I was cheered up just by …

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Happy Birthday babies, Halloween and …

2 halloween lanterns

October 31st is a busy day in the Snotty Nose house. Most importantly it's the babies' first birthday, but it's also halloween and here in catalunya it's castanyada or chestnut day.

We started our day bright and early (sigh, I'm hoping that it's still the effects of the clocks changing. …

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