The second leg of the French exchange trip began this morning with an early alarm call at 5.15am. As we went to bed last night Rory said he wouldn’t need a call in the...
Turning my travel snaps into a photo book with Pixum
I’m pretty good at remembering to print out my digital photos every few months so I can keep hard copies of my memories. However they do just sit in photo-sized boxes on a shelf...
March Travel Round-up on BritMums
The latest round-up of travel posts is now live on the BritMums Blog. I’ve found some great posts this month including trips to Vienna, a review of The Hoxton Hotel in London and an...
Mum’s definitely going to Sweden
It’s all sorted. After many weeks of research, following my original post, ‘Mum’s planning to go to Sweden’, transport and hotel accommodation have now been booked. This is the first time we have...
A conversation I wish I’d never started – No.4
Another in the series of embarrassing mother/teenage son conversations. (For reference, may I suggest conversation one, two and three) Me: There’s a song I can’t get out of my head. Son: Oh God, here we...
The Gallery: Three sisters on their way to a wedding
Newcastle upon Tyne, 1952 The year is 1952. The place is Newcastle upon Tyne. My two aunts and my mother are stepping out in their finery on their way to a family wedding. I...
Au Revoir, Jean-Pierre
Jean-Pierre, our French exchange student, left on Wednesday morning after spending a week with us and, I have to say, I miss him a little. It doesn’t seem that long ago that we were waiting at...
Book Review: A Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
A few weeks ago Harriet at Is There a Plan B? reviewed a book called Making Babies as part of the new Tots 100 Book Club. The book club is in association with Tesco. The...