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 the
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 idea
Mum’s doing a Travel Round-up for BritMums
I’ve been asked to choose a selection of travel posts for a monthly Travel Round-up on BritMums, which, as many of you know, is Britain’s biggest parent blogging network. The plan is once a month
Mum’s Gone to Stratford-upon-Avon
Mum did go to Stratford-upon-Avon, but it was in 2009 before I’d started blogging. I didn’t write a diary at the time to type up at a later date but memories of a fantastic family
La Plume de Ma Tante est dans le Tupperware Box
Rodin’s ‘The Thinker’ wondering what he should have in his packed lunch Not since Harold stood with both eyes looking out over the English Channel in October 1066 has a French invasion been so fearfully
Going for Gold
2004 was an Olympic year. In Athens, finely sculpted bodies were pushing themselves to the limit to be ‘faster, higher, stronger’ while on the Mediterranean island of Menorca my body, seemingly sculpted with a blunt
Opportunity Knocks Revisited
Did you see The One Show last Friday? They were revisiting the famous talent show, Opportunity Knocks. While I was watching the interview with former child star, Neil Reid, and listening to some of the
The French are Coming!
This weekend was mostly spent trying to sort out the spare room in preparation for a French invasion. Rory’s school are participating in a student exchange and, despite me thinking he wouldn’t be keen, our son was