17 April 2013

Cherry blossom time

 

The spring has sprung in London.

Today on  Lady Thatchers funeral day and Oscars 7th birthday.
the wind brought sweet smells of blossoms when I walked through our local park to school.
Happy birthday my beautiful boy, who was my first baby and always will remain special to me (and so are you other 2 if you happen to read this in some distant future...)
I'm eating Swedish chocolate that we received from my parents, eating until I feel my fillings coming out.
There is one thing I'm scared of and its tooth decay, a fear from childhood left by my mums constant nagging.

The one thing I'm proud I have instilled in my children is regular tooth brushing, every night before bedtime, its in the spine, like not throwing the sweet wrappers on the floor, it has to be taught from early on then it will never be questioned and always come natural. Now I wonder if I should have drummed in other behaviours as well. It worked so well, its a shame I limited it to teeth brushing, but by now its to late for my 7 year old he is already too old to listen to mum.
Sorry for rambling on...

11 April 2013

Il Borgo della Marinella

Il Borgo della Marinella in Calabria southern Italy. This beautiful place is where we spend most of our holidays

A little boutique hotel near Amantea in the Calabria region, run by my partners dad, who runs the business. The kids love the food, sun and staying with their Italian family the hardest thing is to say goodbye... we miss you Nonni!
 

21 March 2013

running away

Have to stop running around and start to do stuff, clarify, set goals, tidy up, locate, organise... if I could just have a few more hours in the day please... now my eyes are shutting down on me, goodnight!

20 March 2013

need spring to come

Feeling the energy levels going down, now we need sun and spring to come and give us lightness in our steps. After a long winter I am a bit tired but trying to keep doing fun stuff with the kids, but most of the time I'm just telling them to stop hitting each other. Something nice is that we are finally getting the conservatory built by the great little company Speedy Conservatories, run by father and daughter. Will put up some pictures soon.