These little dresses make me wish I had a girl as well as my wonderful 7yr old son! Made by a German designer-mum, Katrin Arens, who lives in Italy with daughter and hubby, they are the kind of little summer dresses that mums of old would have made. Retro feel and well made, they are [...]
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Little Summer Dresses in search of good homes!
Posted in Design, Parenting on 30 April 2010 | 1 Comment »
Spring Sale Open Days 2010
Posted in Malta, Parenting on 28 April 2010 | Leave a Comment »
Time for fresh starts, new seasons and a clean sweep of old prices! We’re holding two CLEARANCE SALE OPEN DAYS, Friday 14 - Sat 15 MAY, my place in central Siggiewi, so come stock up for summer. Browse our ‘shop’ online here. Brand new, funky yet practical baby to young kids’ gear ranging from colouful [...]
Why busy mums need to read the news
Posted in Musings, Parenting, tagged busy mums, current affairs, news on 31 January 2009 | 2 Comments »
“Why aren’t there many black people mum?”, my six-year old asked when he watched past US presidents with accompanying wives take the rostrum at Obama’s inauguration. My mind raced through my knowledge of the American Civil Rights Movement, Dr King, Jesse Jackson and the few black people the world has got to hear [...]
Why I won’t go to my son’s carol concert
Posted in Parenting, tagged carol concert, Malta, school concerts on 17 December 2008 | 1 Comment »
I won’t be going to my son’s Christmas concert tomorrow. Is it a crime? To all those well-meaning, school-policy-abiding parents, I guess it must be. Many a parent must have been chastised over the years by either child or spouse for not having managed to show up at the event. Meetings, overseas trips, office Xmas parties that just [...]
Why you should let children’s imagination run wild
Posted in Parenting, tagged children imagination, childs play, educational toys on 19 November 2008 | Leave a Comment »
On Christmas day last year, my then five-year-old son said he had heard Santa’s sleigh bells tinkling softly. I was bemused, but I also found it difficult to beam in to his imaginary world where Santa rides the night sky. Sadly, I doubt I spend a single minute a week imagining anything. But every day, my [...]
Ode to Autumn school term
Posted in Parenting, tagged autumn term, back to school, Malta, summer, summer school on 24 September 2008 | Leave a Comment »
My six-year-old went back to school today. It’s been three months since he last entered its portals. The summer holidays here in Malta are so interminably long that our annual vacation in Tuscany, taken right at their start in late June-early July, is so far back in the annals of time it seems like last year’s [...]
Gourmet ready foods for babies. Do we need them?
Posted in Parenting, tagged baby food, healthy baby meals, ready meals, thinking living, toddler meals on 11 June 2008 | Leave a Comment »
At first, I thought this sounded like a cool idea from a cool Swedish company. Really healthy, additive-free, organic baby foods in those nice little pop-in-the-microwave trays. I came across the concept browsing Springwise, which showcases innovative start-ups. GAPA is a Swedish company founded by two Swedish mums who obviously care about what babies, their own included, get fed [...]
