I have to admit that most of my adult life I have hated Christmas. It always felt like the world was rubbing my nose in the fact that I was single. I didn’t get married until I was I was 35, so I spent many years watching everyone else have “family fun” or telling me [...]
Posts Tagged ‘children’
Its Mimiss time.
Posted in Thoughts, Uk, children, family, home, older mother, parenting, tagged children, Christmas, holiday, Thoughts on December 21, 2008 | 1 Comment »
The joy and sorrow of a balloon aka a day of 3 firsts.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged 1st experiences, balloons, children, family, fast food, hunger, Mcdonalds, Thoughts on July 22, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Preface: My son has had balloons before. He has had helium balloons as well but he was to young and to uninterested so its been a while, say 6 months since he had one. I don’t think he remembers them in person but knows of them because of seeing them on TV shows.
My husband asked [...]
British Summer Day- Playground at the Farm.
Posted in American abroad, England, Thoughts, Uk, american, children, expat, family, living abroad, older mother, parenting, tagged American abroad, children, England, expat, farm, hugging, kids, playgrounds, Summer, Uk on July 16, 2008 | 5 Comments »
Out of shear boredom I took my son to the farm again. The one with the big play area for the kids. He loves it. He has really come along in the last 6 months. 6 months ago he would of clung to me screaming. Now he runs and jumps and only screams if I [...]
Parent spots – Please do not park there.
Posted in England, Thoughts, Uk, children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, tagged auto, car, car safetly, childhoon, children, driving, family, infant, motherhood, parent spots, parenting, parking, safety, Thoughts, toddler, Uk on July 15, 2008 | 1 Comment »
One of the things I think is fantastic here in the UK is parent/child parking spots in car parks. Its something I had only seen once in the states in a brand newly built mall. These spots do not have to be in front of the store as parents are not handicapped, but they are [...]
How did it happen?
Posted in England, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged children, motherhood, parenting, photography on July 10, 2008 | Leave a Comment »
Who would of thought that I would have a child who doesn’t like having his photo taken. I love photography. I always thought I would have massive portraits of any child I ever had. I did portraits, children portraits, and glamour portraits for a living when I was younger. Sadly, no. I have more pictures [...]
So proud of my little man
Posted in England, Starbucks., Uk, children, family, older mother, parenting, tagged British, cafe, children, Starbucks., Summer on July 3, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Today I took my son to the local farm. At this farm they have a playground, cafe, shop and a bunch of farm animals. My son loves the playground. Because he is still young we can only go when the kids are in school so that he isn’t run down. He just is still to [...]
Children Not Welcome
Posted in children, expat, family, older mother, parenting, spain, tagged cafe culture, children, coffee, family, mother, parenthood, Starbucks. on April 1, 2008 | 1 Comment »
I was looking at the Mystarbucks site and I was struck, once again, how so many people have such a low view of children. A lot of comments along the lines of ” There is a place for mothers to get coffee with their children, its called McDonald’s” leave me frustrated, pissed off, and confused. [...]
