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When is a child not a child?

July 5, 2016 By Ellen

When he’s a teenager. We’re still here enjoying the Maltese sunshine for the last couple of days before that bitter-sweet return home. The comfort of familiarity tempered by the shadows of the boring old grown up stuff that starts looming again. We’ve visited several of the fabulous attractions here – no complaints at all. Not […]

Filed Under: family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, children, in my life, on my mind, parenting, Something happened in my life

Two easy your recipes your kids will love

July 5, 2016 By Ellen

Wouldn’t it be great if we could just get the kids to come to the table and enjoy their food? There’s always something that’s not right. They either want to play on their games consoles. Or they don’t like carrots. Or they don’t want to eat with their big sister. Having kids is tough. But […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: food

Gozo: things we’ve learned so far

June 30, 2016 By Ellen

What a lovely place this is – so quite and far from all that Brexitery. Wonderful. It has taken a few days to shake myself free of the holiday torpor. I’d embraced inactivity with such gusto, I was starting to get concerned that my ability to do anything briskly had vanished totally. While not exactly […]

Filed Under: boys, family, other things I have learned, review, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: boys, family, in my life, My Life, summer, things I've learned, travel

Considerations for home decor: two of the most important things to think about

June 30, 2016 By Ellen

When you think about interior design, the colour of the home can have such an impact. Quite often we just go with that we like, but do we ever stop to think about the effect that the colour can have on us? Certain colours can lighten our mood, and others can dampen our mood. I […]

Filed Under: review Tagged With: decor

Game of the gastropods and other matters

June 20, 2016 By Ellen

We have been beset by first world problem at the Palace of Bundance lately, most significantly the fact that a certain football match coincided with the Battle of the Bastards. For the uninitiated, that’s the penultimate episode of Game of Thrones for this series and is a Big Deal. So much so that Boy Three […]

Filed Under: boys, family, things I learned from my children today Tagged With: children, crisps, football, Game of Thrones, humour, in my life, in the world, snails

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