by Hannah | Oct 26, 2017 | Books & Reading, From Hannah, Kids and Parenting
Okay folks, I can admit when I need help. And here I am, asking for it. As you know, I am a parent who happens to really, really, really dig kids books. Recently I started reading “The Secret Garden” by Frances Hodgson Burnett to my two...
by Ria Voros | Dec 1, 2016 | From Ria, Kids and Parenting, Travel
Getting away…from the kids. It’s been a long time coming for DH and I. Which is kind of unbelieveable because we’re the sort of people who jump at the chance to go off and enjoy ourselves, even if it means leaving the little ones at home. And yet. I...
by Hannah | Aug 24, 2016 | From Hannah, Kids and Parenting
I recently had my birthday. It was really lovely, thank you for asking. But now, it’s unescapable, I am officially neck-deep in my late thirties. My mid-thirties have vanished, the late thirties are here; and they see me living a life that is quite different...
by Hannah | Mar 9, 2016 | From Hannah, How She (or he) Does It, Kids and Parenting, Writing
Julia Batchelor-Smith and I have known each other for a long time. We went to the same primary school. My enduring memory is of a magnificent cake her Mum made for one of her birthday parties – an upright lolly shop (made of sponge cake), filled with dozens of...
by Hannah | Oct 7, 2015 | From Hannah, Kids and Parenting
I have a problem. My problem is that I cannot stop calling my daughters “beautiful”. I know I am not supposed to. I know that there is too high a value placed on beauty, especially for women. I know that the pursuit of beauty wrecks havoc on our...
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