Elisabeth has had a bit of a difficult weekend, she has been very emotional and very clingy. My husband had a couple of late nights at work last week and Elisabeth really struggles when she doesn’t see him in the evenings. This weekend he was busy in our back garden, he is laying a big […]
As I mentioned in my last post (The week at Newman Towers) we started potty training Elisabeth last Wednesday and I am proud to say she is doing really well. On Sunday she really started getting the hang of it and told us when she needed to go, sometimes she was on time and sometimes […]
It’s been an eventful week at Newman Towers. Last weekend was our 8th wedding anniversary – I don’t feel old enough to have been married for 8 years! We didn’t go out and celebrate, Elisabeth stayed over at nanny and grampy and we had chinese takeaway and beer on the sofa watching Saturday night tv. […]
Elisabeth: “Where are my nipples mummy?” Me:”Excuse me?” Elisabeth:”Where are my nipples mummy?” If I find out who is to blame for this they will be in serious trouble This Tuesday Elisabeth didn’t really want to go to the child minder, she was tired and wanted to stay home with mummy or daddy. But when […]
Today, after 33 years on the Dutch throne, Queen Beatrix has stepped down. For 123 years Holland has had a Queen, but now we have a King again. I have never been particularly interested in the Royal Family, but I like Queen B. She is an amazingly strong woman and has done the country proud. […]
Sometimes I forget that my body is just not capable of doing certain things. Sometimes I forget that I was the girl who could only stop running by falling over. Sometimes I forget that I was the girl who had no balance whatsoever. Sometimes I forget I was the girl who had to practice for days be […]
Today my blog is one year old, happy 1st birthday ‘being mummy’! And coincidentally this is my 100th post, 100 posts in one year doesn’t sound too bad at all I don’t think. When I started this blog my main aim was to get back into writing on a regular basis, given the 100 posts […]
