Julie's Boggle

Jonathan (20m) having the best time ever on a bouncy castle at a toddler gym yesterday morning.

In just 6 days time – yikes! – we are travelling to Australia for a three-week holiday.
It all seemed such a good idea at the time, but on reflection, it’s easy to gloss over certain things (like the prospect of having a little one sharing your seat for a 24 hour flight) when they’re still [...]

After three months leave and one week’s unemployment, Tom re-joined the workforce on Monday.  That in itself is worth celebrating because the job market has been exceptionally dry lately and he hadn’t had many bites in those three months. :party:
However, it wasn’t without a pang of regret that I bade farewell to the comfortable routine [...]

Many years ago in South Africa, we met the idea of an espresso machine and milk frother when visiting someone with a rather posh kitchen. The concept of coffee prepared especially under high pressure sounded so marvellous that we bought ourselves a machine, but really had no idea how to use it. After [...]

One of 19-month-old Jonathan’s current amusements is playing in the shower.  Where he delights himself by closing himself inside, and shows absolutely no concern for the fact that he cannot actually open the door again for himself!

A curious thing that one tends to hear when you live in London, is people saying “it doesn’t snow in London any more”.  And having lived here through 7 winters, I have to say that this comment is patently false.  Admittedly, we’re not talking New-York-size snow drifts or the Thames being frozen over, but with [...]

One of the aspects I find most rewarding about having Jon around, is watching how delighted he is by some of the very ordinary things in life.
Top 10 things that especially please him at the moment, in no particular order, are:

Switching on / off any light at our request
Climbing up onto any surface for the [...]