Blogging posts on British country, city and home life with children.
Do my kids call me Mum or Mom? I’m a mum and a mom because I’m a dual national – British and American. So are my children…they used to call me Mum, actually most of the time Mummy, until we lived in the USA for a couple of years. Then I started hearing the American […]
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The King of Space by British author and illustrator Jonny Duddle is a science fiction book for kids with a twist. Do you remember the scene in Star Wars where all sorts of strange looking aliens are drinking in a bar with Luke Skywalker? Now imagine they had children. In The King of Space a
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Are flower fairies real? Yes they are according to my young daughter and many other children of the 21st century. Especially the flower fairies painted by British illustrator Cicely Mary Barker. Ninety years after her first fairies made their appearance in the Flower Fairies of the Spring they are still flying through gardens and amongst
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When my kids were born in London, there was often confusion when I was talking with family in the US about British baby strollers. My conversations roughly went like this: “You say baby carriage, I say pram… What I need is the best pushchair for my babies…that is.. a buggy…I mean a stroller.” Baby carriages,
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Two guinea pigs, one black mynah bird and a snake come to stay when Polly sets up a holiday home for pets in The Snake who Came to Stay written by Julia Donaldson and illustrated by Hannah Shaw. The opening line is: “A snake?” said Mum. “A snake? No, you’re not looking after a snake.” The
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“Take this society” – photo credit: eddiedangerous via photopin cc Banksy’s street art is feted in Britain. If you see one – then quickly take a photo. It might be painted over by local authorities. Or even other graffiti artists. ‘Take this society’ was painted on a roundabout in west London in 2008. Within days
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