Yesterday I overheard a conversation in the coffee queue, where two women were chatting about a mutual friend. ‘All she ever posts is photos of her baby,’ said one, crinkling her nose in mock disgust. ‘It’s so bloody boring’. The other rolled her eyes as she counted her change. ‘I know – NOBODY CARES, right?!’ […]
Archives for February 2016
Family: Why My Daughter Is Wearing A Blue Snowsuit
1. It’s cold. 2. It’s a nice snowsuit. 3. The end*. * A response to the mum in the park who asked why my daughter was wearing a blue snowsuit, rather than a pink one. To whom I spent a couple of confused minutes apologetically explaining that it used to be her older brother’s […]
Family: An Ode To Boden’s Dinosaur Dress For Girls
I’m a little bit in love with this dress. It’s taken a while for the big-name brands to embrace the whole dinosaurs-for-girls thing, but they’ve finally cottoned on (duh) and started introducing more options that were previously only available in the boys’ section. Top of my wish-list is Boden’s Florasaurus smock dress, above. It’s been […]
Family: 5 Super Bowls You Don’t Have To Stay Up Late For
It’s the Super Bowl tomorrow night (see what I did there?). My other half has been known to stay up into the small hours watching the biggest NFL game of the year, which kicks off at 11.30pm on BBC Two. Me? I’d rather be asleep – American Football (or sport, for that matter) has never […]
Giveaway: Win A Family Ticket To See Peppa Pig Live
Photographs © Dan Tsantilis. We’ve got a lot of love for Peppa Pig in this house. The littlest is verging on obsessed – Peppa was her first ‘proper’ word (aside from mama and dada), and it’s the first thing she says every morning, remote-control in hand, waiting for me to switch on the TV. Peppa […]