Georgie is at that awesome stage where he can count and even read words. I almost cried a couple of weeks ago when he read a short sentence to me. One of the top moments of my life. Hands down.
One thing I do often, especially when I need to keep him distracted for a while, is write down simple additions and subtractions for him to do. So far he really enjoys this little activity and I love watching and listening to him count with his fingers.
With the new year comes a new and different Parent Hood. Seeing as lately I kept steering off course and adding stuff that had little or nothing to do with parenting, I thought it better to just embrace the change and go with the flow.
So I give you Stuff. Yes, that’s it. Stuff. Every week I will bring to you stuff I have found, read, seen, liked. Stuff that has made an impression on me and I think you might appreciate looking at over the weekend.
During the first stages of my pregnancy, family members -who are always the first to know- couldn’t keep mum about their desire for a girl. As for me? Did I have a preference? I would lie if I said I didn’t. There was a secret preference for a boy. I absolutely love being a mother to a boy and sort of wanted to keep to what I know and am good at.
One of the first things I noticed about Georgie when he first started school last year was his hesitation in telling me how his day was. I realised things had gone from bad to worse when the other day after an afternoon lesson he huffed and puffed and finally said: I don’t have to tell you everything! Let’s skip that in ten years a remark like that will probably scar me for life and go straight to the fact that it was obvious I was asking the wrong question.
Almost two years ago, while I was researching our Christmas trip to Paris, which never happened in December but in April instead, I discovered something that changed my life.
How to make proper hot chocolate. The French way. You see, there’s something special about this picture: curling up on the sofa with the warmth of the fireplace on your cheeks sipping on a mug of hot chocolate. But in order for this picture to be perfect you need this secret ingredient. Believe me.