Last year I had an idea that I’d like to read Jostein Gaarder’s The Christmas Mystery to the children. At the time, I read it myself, but decided to hold off reading it to the kids. The Christmas Mystery is a charming little story, told through an advent calendar, of a girl (Elisabet) who chases [...]
Up until recently there was very little differentiation in our home between the toys Rachel played with, and the toys that Jake chose. If Rachel wanted to play with Barbies or My Little Ponies, then Jake was happy to join in. But in the last few weeks our wee boy has started to emerge. It [...]
I love our local library. Its a fun, educational place to take the kids….and even better its free!? We got Jake his first library card when he was only two months old and Rachel was just turned two and ever since we have been regular visitors.? Our local library is very small, but the librarian [...]
