So. Joanna did not work out. At least, I THINK Joanna did not work out. I am not totally sure, since she sent Piotr an sms at 7:35 yesterday morning saying she would not be here at 8:00 (sick daughter, 39 degree temperature, in hospital, oh by the way, I am in a city 300 [...]
So. The big news a couple of weeks ago was: Ewa quit. Yes, Alex’s nanny, the one who bought his great hats and who was funny and sweet and who Alex loved loved LOVED. She quit.
Oh, she had her reasons – good ones, too! – and they involve everything from a better job (actually in [...]
Ooooh. I just read this great article on BBC News online. Admire and ooh and aah at the original use of healthy food, and then visit Smita Srivastava’s blog, called Little Food Junction. Moms with fussy little eaters will find true inspiration!
And here’s a site I found just by chance: Mila’s Daydreams. Mila’s Mom, Adele [...]
Huh. So you all remember how Max was so cool about the great green ghost? Telling me ‘it’s not real’ and ‘it can’t get in to the house’ and ‘can’t hurt us’? Well, yeah. It seems that this rule does not apply to the witch in ‘Hansel and Gretel’.
Yesterday, Max watched an animated version [...]
So, it’s 9:45 at night here in Warsaw – greetings, y’all! – and guess what I have just finished doing?
This.
Tomorrow afternoon, Max’s playschool is putting on a performance to celebrate the last ‘official’ day of the school year (a bit ridiculous, seeing as 100% of the kids will be back on Friday, but you [...]
I must admit that for about a year, I have felt a teensy bit of anxiety about Max watching TV and DVDs. I mean, I feel on some deep level, way way down in my gut, that sitting on their butts and watching moving pictures is not the most stimulating or challenging way for kids [...]
Now here’s something that I’ve been thinking about for awhile, usually when I come across articles like this, this, this, this and this.
Let me get something out of the way from the get-go: I totally, fully, completely, 100%, without reservation or qualification, support women breastfeeding babies in public. Let me also say this: I had [...]
It seems that I have never done things the easy way – in fact, the more difficult something is even in its simplest form, the greater the likelihood that I will take it on and then complicate it to all hell. Some people call this kind of personal trait ‘the Path to Enlightenment”, others call [...]
