Month: December 2015

Arthur is 30 months old

As is becoming the normal for me these days, this post is a little late!   At least this month I’ve had Christmas as an excuse!  So anyway, Arthur is 30 months old,  2.5 years.  Crazy. For most of this month, we’ve had Mark home 

Freddie is 4 months old

Argh, I am over a week late with this….I suck!   Freddie is 4 months old.   His eyes are still very very blue, they are beautiful.  Sometimes they appear darker blue and sometimes rather light, Arthur’s were really dark brown already by this point, 

Potty training at 2: our story and tips

We started potty training Arthur when he was 23 months old.  It wasn’t really planned but Arthur had been going without a nappy for a couple days around the house.  He’d been poorly and a rash had accompanied it so he didn’t want anything on 

My Expat Family 17

Hello and welcome to My Expat Family 17 the seventeenth ‘My Expat Family’ blog link up. the end of another year!  Thanks to everyone who continues to support the link up its been so great getting to know you all and your blogs!  I hope 

island Christmas decorating

We were so excited about decorating for Christmas this year.  Last year we went away to Sri Lanka and the year before that Arthur was only 6 months old so we didn’t really go all out. So, we have a lovely little artificial tree and 

How to have fun holidaying as a family

Preparing for your next holiday is not an easy task, particularly if it’s a family holiday. As a parent, I can just very well leave the kids at home and jump on a plane. They need to come with me. It needs to be a 

Day out on a catamaran

I’ve written before about how one of the definite highlights of expat life in the Seychelles is getting to go on boat trips! Well we recently got to indulge in just that. It’s been a little while since we’ve done a boat trip.  The longest