Tag: expat life

Knocked up abroad

Back in June of last year I received an email in my inbox from Lisa Ferland.  It was an invitation to contribute towards a book.  The book was to be called Knocked Up Abroad and it was stories of pregnancy, birthing and raising a family 

A peek at our new house!

Mark has been made head teacher (proud wife alert!)  The current headteacher is retiring at the end of this term and Mark will be taking over from then! As part of his new job we got to move to a new house.  It feels like 

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 

A new family walk

Since Koopa got introduced to the beach on his first walk we’ve been loving taking him there! It’s becoming a real special time for us all. We jumped in the car one day last week and drove down the road to a beach near to 

When it rains…

When you picture the Seychelles, I imagine you probably think of something like this Well, it’s not always like that of course!!  We get some pretty spectacular rain here. Generally I love it when it rains here.  However, since August we have had SO much 

Freddie’s first swim

This is a little late in coming, but here is a little about Freddie’s first swim!  We took Arthur swimming for the first time when he was 6 weeks old, so Freddie followed in his big brothers footsteps and went at 6 weeks too!! Of 

Koopa

Meet Koopa!! Yep, our family has increased again!  Koopa, as in Koopa Troopa from Super Mario (I know, we are pretty cool!) is our newest arrival! You might think we are insane for getting a puppy as well as having a 2 month old baby