Coffee Break Chat: Hair-raising

A few weeks back I wrote about Independence Hair. Our way of giving the children some say over their own lives when so much of it is out of their control. Such a great idea, we thought, we patted ourselves on the back for our great parenting method. We had no problems with Buddy and then Cuddles kept talking about a rat's tail and Mummy just wasn't so sure about that...

Buddy's hair grows fast, as does Silver Fox's, so this week they went for a trim. Silver Fox handed over Buddy to the hairdresser and then took a seat on the other side of the room for his own haircut.

When in doubt...

Some years ago, I was invited to dinner at a young colleagues house. The newly wed couple politely asked if there was any food I did not like, I said I loved everything except fish, which has unfortunate consequences.

Funny Fish
AKA
Seared Tuna

On sitting down to dinner, my hosts presented our meal...fish.

Bits from pretty bloggers....

How pretty is this? A friend made it, she claims it is messy...I think it's pretty and I want to eat it. Chocolate and pretty things? Hello?

Cute Chocolate Tart
12 Seasons of Japan Blog

My friend lives in Japan and writes about the beautiful, delicious foods and specialties of her adopted country. She takes wonderful photographs of the gorgeous packaging, displays and the foods themselves. Her blogs are a visual feast. 

Parenthood Confessions: Mad Mom

   "The first few months were hard, I was angry a lot. Angry and frustrated. As soon as my husband walked through the door I would take it out on him." My friend looked at me, her appeal for understanding was mute, obvious only in her anxious expression. In the first year of her baby's life she had discovered something we rarely talk about outside the Parenthood inner circle.

Coffee Break Chat: Juggling

Yesterday I was driving the children to their swimming lessons, as always we were running a little late.

I was focused on driving the car and thinking about a scene I was writing and what I needed to pick up for Cuddles birthday and Buddy's school project which is almost due and the fact I had to clean the whole house before Sunday and did I remember the swim bag (have left it at home before), so I was in a zone.