by Clarissa | Sep 3, 2018 | family, personal |
My daughter has a favourite dress. It’s purple and frilly and great for wearing to parties, weddings etc. But she wants to wear it all the time. She’ll go to the playarea in it, or poke around the garden, and of course wear it to school. In fact...
by Clarissa | Aug 13, 2018 | family
For Christmas 2016 I was given a Dutch 5 year diary, but rather than just having the spaces to write in it had a question for every day. The idea being that every day of the year you answered that question, and then at the end of five years you can see how much...
by Clarissa | Aug 6, 2018 | family, personal |
My biggest childhood regret is that I never learned how to cartwheel properly. My legs never go straight over me and I end up in a heap at the end, as I don’t land on my feet again. Not that I’ve tried in years. Why didn’t I learn to cartwheel? Lots...
by Clarissa | Aug 2, 2018 | family |
This summer I want to try and do the activities that the children want to do – let them lead in choosing, and executing what we do each day. Or at least as much as I can. I have ideas, but I’m going to try not to push those. Ideally we want to have a mix...
by Clarissa | Jul 30, 2018 | dutch life, family |
The Dutch have a great system where you can buy an annual subscription, and then visit pretty much all the museums in the country for free. This is a museum card, and it is personalised, so has your name and the adult cards have your photo on too. Children’s...
by Clarissa | Jul 26, 2018 | dutch life, family |
What I hadn’t thought about when learning a new language was that it’s not only the words that are different. The sounds that things make are different too. For example in Dutch cows say “boo” and cockerels crow “kukuleku”. And...
