by Clarissa | Mar 11, 2018 | dutch life, family
Last week was a football tournament between a number of local schools. In about November rocket boy came home from school with a letter asking if he wanted to sign up for this. But it didn’t really explain how it worked or when it would be. I guess they assumed...
by Clarissa | Mar 9, 2018 | dutch life, personal, writing
My post on doing the NT2 exams is now published on the Amsterdam Mamas website.
by Clarissa | Mar 9, 2018 | dutch life, family
When rocket boy first started school I wondered why there were a series of small depressions across the school playground, along the edge of the buildings. The answer is that they’re for playing marbles (or knikkers in Dutch – I couldn’t resist the...
by Clarissa | Mar 5, 2018 | personal
For the last month I’ve been receiving daily emails about living a creative life, These were organised by Meghan Genge and Jamie Ridler and they called this series “Love Leters from Trail Makers”. This was 32 messages from different women who work in...
by Clarissa | Mar 2, 2018 | dutch life, family |
Rocket boy is now starting to learn how to do joined-up writing. He’s so excited about it, and does the hooks and flicks on the top and bottom of each letter with such care. I have to be careful not to tell him the right way to do it, as I know that not all the...
by Clarissa | Feb 26, 2018 | personal |
In the middle of last year I decided that I really had to do something about my hair. It was getting really dry and frizzy and I never bothered to do very much with it. I realised that I had never really learnt about how to look after it. Wash, condition and go was my...
by Clarissa | Feb 23, 2018 | family, personal, writing |
I am getting more used to being home alone, and structuring my day. It’s like I’m exploring my own inner motivation. I could just sit around and read Facebook all day, though more than a day of that and I’d go crazy! I’ve found that setting out...
by Clarissa | Feb 19, 2018 | dutch life, family |
When we first planned to move here we assumed that we would swap our British car for a Dutch one. But within the first few months we realised that we didn’t actually need it. My husband commutes to work by train (or bike) and pretty much everywhere that I went...
by Clarissa | Feb 15, 2018 | dutch life, family |
Rocket boy came home from school on Tuesday with pink all round his lips. When I asked him if he’d had anything to eat or drink at school he said no. After more questions he smiled at me and told me it was a good secret and I’d find out the next day....
by Clarissa | Feb 11, 2018 | dutch life, family
This year as well as enjoying Carnaval celebrations at school we went to a parade. Carnaval is not really celebrated in the area we live in, as it’s more prevalent in the south of The Netherlands where it’s more Catholic. Because it is a celebration of the...
