Spring fever

On Monday we had hail and, in parts, snow. on Tuesday, grim coldness again. On Wednesday it was a gorgeous 70 degrees, and it’s been climbing since. I don’t mean to sound like a scene from the Sound of Music or anything, but I adore this team of year in Tucson. The smell of orange [...]

Why I will never be a “soccer mom”

A little rant.. if you’ll indulge me. My issue is this: the everyone’s-a-winner attitude some – in fact, a lot of – parents have with their kids. I can’t work out if it’s just a North American thing (I haven’t parented anywhere else, so it’s hard to know). I do suspect that in my native Britain [...]

Tween or no?

Sweetpea never fails to keep me on my toes. One minute she’s Tween Girl, all about the shopping and the iPod and the texting back and forth to pals with a ‘ya’ and a thousand ‘OMGs’. Next she’s back to being a little kid again. But then I suppose that’s the definition of Tween: in between kid and teen. So it’s been during our trip to [...]

Crazy, hazy, smoky days

Am I allowed to be so decadent? Only back from NYC 10 days and I’m off again… this time with Sweetpea. I’m on a promise, you see. Promised her a long time ago that I would take her to see some Broadway shows. So I and the lil’ wannabe actress will hit the theatres (and shops) [...]

I ‘heart’ New York (and just about any city)

With such frenzy on the home front, and me running the risk of crashing the car if I didn’t get a decent night’s sleep, there was nothing for it but to escape. Thank you to my parents for that. Their presence meant childcare and doggy-walking were covered whilst Hubby and I hopped a flight (actually, [...]