Twin politics…
The winter months bring a lot of rain to Brussels. This means I get soaked a lot because waiting for the rain to stop and […]
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The Styrofoam incident…
So last Sunday morning we were quite tired after having some friends over for an end of the year-party. But as anyone with children knows, […]
Sleeping together -twins
One of the questions that is asked most amongst twin mothers is: do you let your twins sleep together? For me it was clear even […]
Shoe presents
Sinterklaas has come and gone. The boys were quite impressed, especially with the recurrence of getting presents. They also were lucky enough to meet Sinterklaas […]
Parent hacks for the kitchen: my best helpers
Shops sell many gadgets that are supposed to make a mothers ‘life easier. In hindsight many women admit that a lot of those gadgets were […]
Toddler talk…
Our boys talk a lot. They speak quite well and have opinions about everything. Still, the fact that they can speak so well does not […]
No, thank you
So we are trying to teach the boys about politeness. We try to explain that “Mommy, bring my teddy’ and ‘Mommy, give me a cookie’ […]
A strange Monday morning
I had the most interesting experience yesterday morning. It was the first day of school after the holidays and something very strange happened. The boys […]
Back from holiday – elbow pains…
I apologise for the silence here. There was a school holiday in Belgium and we took the boys to a holiday park last week. We […]
Hidden fruit
Autumn brings the best winter fruit: mandarin oranges. The boys love them and quickly learned to peel them themselves. If they don’t want to eat […]