Author: Oana

Romanian soup and tips for your fussy eaters

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The weather has turned bad on us. Hey, it’s October, right,  so it has every right to do so(pun intended)! In our household October equals excitement on various levels. For one thing, daddy bear starts to feel a bit better concerning the weather and starts to enjoy things more. He suffers from what I call seasonal and locational melancholy from May until the end of September: he misses his home country, the sunshine and the warmth and only recovers from mourning for it once the weather turns cooler there as well… Emma starts getting excited come September about a couple of things: the imminent(for her!) birthday celebrations in November and Halloween. Of course, the older she gets, the more she understands and wants to participate in Halloween as a dress-up, have-fun celebration and she gets truly excited at the thought of witch lollipops( yes, Mothercare do them!), chocolate pumpkin treats(Home Bargains, 67p per bag of 20) and not-so-scary lanterns in the house. As for me, it’s comfort food cooking season! This year, the pumpkin craze …

Barny Little Adventure Challenge Review

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We have been privileged and were given the chance to review the new Barny bear-shaped sponge snacks last week. Not only that but because we were among the first 50 mummy bloggers to sign up for the Adventure Challenge(I guess all that early morning email checking pays off!), Emma received a Discovery Explore Bug Barn that took us on wonderful adventures this weekend! Many thanks, BritMums and Barny! With a small girl who has a VERY sweet tooth I am always on the lookout for snacks that are filling, nutritious but not necessarily unhealthy. I dose the treats carefully throughout the day, encouraging her to eat loads of fruit alongside/instead of sweet snacks and chocolate. The Barny snack meets my mummy criteria for a treat as it has 118 calories per serving and is enough to meet Emma’s daily sugar cravings(meaning she gets one of these little yummies a day and no more :-). The Barny snack definitely meets my little one’s criteria and she has already a preference for the “one with the chocolate …

Little girl update

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Last night as I was putting Emma to bed I had this revelation: these girly moments will not be common occurrence from January since the new baby’s arrival is due to disturb our soothing night routines(and not only…). I felt a twinge of regret for my little girl as I know she will experience a wide (and probably wild!) range of emotions with the arrival of her baby brother. I felt empathy as she was lying down, half asleep and content by my side and for a moment saw the world through her little girl’s eyes; I promised myself I will do my very best to prevent her initial feelings of confusion, loneliness and fear. I vowed to myself not to push her aside and tell her what we usually say to older children in these circumstances: “be patient”, “you’re older, just wait for your turn”, “he is younger, just let him have the toy”…etc. And then, I had an idea: yes, I have been posting photos of the bump on my Facebook page and …

Top 25 European Moms Blog Nomination

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Hi guys, Hope I will not startle you with a second post for tonight but I need your help! Circle of Moms is trying to identify their annual top 25 European blogs and nomination and voting are open until October the 4th. Since I meet the criteria( blogging mum, living in Europe) I decided to give it a go this year. In order to make into the top 25 I will need your votes. All you need to do is click on the newly added Circle of Moms badge below , look for my blog (at the moment I am at position 27)  and click vote! It shouldn’t take you more than one minute to do it. Many thanks, every vote means the world to me!