Baby names!
I remember my husband and I really struggled when it came to naming our babies. I suppose Samuel was the easiest and least controversial. There are certain American names that you NEVER hear of over here. And there were lots of names I had never of heard of before or thought were not very popular, […]
Tanith Carey and Anita Naik
I just ordered some fantastic books by two British mothers and writers. Very excited! I’ve been meaning to get this book for a while now and i’m so looking forward to reading it. My daughter is 8 and already acts like a teenager sometimes – everything is a drama!! It’s very different parenting boys – my […]
Expat women, Expat-blog, Twitter and ….. CHER
Since starting Bringing Up Brits blog, I have come across some great resources for expats in the UK and actually – for expats all over the world. Some I discovered when I was writing Bringing Up Brits and others I’ve found more recently. I will tell you about a few. Expat women. This is a beautiful […]
Stephen Fry is on my wavelength
“Our attachment to our language is about emotion, not about intellect. Our identity is all about feelings” -Stephen Fry on Planet Word On the BBC program Planet Word, Stephen Fry argues that the way we speak defines us above all – be it a national language, a regional dialect or even class variation. The program […]
The Gruffalo meets Goodnight Moon
I and my family absolutely love children’s books – our house is full to bursting with the likes of Judith Kerr, John Burningham, Enid Blyton, Roald Dahl and C.S Lewis. And we wouldn’t be truly alive if we didn’t ritually read and recite The Gruffalo, The Tiger who Came to Tea, Albie and the Space […]
The great British heatwave
It’s way hot for October in England. Amazing actually and I’m trying to make the most of it with my family. 27 C which is 80 degrees fahrenheit which is hot for England…. in August. I love that although the weather is historically predictable here, it really never actually is predictable! Who would have thought […]
Why is making mum friends so hard?
My thoughtful and very smart brother, who lives in South Carolina, sent me a link to a blog post called “Why is making mommy friends so hard?” I read this and thought this lady had mistakenly turned into me when she was writing her post! I had felt her same paranoia, felt her desperation, her misunderstanding, and […]
“Are you from The Philippines?”
On my way to taking my toddler to pre-school, a man stopped me and asked me, “Are you from The Philippines?”. I smiled and said no and he said Ok, sorry. This is not the first time, or the last I’m sure, that strangers have stopped me and asked me this, although usually it is “Are […]
Flag recognition
My 8 year old daughter asked me what the British flag looked like – this surprised me. Over the last year or so with the Royal wedding and all, i thought the British flag was seen in alot of places – in schools, on tv, in magazines, on cars and perhaps other places too. She […]
Nurturing cross-cultural kids
For those looking for American food products in England, this post is for you. My children love it when we get a delivery of American food. Unfortunately because of the escalated prices and high delivery fees, I only order these indulgences (in the States they would be staples!) once or twice a year. The children […]
Racist or rude?
I was shocked and saddened by something i saw at the Worthing library. I had gone in with kids in tow to see if they had a magazine my eldest was supposed to read before his bikeability course. Whilst i was enquiring at the desk, i overheard a conversation taking place a few feet away […]
The English pub meal experience
Last night we went for a pub meal in a village. We were meeting up with some of my husband’s family who live in the Midlands but were here for Goodwood. And also my sister in law’s husband and one of their sons who live in Lewes came too. My sister in law was away […]