My family and I, as a lot of expats do in Dubai, rent our home. Which means working with what we’ve got in terms of fixtures, fittings and decor. Interior Arabian decor tends to be dark woods and marble which is a tad different to what we’ve been used to back home. Lately, I’ve been […]
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This Summer my family and I took ourselves to Phuket in Thailand for a 15 day break from the Desert that is Dubai. The far-east has always been on or to-do list and Phuket seemed like a great choice as it’s a 6.5 hour direct flight from Dubai. We took a chance and went in […]
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I’m loving this combination on my daughter Lola. Such simple, inexpensive pieces but when teamed together look so cool. I K N O W A G I R L , S H E P U T S T H E C O L O U R I N S I D E O F M […]
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From palm trees and pineapples to turquoise waters and golden sand. It’s the time of year many of us get away on sun drenched holidays for good old r&r . Apart from insurance, one thing most of us do to protect ourselves is pack the sunscreen. Nobody wants sunburn, it’s painful and the effects are […]
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So my family and I are off on holiday in July to Thailand. We decided after a whole hot summer in Dubai last year and me being heavily pregnant that we were due a break somewhere that was completely new to us. The annual homage back to the UK has been postponed. We’ve made the […]
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Dear Lola and Francesca, My sweet girls. Before you, I could only imagine what life would be like having children. I would try to think what you would look like. Would you have my nose or Daddy’s? Would you have blue or green eyes? When the both of you were born you were […]
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Think gorgeous turtles, amazing milk shakes and a gorgeous view of the beach and the Burj Al Arab. This is a must on a family to do list in Dubai, wether on holiday or as residents. We took ourselves to Black tap craft burgers & shakes at the Jumeirah Al Naseem hotel on a Friday […]
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Through many conversations with other mums, family members and social interaction, there seems be a predominant idea about what the right age gap should be between children. That is have them close together i.e. 1 or 2 years apart and get all the early hard work out of the way at once. From the time […]
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I’m not going to preach to you about why you should breastfeed your baby over formula feeding. I’ve had two children, as much as I wanted to enjoy breastfeeding with my first baby, after two months it simply didn’t work out. We moved her onto formula feeding and she grew into a perfectly healthy little […]
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