Just as we were getting the girls ready for bed last night I heard my Lovely Husband yelling for me. As we had a visit to ER (A&E) with the Little One on Saturday when she bit right through the underneath of her bottom lip (luckily it’s healing nicely), I’m still feeling a bit jumpy … Continue reading »
Last month we took the girls to their first proper concert – the Lumineers at the Cynthia Woods Mitchell Pavillion in The Woodlands, just North of Houston. The venue is a great place to take children as it is outdoors, so not too loud, with a big grassy lawn for running around on but the … Continue reading »
I was looking back at photographs from our time in Houston last week and I realised that the weather this year is completely different to last year. When we arrived in January last year it rained – a lot – for the first month. Then it got hot and stayed that way until November. All … Continue reading »
I love thunderstorms. When I was younger any big storm would have me running outside to see the lightning, or running around like a mad thing in the warm rain and jumping in massive puddles. I wasn’t the only one at university who found storms exciting, luckily, so at least for three years I had … Continue reading »
We were supposed to go camping a month ago but it was cold (and forecast to get colder) and very windy, so we decided that camping with 4 small children (we were going with friends, we haven’t had 2 extra children without telling you!) in near freezing temperatures would not be sensible. Even if the … Continue reading »
I’m sitting on the sofa, half-watching the Super Bowl, which is an American Football game being played in New Orleans. It is the most watched television event of the year and lots of people get very excited about it. I don’t know much about American Football and other than watching England play football or rugby … Continue reading »
This morning I decided it was time that I started to get fit again. Living in Houston is very bad for my fitness. We drive everywhere – we even have to drive to find somewhere nice to walk or to get to the park. At home I’d walk the girls to school, walk to the … Continue reading »
Last night I went out with some friends and left the girls at home with their best friends from school and their daddy. The Big One and her friend had been planning what they were going to do all week and by 7pm when the two little girls arrived with their mum and dad, my … Continue reading »
This time last year we left our house in Reading early in the morning, when it was still dark, having said goodbye to our friends and family during the previous week. I cried all the way to the airport, at the airport and on the plane! The plane left for Houston at 10.25am on 24th … Continue reading »
It’s not until it rains here that you realise what a terrible state the Houston roads are in. Obviously you notice the 5 inch difference between different lanes on the dual carriageways and the crumbling roads where the water pipes are leaking and are never repaired but you learn to navigate these and avoid the … Continue reading »
