Considerations when choosing a travel crib The first question to ask yourself is: When will you use it? Is it intended for weekly stay-overs at grandma’s? Or as a secondary cot downstairs for nap-times? For road trips with nightly stopovers or for a one-off trip overseas? Or perhaps as baby’s main cot with the option…
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Review: Deuter Kid Comfort III child carrier
Specially designed for hiking, this super safe padded child carrier with a 5 point harness seat is as comfortable for you as it is for your baby Hello again! I haven’t posted in a while, mostly because we’ve been out and about in the mountains with the kids most weekends thanks to the newest member…
20 presents new parents REALLY want
Original gift ideas for parents of newborns Do you know what the No. 1 gift for new parents is? Yes it’s baby clothes. Specifically newborn clothes. Because all babies wear clothes right? And once you walk in to a store, it’s impossible to resist those tiny little outfits. But the truth is most of those…
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Foam party at Cómpeta Feria
It’s still hot hot hot!!! and the children (as mentioned in my last post) are still glued to the pool… but we did manage to drag them away last weekend for the annual foam party in Cómpeta. We’re all big kids in our house and we love a good fiesta de espuma. At this time…
LAZY DAYS BY THE LAKE
at Bermejales in Granada province
My last post was about hidden gems in Andalucia and since we have discovered another one! Credit goes to our friend Charlotte who found this place last summer and has been begging us to go ever since. We have waited until now to see if she was exaggerating and it turns out she wasn’t one…
NOT SO FARAWAY GREEN HILLS
A Sunday drive to Sedella’s lush meadows
I’ve been wanting to go here for ages. That’s a view from our house. Known locally as “the meadows” it’s where the bare white rock meets the green on the upper eastern slopes of La Maroma. In winter when the mountain is snowcapped the snowline extends just beyond this area and the locals drive up…
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Trick or treating in Sedella
Less than ten years ago Halloween wasn’t even heard of, never mind celebrated, in our village but with the constant influx of foreigners eventually it filtered in. Typically, the Spanish grabbed it by both horns and now it’s a huge event, for the children mostly but for anyone young of heart.