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Now she is Five
… nearly six actually. Now that she is five she is at school from 9am until 4pm everyday. She has had her first solo playdate in the pueblo with a boy from school. She tells me that they fight “but not hitting”. OK, great. They mostly play Barbies.
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Glamp Lamp
Looks gorgeous, right? Butter wouldn’t melt? Wrong. She has just handed me the biggest bogie ever to have graced this house, wearing exactly this expression. Stay alert, people. And beware 5 year olds bearing gifts.
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Bella Vista
The view from Bibsey Towers
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On motherhood
All my glorious triumphs in motherhood and some minor hiccups...
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Month: July 2012

Silent Sunday

July 29, 2012 by bibsey mama 9 Comments

  #SilentSunday

Posted in: Apropos of nada Tagged: cheese grater, Monachil, olympic, Silent Sunday, torch

When the truth gets truer

July 28, 2012 by bibsey mama 12 Comments

Shortly after giving birth, sometime after the unearthly tide of profanities spewed out in the throes of agony has been stemmed, many a mother will utter words along the lines of “She is the most important thing in my life now” or “I would do anything to protect him. I would lay down my life”. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada, Family, Life, the universe etc, Motherhood Tagged: fear, love, pizza, truth

Bibsey’s 7 Word Challenge ~ I’m FINE and other killer lines from the Grumpy Woman’s Arsenal of Deadly Phrases

July 26, 2012 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

This week’s 7 Word Challenge was inspired by (plagiarism is such an ugly word don’t you think?) a ‘funny’ posted on the always amusing Mum’s Lounge Gschmacebook page entitled ‘Five deadly terms by a woman’. I have commandeered it, stretched it, twisted it and generally manipulated it for my own nefarious ends, namely the murdering … [Read more…]

Posted in: 7 Word Challenge, Expat files, Life, the universe etc, Spanish Tagged: deadly phrases, learning Spanish

Laughed ’til I cried

July 25, 2012 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

I spent an evening with a good friend recently and it ended in tears. Tears of laughter I am happy to add. I only bother to write a post about it because I cannot remember the last time that I laughed like this. And you don’t need me to tell you that it feels good. … [Read more…]

Posted in: Apropos of nada Tagged: cava, friend, laughter

Bibsey’s 7 Word Challenge ~ ¡Ya lo hagas!

July 22, 2012 by bibsey mama 4 Comments

¡Ya lo hagas! Just do it already! I have not been amazed to discover that by setting myself this weekly blogging challenge I have actually brought my blog to a near standstill. Oh dear, has my life as an expat mum in Spain become so unstructured that I cannot cope with one regular weekly task? … [Read more…]

Posted in: 7 Word Challenge, Expat files, Spanish Tagged: ¡Ya!, learning Spanish
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