Mom Alert!

My son Piet (6) has set his sights on a waveboard, which is a bit like a skateboard, only much more difficult. We'll rent one first 'We'll go and rent one first,' I told him 'cause I'm frugal that way. 'But it's probably not for rent mommy,' Piet whined. 'Well that would be your bad...

My twelve year old son Ot  is working hard at school. That has not always been his way. In fact, all parent-teacher conversations went along the line: 'He just doesn't seem to care.' But he has decided he wants to become a Game Designer, and that seems to have lit a fire under him! But...

Moving house is a process. A process in which you have to let go of the old, and embrace the new. Because I felt it was important the kids were aware of this process, I felt it was my maternal duty to remind them about our upcoming move. Repetitively. So when I served them macaroni...

When your children take the next step to adulthood, as a mom you have to take a step forwards too. But that's often easier said than done. When my oldest son was sixteen I started a new school. Which meant he had to ride his bike for 40 minutes to the nearest train station, and...

Now that the kids are home áll the time during Summer Vacation my life has become utter bliss. I've fallen in love with my children all over again. We spend all our time together playing games of Monopoly, and not ónce do we fight about who gets to use the piece of the little doggy...