Meeting a blogger!

I met a REAL blogger today. yep a real one. One who makes money from her words, and uses the acronym RTW (Round The World , i presume). As we plan our small trip this summer to see if travelling and our girls are compatible we have offered our flat to her and her family. It was sort of a housesitting deal, but with nothing to sit. No pets, good security, nothing even worth stealing. But empty houses make no sense, like ornamental mugs, or single use white boards. So we offered it to them and they will stay and use our space when we are not. i feel good about doing this, as it just feels right, pay it forward and all that. We got free accommodation and car hire in Australia once. (Thanks Lynn Cummings wherever you are now!).

I met her for an hour and she was great. The highlight was hearing how late in life she started all these adventures, there's still plenty of time left for me to be more bold, even with two kids. But of those 60 minutes i cant help but wonder what she learnt about me, and what she will absorb about me by living in my house surrounded by all my things. Will she come to know us well?

So the plans are coming along, i am now looking for accommodation in New England but i cant quite find what i want. What i really want is a tree house in a forest, with running water and a nearby small town..... i found a yurt with the owners house near by for water- not quite the same thing.

Must get back to planning.

Happy Birthday Starbucks!!!

Starbucks is 3. I am a little sad. She was a genius for a two year old, at least for the last few weeks. Now she is a distinctly average 3 year old. Soon she will be 5 and at school and those kinds of children seem pretty boring to me. No offence if you are 5 and managing to read this.

 Trouser wearing is optional in our home....

 So is t-shirts (this theme has prompted a 'you must wear pants at the dinner table' rule)

 monkeying around

 Sitting as close to her birthday bike as possible throughout breakfast

 Enjoying her birthday song. Mr Tumble inspired cake

It even had spots inside. Get In, This is one way i can show my kids i love them!