As a child of the eighties, my heart belongs to the ra-ra skirt. Now renamed for the Noughties as a ‘Ruffle Skirt’ I want this Honey, and I want it now. Teamed with wedge or flat sandals this is the perfect throw on summer skirt.
The only question that remains - can I bear to let the Munchkin’s sticky chocolate fingers near my Moschino (not so) Cheap and Chic friend ? With the Dry Cleaner’s just round the corner, hell, why not ?
A little over a year ago we were at lunch at a friends, when suddenly, from nowhere, an amplified voice started to groan and shout. To much hilarity the Munchkin had found my god-daughters Early Learning Centre piano. Within two shakes of a lambs tail she’d come over all Liberace and was tinkling the old ivories and singing (hmmm, I’m not sure we can call it that …) away like there was no tomorrow.
The minute we got home I hot fingered it to the ELC website and purchased her own, very spoilt little lady, piano, and it’s been worth every penny. While long gone is the groaning and shouting here to stay is the tuneful little voice that sings along to my piecemeal version of ‘Twinkle Twinkle’. I do miss the days of dodgy karaoke but am channelling very ounce of her musicalness into learning the piano.
Having recently been introduced to Key Skills Pianos I couldn’t help spread the word. How cute are these ?
Developed by Sharon Abbott an ex-concert pianist (retired at 13 ! See, they start em young) having spent many an hour searching high and low for a non-plastic, non-bosa nova beat piano upon which to teach her daughter the art of ivory tinkling, and she found nothing. Commissioning a carpenter and seeing a gap in the market, Key Skills Pianos was born.
In my endless pursuit of developing a well rounded Munchkin I’m dropping hints to Grandparents a go-go that there is a bean of talent there waiting to be nurtured. Of course, it could also be my chance to finally perfect Chopsticks …
The Summer holiday is booked, the wardrobe being planned. What to do with the Munchkin and her very lovely holiday companion, Lola Rose is next on the check list.
My agreement to a villa based holiday was that I’d get to spend at least some of the time by the pool, trashy book in hand sans any form of responsiblity whatsoever. Who was I kidding ? While there’s no doubting the that Husbands is practically heaven sent there are still going to be times when we’re going to have two bored little ladies on our hands.
I couldn’t help marvelling at what a genius idea Holiday Nanny is. The clue’s in the name …
Specialising in one or two week bookings for vacation time, I can’t help being sorely tempted. Particularly suitable for this type of holiday, when the cost (£ 425 pw) can be shared between two, or possibly three families.
Most definitely a number to jot down in my journal. It could come in very useful …
