Social Media, Privacy, and Responsibility
There is one thing you won’t find on this blog, its Facebook or Instagram accounts: photos showing our children’s faces. There are so…
Our Family Staycation in Hamburg
Living in Germany, May has become my favourite month of the year. And no, it’s not only because it’s when I met my…
6 months, 26 weeks, 184 days – vol. 2
Two years ago, when Birdy turned half a year old I wrote: No matter how I count it – 6 months, 26 weeks, 184 days, or…
The Big Sister
When we announced the happy news of Bamm-Bamm’s arrival, the first question many family members and friends asked was: how is Birdy dealing…
A Family of Four
Those of you who follow Let the Journey Begin on Facebook have probably already heard the news: in the early hours of Whit…
Grandma in the Box
Birdy has two grandmothers. One grandma lives nearby and she meets her every Sunday. The other grandma lives in a box and talks with her…
Christmas Time in Latvia
Happy New Year, my dear readers! We are back in Hamburg since the 31st December and we are slowly, albeit not too willingly, returning to…
Book Review: “Bringing up a Bilingual Child” by Rita Rosenback
As soon as I read that Rita Rosenback, one of my favorite multilingualism bloggers, is publishing a book I knew that I have…
“We don’t judge other parents”
Soon after becoming a mom I found out that the North Germans, of whom I had thought of as people who are generally good…
