It was much easier than this (Wikipedia) Potty training was a breeze. We waited until the summer, about 3 months ago, because both I and Mrs. Head of the Heard would both be around to lead the training. We were prepared for a long haul, but within...
Open book (Wikipedia) Giving your child the gift of enjoying the act of reading has got to be one of the greatest things a parent can give. Assuming we satisfy our child’s basic needs, then reading is a gift that just keep on giving. But as a...
This is exactly how we had to get on and off the plane. As part of my recent trip back home to the UK with my son to see my family and go to IATEFL we obviously had to fly from Curitiba to London via Sao Paulo. I chose a night flight in the hope...
Araucaria pine tree, a symbol of Curitiba by Willian Menq CC BY-NC 2.0 1. What this city needs is another shopping mall. 2. This holiday weekend, what I’d really love to do is sit in a traffic jam for hours on end and then stay near the beach...
I couldn’t find an appropriate image, but I really like this painting by Mark Chadwick – CC BY-NC-ND 2.0 I recently saw a video of a friend who is bringing her son up to speak English and some Portuguese. I have a lot in common with...
To let or buy? by Boyce Duprey CC BY-NC-SA 2.0 We are looking for a new flat at the moment. We did have plans to build our own house, but thanks to the interminable bureaucracy that is the Brazilian government we have had to put these plans on hold...
Oasis Soup by atomicjeep CC BY 2.0 As you probably haven’t noticed, I haven’t written anything on here for about a month or so. I went to the IATEFL conference in the UK and decided to make a bit of a holiday out of it for both myself...
Ready for the Zombie Walk We don’t do carnival in Curitiba. We have a couple of pre-carnival days a couple of weeks before the big holiday, but from the Friday before carnival the vast majority of people in this city escape to the beach...
An Interesting Story (Photo credit: Wikipedia) When I first started writing this blog, I posted a number of reviews of books that we were reading to our son. I had envisaged this being a regular thing, perhaps every couple of weeks or so. I soon...
The world’s greatest secret agent (Wikipedia) We had a boys’ night in last week when it was just me and Mr. T. As he was on his way to pre-school earlier in the day, I asked him what he wanted to do, and he loudly declared...
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