tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post8884608047917766152..comments2023-09-22T13:57:20.922-04:00Comments on From The Valley To The Palais: Last days of summernappy valley girlhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comBlogger11125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-28412888545416623222009-09-02T09:27:25.513-04:002009-09-02T09:27:25.513-04:00we're still in full on summer here, for which ...we're still in full on summer here, for which I am very grateful as 8 wks in the UK, we barely glimpsed any warmth. My children pick up the vocab more than the accents. In partic they insist on 'going to the bathroom' and asking what we are going to do 'ON the weekend'.<br /><br />Hope you enjoy your bit of'space'. My youngest started school this week, &it's made me fee a bit wobbly!Paradise Lost In Translationhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/08507703496080523959noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-63961981136249952542009-09-02T00:11:49.275-04:002009-09-02T00:11:49.275-04:00Its strange how September always feels like the st...Its strange how September always feels like the start of the year, so much more so than January <br /><br />Hope that the 'new year' brings a great new chapter in the transatlantic storyMuddling Alonghttps://www.blogger.com/profile/04702217530704657676noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-54492580708606295122009-09-01T15:22:01.016-04:002009-09-01T15:22:01.016-04:00IM - yes, and at least change is good blog fodder ...IM - yes, and at least change is good blog fodder too.<br /><br />Brit in Bosnia - sitting in silence, yes, but I'm also going to get a hair cut, a massage and treat myself to a shopping trip the minute they are at that nursery....<br /><br />Iota - yes, garbage (and I know where they picked it up from - Dora the bloody Explorer.)<br /><br />Met Mum - thank you. Word veris always surprise me with their appropriateness....<br /><br />NB - oh come on, surely you had a few hot days? Wasn't it better than last year?<br /><br />LLG - Oh, I know it gets much hotter, but believe me, last summer in London we barely sat outside to eat once...<br /><br />Mwa - I guess it's peer pressure, of a pyschological kind any way. Mind you, I find myself putting on a distinctly American twang sometimes too...<br /><br />Nicola - you know, this very morning I spoke to a mother who said her little boy was obsesssed with ghosts 'because it's coming up to Halloween'. Hello? <br /><br />Mud - I'll bet. It's not been sizzlng here at all, never into the 100s this summer, but 85 and humid is enough for me.nappy valley girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10788949037047084412noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-50260937597170025262009-09-01T08:13:14.728-04:002009-09-01T08:13:14.728-04:00Well I'm looking forward to hearing about all ...Well I'm looking forward to hearing about all the new American mommies you'll be about to meet!<br /><br />It might not have been 'hot' hot in NY, but believe me, Texas was sizzling!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-57721966632797134942009-08-31T21:40:54.366-04:002009-08-31T21:40:54.366-04:00I also can't believe summer is almost over. S...I also can't believe summer is almost over. So quick. Unlike the winters...which drrraaaagggg. Both boys went back to school today. Summer really is over. And in the 9 years I have been in Chicago it has never been this cool in August. Most unsettling. <br /><br />Ooh as an aside - I visited a friend in the burbs yesterday and she started asking me what the boys were going to be dressed in for Halloween. I just stared at her in disbelief. Some Americans really are already planning for their favourite holiday - which is still over 2 months away!!!!!Nicolahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/07017352687163694581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-39463479101746042962009-08-31T18:12:47.208-04:002009-08-31T18:12:47.208-04:00Yeah, I don't get why children don't take ...Yeah, I don't get why children don't take their parents' accents. My nephew spends a few hours a week at preschool, and still he uses their English accent rather than his constantly present Scottish mother's. I just don't understand.Mwahttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00954216492730746581noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-19865638491386928852009-08-31T18:06:04.277-04:002009-08-31T18:06:04.277-04:00ha ha ha *laughs drily* you thought THAT was a hot...ha ha ha *laughs drily* you thought THAT was a hot East Coast summer?<br /><br />Was US equivalent of bad British summer. Practically Arctic. oh well, think of it as a warm up (ha!) for the real thing. LLGxxLiberty London Girlhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10490236712607497356noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-57436684382307254262009-08-31T17:47:14.378-04:002009-08-31T17:47:14.378-04:00You had summer? You had summer! Deep envy from g...You had summer? You had summer! Deep envy from grey EnglandNota Benehttps://www.blogger.com/profile/00969705852180234416noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-10401221306623442242009-08-31T16:58:45.641-04:002009-08-31T16:58:45.641-04:00A lovely post. Word verification says 'likersh...A lovely post. Word verification says 'likersha'. Sounds like 'I like it' in Slovenian or so.Metropolitan Mumhttp://www.metropolitanmum.co.uknoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-66075864842850642122009-08-31T14:42:56.702-04:002009-08-31T14:42:56.702-04:00It's funny how the autumn feels like everythin...It's funny how the autumn feels like everything is changing. Even though my two have been in nursery all summer (thank everything on earth for that!) today had a real feeling of change and difference to it. Might have something to do with the fact this is the first day they've been in long trousers for a long time. <br /><br />You will breathe a huge sigh of time to yourself when the boys start at preschool. You will deserve every moment of sitting still in silence contemplating the world go past.Dorset Dispatcheshttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10457466586411004146noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7290395635850697105.post-49840184016205609492009-08-31T10:49:46.509-04:002009-08-31T10:49:46.509-04:00The seasons are definitely changing.
Here's t...The seasons are definitely changing.<br /><br />Here's to a great new chapter!<br /><br />xInsomniac Mummyhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/12061757394358835889noreply@blogger.com