Life will never be the same again.

Finally on our way to New York ! Will be spending the next 10 days there sourcing for Monsters and Munchkins , as well as, introducing Jakeandmaya S/S2010 to the US market.

We (DH and I are both going) will be away from our children, for more than a few hours, for the first time since they were born almost 20 months ago !
They will be in the very safe hands of their wonderful grand-parents but my/our feelings are still very mixed.
On one hand, it is lovely to be on our own for a while and be able to spend some quality time together (although we will be working most of the time… ) but on the other hand we already really miss the little ones and wish that they were with us. I even miss having to worry about potential in-flight tantrums etc. Feels kind of strange being able to just sit back and be free to do whatever I want, without anything to organise or to worry about !

I remember once, someone told me when I was pregnant: “Your life will never be the same again after having kids. You won’t be free anymore” and my reply was: “Don’t be silly, nothing is going to change. We will just do everything that we used to do and take them with us and if not, then we will just leave them with a babysitter”.
However, I think I now know what she meant. It will never be the same again…. I will always be thinking about the children and missing them whatever I am doing and wherever I am… instead of being completely free mentally.

Parenthood is such an amazing experience and I must truly say that I love every single moment of it ! Being able to feel such love for someone (or in my case some-two ) is such an incredible feeling.

Anyway, going to kick back and enjoy my in-flight meal, followed by a movie now. Talk to you from NY.

Quality Time Together Finally

With Monsters and Munchkin's summer sale sorted out and Jakeandmaya properly launched, I finally managed to find some quality time to spend with the family today.

But I spent too much time having fun, leaving no time to blog so I will just post some pics to show you what we have been up to.




























1, Bluebird, Kings Road. One of the only places to have lunch outside in Chelsea, London. OK menu, reasonably child-friendly. The "Easi-grass" almost makes you forget that you are by a busy road in the middle of London.... DD loves taking her baby there for lunch.

2, Baby Loves Disco, Southbank Centre. Hilariously fun... but not sure the kids enjoy it more or the adults ! The little ones did some funky moves though.... Ps. Spot the silver leggings in the pic. Cool disco baby or what ?!

3, My boy cruising the "club". Slightly worrying....

4, Ping-Pong, Southbank. Little ones first dim-sum. Yum Yum. Char-Sui bun was their favourite by far !


Oh, almost forgot the Juggling-in-a-box". Not really sure what to make of it but the little ones thought it was great !

I love the Southbank. There is always something fun going on there. Click here to find out whats on this summer.

Have fun !!!

ps. If you have any suggestions of fun summer activities, please share with us !

Potty Training Tips Needed

Little ones almost 19 months and it is time to start considering potty training (sigh !).

My intention was to wait until they are a bit older, so they understand the concept of using the potty a bit more and then hopefully potty training would be a shorter process but DD has over the past couple of weeks signed to me "nr2" when she has soiled her nappy and "change nappy" on several ocassions so I think she may be ready ...

The truth is, I have no idea how to start. Do I just leave a potty around for her to use at will ? Or do I put her in her potty in regular interval and just hope that one day she will actually do it in there, instead of in her nappy ? When do I stop her from wearing nappies ? So many questions ....

There are, I am sure, plenty of books out there about this subject but I never had to use any books to teach me how to look after my children but maybe this time, I really should get one ?

For once, since the little ones were born, I feel completely lost as to what to do and how to do.

So, if you have any advice/tricks at all, please do not hesitate to leave a comment for me. I would love to find out how you did it !!!

Summer sale - Pimlico, London

Following the success of our recent pre-sale event at Cupcake Spa, we have been approached to organize yet another sale in a different part of London.
This idea came up while talking to some local mums last week and a couple of days later, we have booked the venue and we are now desperately trying to get people to attend.

So if you are in Pimlico next Tuesday between 10-5pm, please come by and see us. Bring your friends ! Make it a nice outing. We will have coffee/tea and cake for everyone and we will have a creche for the little people too !

Hope to see you there :-)