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British Mummy Bloggers wants you!

Are you a mummy blogger? Are you from the UK or do you live there? If you answered yes you need to join our growing community of British Mummy Bloggers.

British Mummy Bloggers is a friendly and supportive group of parent bloggers that love the UK. And don't let the name fool you -- there are some members with dangly bits as well.

The group is very active and discusses everything from man flu to how to stop the whinging to why we blog and photo tips. There are groups for reviewers, stay-at-home mums, working mums and mums that want to discuss books.

So what are you waiting for? Check it out...

Thoughts on hagis

I love my Scottish husband. I would do anything for him. Give up my career, spend my days wiping dirty bottoms, make endless meals from morning 'till night.

But I absolutely, resolutely refuse to eat haggis.

Never will a forkful of that oatmeal/lamb innards mixture pass my lips. I don't care if it is a national dish. Or if my marriage depends on it. The thought of it makes my tummy turn.

I know this is not fair. I know that many people relish haggis, enjoy it even. Especially on the 25th of January, Burns Night, the birth date of the beloved Scottish poet Robbie Burns.

You say skan, I say skown

One of the many unexpected perks I discovered after my arrival in Britain was the ready availability of scones.  There is nothing like a warm, fresh scone with a nice cup of tea and I had my favortie locations for obtaining them and enjoying a relaxing half hour or so in their company.  Unfortunately, like derby hats and bucket-and-spade holidays, this is becoming a thing of the past.
 
There used to be two nice tea shops in my little town.  Now there is just one, and it is no longer nice.  We can get a Grande Moca-chinno Latte in any random establishment, but we can only use it to wash down a Double Chocoholic Muffin or a croissant.

Something to do on a snow day...

This is what we are going to do tomorrow if school is cancelled.

Paper Dali.

It's a great site that features FREE historical paper dolls. Choose from Ancient Greece, Ancient Rome, Biblical Times, American Revolution, King Arthur or the Wild West.

They were created by a home-schooling mother who loves history and doodling. When she couldn't find any colouring books to go with the era, she created her own.

So check it out, it will surely kill at least a half hour...

This post was written by Susanna, an Expat Mums Blog founding contributor. You can read more at her blog, A Modern Mother.

Tips for moving abroad with children

We found out that we are relocating overseas on a cold December day. Although this was going to be our second posting, we still had the same feelings of excitement, fear, and anticipation that we had before our first posting.

However this time our kids were older, two of them were going to school, and had a very active social life.

How was I going to tell them that we are relocating overseas? How would they respond? Do we wait until the last moment? Would they accept the news? How do we deal with our third culture kids?

Moving with kids abroad is not an easy task. Even so, if you are well informed and thoroughly prepared you and your children can grow and learn from this exciting experience.