Simply and honestly me

Been busy here entertaining my abuelita/grandma who is visiting for a few weeks. Hard work I tell you, I have to show her where my milk is and which cup to give me, how to open the door to take me out, and which park to take me to.

Poor abuelita, she can't keep up with me and she tells mami that she is "muy cansada"/ very tired after spending a day with me. Funny how everyone I spend a day with seems to say that. Not sure why?

Either way, I have not had much time to blog, being cute is hard work too, and I've been doing a lot of that lately!

Last week both Holly at Its a Mummy's Life and Emma at Mellow Mummy tagged me with A Blog with Substance and The Blogging Meme. Boy was I excited - not only because they are very lovely and pretty mamas (mami met them at CyberMummy), but because we have been reading their blogs for some time now. Thank you very much!

A Blog with Substance - Holly asked, why do I blog?

Simple. I blog to help mami keep a record of all our fun and sometimes "difficult" experiences (those are her words by the way). Years from now she will enjoy looking back and reading about our early days together. Especially if one day we leave England and move to the USA, she will want to remember all of our adventures here. That, and I remind her what its like to be a little one.

My blogging philosophy in 5 words: Keeping it honest and simple

The Blogging Meme - Emma asks:

What is my favourite blog? Ooh, hmm? Ah yes! It's got to be Foodie Mummy! French expat living in Ireland, Foodie Mummy deals with life as it comes, loves football (well, not the French team at the moment) and is always very honest about her daily adventures as a new stay at home maman. Go and visit her, you won't regret it!

Blogger I respect? A fellow bilingual mama, Steffi over at Mummy do That! is brining up her little one to speak both German and English. I know that it is no small task, and mami and I salute her for that.

Best blog to join with? No weekly write ups or links to worry about. Just stop by RedTedArt blog for craft and art ideas. Mami is not very good with paints, but I always stop over at Maggy's blog for new art projects mami and I can do together. A few weeks ago we made a mini-sailboat for daddy that I saw on her Get Crafty with Children section. He loved it!

Best post by fellow blogger? Ha! this one made mami laugh out loud "Google yourself and you shall find" is a post by Nordica In London about Googling her blog name and coming up with a very different result than expected. Check out her post to see what its all about.

A Blog with Substance goes to: RedTedArt

Out of this world - CyberMummy 2010

The day finally arrived! This past Saturday, mami woke up extra early to meet all of MY blogging friends at CyberMummy at the Ibis Hotel in Earls Court!

I followed mami’s tweets throughout the day on daddy’s laptop and saw that minute after minute she was meeting more and more great mamas! I sure wish I could have been there, especially since I’m the blogger!
I was most excited about mami reading my blog post at the end of the day. The night before I heard her tell daddy “I’m really nervous”.

Daddy just told her to read slow and I shouted out “don’t forget to tell everyone hi on my behalf and thank them for reading!”

Before I knew it, the day flew by and mami was back at home with a HUGE black bag. Mami came in absolutely glowing and talking very very fast – her cheeks were red and she was smiling really big!

“You should have seen all the mamas there!" she shouted out. "It was amazing!"

She picked me up and said,

“Little M, everyone sends their love to you! The reading went very well and even though I was nervous I made sure to let everyone know you are the blogger!”

I wanted to know if she had been able to talk to everyone, she brushed my hair back and said,

“Sorry mi amor, there was so much to do and see that I wasn’t able to meet everyone”.

I think daddy was slowly losing interest in what she was saying and changing the subject asked,

“so what’s in the bag” and mami jumped up and said:

“Oh! You won’t believe this” and she unzipped the black bag.

Daddy and I just stood there watching as mami pulled out packet after packet of Asda wipes, nappy creams, some sort of cotton pads, Tommee Tippee bottles, Plum snacks, a frisbee, baby spoons (hey! I don’t need those!) more creams, and even pasta ! Daddy couldn’t believe it!

I couldn’t stop clapping with excitement and threw everything all over the living room!

I don't know what you mamas did to my mami, but she went to sleep before me!

I waved bye bye from daddy’s arms and we closed the door and let her rest. Ah bless her, it was hard work networking and having fun all day.

I want to say GRACIAS to Susanna, Sian and AlphaMummy herself Jennifer for a great event. Maybe next year I will be able to come too?

Thank you to everyone for meeting my mami and for following my blog. I hope to meet some of you some day! I started the blog for mami and I promise to keep writing about our busy lives.

Bye bye! Little M