Sometimes I get a bit down that all I seem to talk about with my mum friends is our kids when we should use our free time to talk about something else, but then I remember all the work nights out I've ever been on that always degenerate into talk about work. And it beats … Continue reading Nights out
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Third trimester blues
I'm 34 weeks pregnant and it's uncomfortable to sit and uncomfortable to stand and I can't sleep properly.. SIGH.
School spectacle
This is happening on Saturday. I am genuinely quite worried.
Meeting up with friends who also have kids..
There are some friends who I just don't know how we are going to keep seeing because our children just wind each other up.
Father’s Day
It was father's day in Belgium yesterday so I drew this for my husband based on a rainy walk through the forest we'd had with our daughter a couple of weeks ago:
Early days of pregnancy
We ended up telling her when I was 9 weeks pregnant, before we told anybody else. I don't think she was surprised by the news!
‘Green’ Growth
I just finished reading 'Prosperity without Growth: Foundations for the Economy of Tomorrow' by Tim Jackson, which I highly recommend, and it inspired this cartoon.
Drawings for friends
Sadly some friends of ours have recently moved back to the UK, so I did them this cartoon as a goodbye present. We had some friends visiting a few weeks ago with their sons and the kids all held hands as we did a super fast tour of Brussels whilst the sun was out.
Cartoons from when she was little
We still only really have videos of my daughter saying 'Look!!' or 'Want to see it!' and it terrifies me how bad I have become at picturing things in my minds eye. I feel like it's something ten years ago I could do really well, and feel like whoever I was thinking about was in … Continue reading Cartoons from when she was little
Cartoon book
I made a book of my cartoons! With the help of my cartoon teacher at Joli Bois community centre, who very kindly showed me how to edit the scanned images using Clip Studio Paint software (and did some editing himself) and printed out 4 colour versions of 'The Plum'. During one of the classes he … Continue reading Cartoon book
