Being a mum and full time student midwife by Iris Thomsen
I like having a routine and to do set things on set days. We have days when we go to toddler groups, swim lessons and 8 hours each week JJ is with his childminder (this is when I clean the house, do laundry, cook and blog) . Wednesday is our midweek adventure day. I love…
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JJ is now 19 months old and he is forming an opinion which is not always the same as ours. A few times we have had situations where someone has said, “ohh he is having a tantrum”. I can not explain how much I dislike that sentence. He is not having a tantrum! He is…
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I would like to take this opportunity to wish you all a Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year. I truly hope that everyone has a lovely time with the ones they love. Our Christmas is being spent in Scotland with James’s family. I am lucky to have such nice in-laws that I see them as…
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The night before we left the Faroes the Christmas lights in my hometown were turned on. It was lovely to be there for the occasion and it also meant a lot to my parents to have me and JJ there. Since me and James met we have celebrated every other Christmas in the Faroes and…
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I have been very excited to put this blog post together about some of the amazing food that we had on our holiday in the Faroe Islands. Lamb and fish make up a large part of the faroese food. The taste of both fish and lamb are very much determined by the method of preserving them.…
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First of all I have to explain the title. Literally translated it means Granny yolk and grandad crab. This is just a rhyme that we say here in the Faroes really 😄 There is something very special about seeing your parents in the role as grandparents. When I see JJ with my parents it makes me…
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When I came to Scotland in 2008 there was no direct route between the Faroe Islands and Scotland. Only the occasional Christmas flight home. In 2015 the faroese airline company Atlantic Airways decided to try out a new route and set up direct flights between the Faroe Islands and Edinburgh. It goes without saying that…
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