As a child, growing up in a part of South London which was, at the time (early 90’s) rather under-represented, Halloween was a given. Halloween seemed to be everywhere, and everyone celebrated it. Or at least that’s how it felt when I was 7 years old. I had a couple of very makeshift outfits, remember ...

I know we're already 4 days into December and I'm a bit late to share this, but the PlayInChoc Advent calendar is honestly just too cute not to share with you.  We've now opened three little boxes and it's the highlight of our evening. Each box includes a yummy dairy-free organic chocolate along with a ...

Have you ever thought about how powerful the olfactory memory is? Many times, different smells take me back to a particular moment in time -- often a childhood memory. Spices have always been around our house.  African food needs quite a bit of it! The smell of delicately balanced ginger and cloves will always remind ...

A goûter, or a taste, of kings' cake is a tradition in France during January. Traditionally this cake, known as a Galettes des Rois, marks the celebration of Three Kings Day / Epiphany / Twelth Night. Fortunately it is celebrated for the entire month of January, so the good news is that you can still ...

Yesterday was an absolutely amazing morning for all of us!  With our entire team in London, we gathered with friends, shop members and fellow bloggers to celebrate the past ten years of our little company.  It was such an honour for us to be surrounded by so many inspiring people and to really celebrate the ...

Can you believe it's that time again?!!!! Christmas is coming! And Hanukkah! And St. Nicholas! And....! Lots of reasons to be festive and merry, and plenty of excuses to buy little gifts for your loved ones. This year's Holiday Gift Guides are up on our site. We've got gift ideas for babies, children, and us deserving ...

To celebrate Babyccino's 10th Birthday, we thought it would be fun to share interviews with the three of us. We are often asked to answer questions for other blogs and websites, but we've never actually answered them for our own. So why not?! We came up with ten fun questions featuring the number 10. And ...

This week sees the beginning of the annual period of fasting called Ramadan, which lasts for 29 or 30 days, according to the lunar Islamic calendar. Observed by a large proportion of the almost 2bn Muslims all over the world and collectively felt as one of the most special times of the year, it is ...

It's Emilie's turn to answer our ten questions! I'm loving how practical her answers are in question number 7, and look how cute she was as a 10-year-old! Here are Emilie's answers: 1. Describe your ten-year-old self. Knowing what you know now, what advice would you give that ten-year-old girl? When I was ten I ...

Exactly ten years ago this week, Esther, Emilie and I decided to start a little blog. In the Autumn of 2007, after two years of friendship in London, Emilie moved to Paris and Esther moved to Amsterdam. As new mothers now living in different countries, we wanted to create an online space where we could ...

Here in the northern hemisphere, the season of dark days has begun and if you live in a multicultural city, or even near one, you may have also seen the celebrations of light. This time of year also sees The Festival of Light, Diwali, the largest in the Hindu tradition, celebrated all over the planet. ...

We had a very little birthday party celebration for our two year old, since we had just arrived the night before to our little holiday getaway by the beach. So to keep it very simple, I used some seashells as decorations, and then the seashell necklaces made years before for as accessories for her siblings! ...