Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
Most of the best cliches are usually borne of the truth – especially the one I’m currently saying to myself on FAR too regular a basis: Kids really do grow up too fast. It seems like only yesterday that I started this blog, preparing to become a father for the second time. Fast forward two…
Anyone who has ever been a parent knows that the job is nothing like the situational comedies we see on TV or in the movies—with all of the burps, fusses, and mess-making timed just a little too perfectly to truly mirror the real world. While we all expect these quirky fictions from screenwriters, most of…
So, you’ve moved into your new home. You open the door, step inside and look at the empty space. It’s yours! All you need to do now is fill it with your things. The essentials may be obvious, other stuff, not so much. Here are some hints and tips to make your new house a…
In what has become a highlight of absolutely nobody’s year, the announcement of the shortlist for “Celebrity Mum of the Year” was made today – and this year’s shortlist is another cracker. Amongst the names on the Foxybingo-sponsored list – a list apparently made up of “the most inspiring celebrity mums” – are perpetual favourites…
Dear 17 Year Old Me First up, let me introduce myself. I (like you) am Henry Elliss, I’m 33 years old and I am your future self – the ‘you’ from 17 years in the future. I am almost double your age, and it is the approach of this milestone which made me want to…
Ladies and Gentlemen, I have seen the future of blogging – and it’s dads! But fear not, this is no rallying cry or declaration of war – quite frankly, it’s a pretty daunting place, this future of blogging… I should probably start at the beginning… When I first started on my journey as a ‘daddy…
As a lot of you will probably have figured out by now (either from this blog or some of my other social presences), I’m a massive fan of Lego. As well as a life-long enjoyment of the toy itself, I’ve written about it on a few occassions too – both here (“15 Photos Every Lego…
As the father of two young boys, I often find myself comparing my children – or more specifically, their various developmental milestones and how quickly they reached them. If I’m being perfectly honest, when Robert was born I didn’t really care much for milestones – I regularly scoffed at my wife as she checked his…
No, this is not a post about exercise, before you start shuffling uncomfortably in your seat and looking shifty, it is more about how to keep up with the ever changing tastes, trends and needs of a child’s bedroom. The bedroom your child has now was probably once a nursery, with night lights and toys…
As some of you will know, every year we do an annual family photo shoot thing – you can see the results of last year’s shoot in the header above (I’ll be updating it soon, for reasons you can see below). What started as a gift from my brother after Robert was born has turned…