Despite having only dropped into the Henry’s Blog mailbox this month (also known as the work pigeon hole in the Good Relations offices), the Chalkola Markers I’ve been reviewing for this post have turned out to be one of my favourite reviews of 2016. Sure, it helps that I’m already a bit of a liquid…
Category: Fatherhood
This is where you’ll find all of my posts about parenting, from advice to reviews, and plenty of head-scratching.
Fatherhood: Competition – Fireplace Accessory Set
With Winter now firmly making it’s presence felt, there’s nothing I like to do more of an evening than sit in front of our log fire. When we originally moved to this house, I wasn’t really very fussed on having a real fireplace – it was a “nice to have” but not a deal-breaker by…
Fatherhood: The Daddy Changing Room Dilemma
There are many types of dad in the world – and many types of dad blogger, too. Whether you’re married, single, gay, straight, working, stay-at-home – pretty much any dad, in fact – you will, in the first few years of your children’s lives, have come across the same issue: Namely, where to change your…
Fatherhood: Competition – Brew Your Own Beer!
With the holiday season fast approaching, you might be scratching your head wondering what to get the various dads in your life. Whether it’s a husband, son, father or friend, we dads can be a tricky bunch to buy for – assuming we’re looking past the cliched socks anyway. Thankfully, Brew Barrel have come up…
Fatherhood: Review – Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar, 2016
Most of you who follow or know me will already be aware of my fascination with Lego – so when I was asked if I wanted to review the 2016 Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar, I obviously jumped at the chance. After my initial excitement, I realised I was in a bit of a strange…
Fatherhood: Review – Lego Star Wars ‘Tie Striker’ Rogue One Set
Today is an exciting day. It might not seem like much to you, but today I have fulfilled a dream which I have been working towards for nearly five years – ever since I started this very blog, in fact. Yes, today (well, very recently anyway) I was asked to review a new Lego set….
Fatherhood: Coming Around to the Cub Scouts
A little over a year ago, Robert (then 7) finally got a place at our local ‘Beavers’ colony. For those of you who I’ve already lost, Beavers are the early-years faction of the Cub Scouts, designed for children between 6 and 8 as a precursor to the more well-known Cubs. Short of a couple of…
Fatherhood: Here Come The Girls – 5 (+1) Fantastic Mummy Bloggers to Follow
Parent blogging is a fast-growing world, with a slew of great new blogs popping up every day – seemingly at a much faster rate than other blogging topics. It’s hardly surprising when our subject matter is something that almost everyone in the world could do, which requires no qualifications and which there are a million…
Fatherhood: Family Days Out – A Day out on the Thames in London
With the chaos of 2016 showing no signs of calming down, and a new house to save for, we opted for another ‘staycation’ this year. With Sara and the boys off for their usual 6 week school holiday, I was lucky enough to be able to take a week away from the office and spend…
Fatherhood: Top Home Moving FAILS we all Recognise
We all know that moving house can be a tricky business. Along with getting married and having a child, it’s one of the most stressful things you can do in life – so it usually ends up in at least a couple of fails. Whether it’s an arduous house search, a nightmare moving day or…