A blog about being a pretty average dad… and stuff (formerly Henry's Blog)
With the spooky season now bearing down upon us like the ghost in a haunted house ride, thoughts invariably turn to costumes. Whether you’re throwing a Halloween party, taking the kids out trick-or-treating or just want to celebrate the season, it’s a great excuse to get the little ones dressed up in super-cute outfits. If…
When the nice man from MiHome got in touch with me, promising some exciting new innovations in plug-socket technology, I was hesitant. Whilst our home is chock-full of electrical items, I was pretty sure that if you’ve seen one plug, you’ve seen them all. Okay, so maybe I’m exaggerating for effect here – he actually…
As many of you will know, one of my favourite parental activities is reading with my boys at bedtime. I don’t always get to do it (usually due to a delayed commute, or the occasional late stay at the office) but I try to make it as much as is humanly possible, such is the…
If my understanding of the nomenclature is correct, my children are “post millennial”, or “Generation Z”, or maybe even “Generation Google” – born well into the new millennium, with parents who were probably called “Generation Y” or some nonsense like that. Another name I regularly hear applied to children born in the 2000’s is “Digital…
This would definitely go down as one of the more unusual places that I’ve written a blog post. I am currently sat on a bench on the balcony-floor above a school swimming pool, laptop on lap, children whooping and screaming on the level below. It’s not my children’s school, I should point out – though…
Whilst September has never been my favourite month of the year (that honour goes to December, FYI) it is certainly up there in my top 5. Two pleasant milestones take place during this month, both of which I look forward to throughout the summer heat: the start of Autumn, and my birthday. But September 2015…
As I stood waiting for my train this morning, mentally planning my timetable for the upcoming day, I found myself confronted by a large poster for the new Julia Donaldson book – The Scarecrow Wedding (in paperback at last!) I’m sure I’ve mentioned this a few times before, but I’m a big fan of Donaldson’s…
Unless you’re a blogger yourself, or you work in the content industry, you may not be familiar with the thrilling highs (and crushing lows) of monitoring a website’s traffic. Most good blogs (and indeed websites) will have some level of analytics installed, which tell the site owner how many people are visiting, what they’re doing…
I’ve been a pretty rubbish blogger lately, neglecting this site way worse than I have done before. My excuses are many and most of them are pretty unchangeable – work is crazy, the kids are going through lots of changes at school, the weather is nice and our weekends are fuller. You know the sort…
This morning my wife and I attended an appeal hearing at the local council building, to appeal the placement of our son Freddie at the school he has been placed in. Or more accurately, to appeal the decision to NOT send him to the school his older brother currently attends. I won’t go into the…