Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
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…
Like his brother, Freddie sometimes has trouble pronouncing certain letters. It doesn’t seem to be permanent – I’ve come to the conclusion it’s probably just laziness, as he CAN say all these sounds – and thankfully, it doesn’t seem to bother him. One of the sounds he sometimes struggles with is his “CH” sound which…
One unfortunate quirk of the “rise of the blogger” – or more accurately, the rise of brands realising we exist – is that Father’s Day has turned into the Christmas of dad blogging. As a result, you will probably have spotted that many dad bloggers have suddenly had a glut of sponsored posts, competitions and…
As you can probably tell by now, Father’s Day (and the weeks running up to it) have no become the defacto time for brands to think about dads in their marketing campaigns. Whilst it will be nice if they remember us for the rest of the year, I’m not going to look a gift horse…
Following on from my first post earlier in the week, I wanted to add a few more suggestions to the mix – mainly because I found way more gift ideas than I realised I would, when I was doing my research. So here are 5 more Father’s Day gift ideas for you – at least…
With the big day fast approaching, children everywhere (both young and old) will inevitably be searching around for that perfect gift for the father in their life. If you’re finding it all a bit of a struggle, I’m here to help. Just like last year, I’ve done my research and have found 5 gifts which…
My kids are already big fans of Hot Wheels, so when the folks at Mattel asked if they could send us their newest track-set to test out – along with a t-shirt from the new Hot Wheels collection – my boys jumped at the chance! The ‘Super Speed Blastway’ (I don’t know who comes up…
As you’ve probably guessed from the title, I’m about to have a rant. And not just a “Henry woke up on the wrong side of the bed” type of rant – this is one of those rants that is likely to get me blacklisted by just about every entertainment brand out there, forever highlighted in…
Any of you who have come into contact with me online will know that I’ve got a reasonably keen eye for a good gadget. Back when I first started this blog in 2011, for instance, I wrote a piece called “Baby gadgets aren’t always baby good-gets” which outlined some of my favourite gadgets for making…