Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
Robert received one of his first tastes of success this week, when Olympic Gold medallist Jason Gardener visited his school to talk to the children about sport. When he came home from school that evening, Robert told his mum “Today I beat an Olympic medallist in a race!” – which confused us greatly until we…
I spend a lot of my time on this blog talking about my children – or the interesting aspects of being a dad. What I don’t spend anywhere near enough time on is appreciating my wife – mother of my children, light of my life. For those of you that don’t know, my wife is…
When a lovely lady from jewellery company ‘Lily Charmed’ contacted me recently, she asked whether I’d like to review some of their charms. She clearly recognised what an expert jewellery appraiser I am – probably combined with my eye for style and ‘bling’. Well, either that or she figured I was probably going to be…
I don’t often write reviews on this blog, but the book I’m reading at the moment is so delightfully good, I felt compelled to share it with you all. The book in question is written by a fellow blogger, Whit Honea of ‘The Honea Express‘ – but before you turn off in your droves, this…
Once in a while, somebody will ask me why I write a blog. I don’t think I’ve ever given a particularly inspiring answer to this query, and until very recently I don’t think I could truthfully tell you – because I wasn’t really sure. A couple of recent conversations have made me give it some…
As I sat at our dining table this morning, eating my cornflakes and mentally planning the day ahead, I noticed something that REALLY annoyed me. Spread out around me on the table were countless pieces of paper – many filled with scribbles and doodles, some school forms to fill in and a couple of pieces…
Sometimes, as I lay in my bed late at night I find myself thinking of times yet to come I’m sure we all do it, though we may try to fight But my brain wonders “What will my children become?” I picture their school days, their friends and their lives All the days when they’re…
When I purchased our tickets to see the Lego Movie this morning, I considered for a moment whether I should write a review of it here once we’d seen it. After all, there aren’t many bigger Lego nerds than me (well, not that I know anyway) so it’s only right that I should share my…
If you’re the parent of a child in the British school system, chances are you will have heard about our government’s latest plans for shaking-up the school system. According to our Pob-faced buffoon of an education secretary, Michael Gove, he wants to extend the school day to 9-10 hours, at the same time reducing school…