Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
As parents, we’ve always strived to bring our children up as good people. We teach them to be polite and courteous (you have to see Freddie’s “oooh, amazing!” Christmas present reaction – it’s foolproof!), we teach them how to be nice to others – we teach them all the stuff we believe you need to…
Yesterday, I learned that David Beckham and I have something in common. No, I’ve not been holding a secret footballing ability back from you all these years – and I certainly don’t have a penchant for wearing sarongs. No, as it turns out, our common love is for something a little smaller – namely, Lego….
Today, my father was cloned. His clone wanted to be my friend, though he apparently wasn’t too interested in my mother – so at least he has morals. He also wanted to be friends with most of my family – I guess integration is important for clones. Unfortunately, my dad wasn’t best pleased about his…
Today, one of my long-held childhood dreams proved to be a crashing disappointment. Let me explain… Ever since I was a child, I’ve harboured dreams of attending a “Toy Show”. I remember watching a report on BBC Newsround from one of these shows, over twenty years ago, and thinking to myself “God, I bet it’s…
Over the Christmas holidays, I made a slightly disappointing discovery about myself – and it was facilitated by some giant Lego bricks. I know that sounds like a Buzzfeed-headline in the making, but it’s true – and here’s why… After the rush of Christmas, we took the opportunity of a few days off work to…
I’ve written many times about my enjoyment at reading books with my children. Not just because I enjoy telling them tales, making silly voices and making them laugh either – my love of bedtime story-time is important to me for two big reasons. Firstly, I’m passionate about making sure my children enjoy reading as a…
Until a couple of hours ago, my first post of 2014 was going to be an apology. Having not (properly) blogged for over a month – having no computer and no internet will do that, unfortunately – I was going to apologise to you, my reader, and promise to be a better blogger in future….
To all of my readers, friends, contributors, fellow dad-bloggers and friends – I would like to thank you for sticking with me this year, and wish you a very merry Christmas and a wonderful and fruitful New Year! Let’s hope 2014 is a great one for all of us. Here’s a cute photo of Freddie…
With the major disruption and stress of our house move now behind us, the Christmas spirit has well and truly arrived in the Elliss household. The Christmas tree is up and decorated, the tinsel is hung and the wreath has yet to be stolen from our front door. We’ve even had multiple viewings of the…
Did you ever see one of those inflatable crazy dancing guys in front of a store? We drive pass one almost daily, and we’ve named him Crazy Guy. The kids have had a long time obsession with Crazy Guy, going back as far as they can remember. Whenever we pile into the car, the first…