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Fatherhood: Competition – Fireplace Accessory Set

Posted on December 11, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: The Daddy Changing Room Dilemma

Posted on November 30, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: Competition – Brew Your Own Beer!

Posted on November 26, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Guest Post – Memories of being a home owner for the first time

Posted on November 26, 2016January 7, 2018 by Henry Elliss

Twelve years ago this month, my wife and I celebrated a momentous day – long before we had children, but something that would inevitably make a big difference to their lives in the future. Yes, a dozen years ago we bought our first house. After 3 years of renting various flats around Reading (and before…

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Fatherhood: Review – Lego Star Wars Advent Calendar, 2016

Posted on November 5, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: Review – Lego Star Wars ‘Tie Striker’ Rogue One Set

Posted on October 10, 2016 by Henry Elliss

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….

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Fatherhood: Coming Around to the Cub Scouts

Posted on October 4, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: Here Come The Girls – 5 (+1) Fantastic Mummy Bloggers to Follow

Posted on September 25, 2016January 6, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: Family Days Out – A Day out on the Thames in London

Posted on August 29, 2016June 4, 2018 by Henry Elliss

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…

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Fatherhood: Top Home Moving FAILS we all Recognise

Posted on August 9, 2016August 10, 2016 by Henry Elliss

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…

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henweb

Pun-loving, 👨‍👦‍👦 dad-blogging, 📷 photo-taking, 🏰 Lego-making, 🎅🏿 beard-wearing, 👶 child-caring dad of 2. 💍 Husband of 1. 💩 Strategist

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Tried out a couple of new countryside walks this w Tried out a couple of new countryside walks this weekend, thanks to a new app we found. Both within 2 miles of our house and both very muddy indeed!
Now you see it... and now you don’t! After over Now you see it... and now you don’t!
After over a decade of dereliction, the old abandoned caravan that sits next to our rear driveway has GONE! We’ve only been here for less than 10% of its reign, but even a few months was enough and I made enquiries about having it removed. Today, just 4 months after I started my attempts, it was taken away. And I am beyond pleased. All I need to do now is tidy the ground up and the whole driveway will be usable again.
Boxing Day walk. Eldest son not in shot due to bei Boxing Day walk. Eldest son not in shot due to being too cool to walk with us.
Went for a lovely sunny, winter walk through the n Went for a lovely sunny, winter walk through the nearby @wasing1759 estate. Nice day for it.
A Christmas tree of sledges. As you do. A Christmas tree of sledges. As you do.
Tis the season it seems. Bring it on! Tis the season it seems. Bring it on!
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