Camping tips, tricks and advice from a fairly average parent and a reformed dad blogger
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…
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…
If you read my last post on the subject, you will know that my family is currently in the process of our first major house move. In exactly (well, hopefully!) one week’s time we will be moving in to our first new home in over 9 years, along with everything we own (again, hopefully!) In…
A long time ago (not in a galaxy far, far away – sadly) the nice people at the Name Label Company asked if they could send me some of their magical name labels for me to review. I happily agreed, they sent me a small bundle of labels (for both Robert and Freddie) and they…
For the past 6-7 months, our house of 9 years has been on the market. Having lived here since 2004, we’ve decided that it’s time to move to a slightly bigger house – both to accomodate our expanding family and a slightly less cramped lifestyle. Sadly, the property market as it stands means we can’t…
After a short hiatus caused by life getting in the way, my parenting panel is back in full effect. Stepping away from the TV for a while, I asked them to tell me about their favourite bedtime reads – and as you can see below, they did me proud. So, if you need a bit…
As I’ve mentioned a few times over the summer, Sara and I recently invested in our first family tent, along with all the equipment needed for family camping trips galore. Several months later, and as the last remnants of summer begin to leave us for the year, I’m pleased to report that we’ve made great…
I was planning to write an interesting blog post tonight, and had been thinking of a variety of different topics I could cover. After a long and quite busy day at work, I thought to myself “I’d like to relax tonight, but I haven’t written a blog for a while – I’d better get my…
Today’s post has been written by my wonderful wife (mother of my children, light of my life etc etc). She wrote it off her own back (no begging from me!) so I jumped at the opportunity to post it here – the mood doesn’t take her very often, so I’m making the most of it!…
With the recent spate of unusually warm weather, bedtime has become a topic of regular conversation in our household. Our usual 7pm kids bedtime rule has taken a big hit for a number of reasons, namely: 1. The heat means Freddie is sleeping without his ‘gro-bag’ sleeping bag – leaving him free to cause terror…