I haven’t had a good rant on here for a while, so let’s talk about the fundamentally stupid entities that are school attendance awards. Oldest came back today with a shiny new school-branded notebook. His younger brother didn’t. They’re both good boys who work hard and earn lots of praise from their brilliant teachers. So, …
I was pleased to read about a four-year-old girl calling out LEGO City magazine for a lack of female representation. The daughter of the actor Samuel West noticed that, of the 29 characters who speak in the issue, only one was female and even then it was to agree with a man. The upshot is …
Easter is almost upon us and with it comes the confusion as to who the chocolate eggs come from. I like to refer to it as an eggs-istential crisis. Does the bunny deserve the credit, or should it be awarded much closer to home? Due to the fact that this celebration is literally a moveable …
I’ve always liked a good pun. In fact, the same goes for bad puns. I even like most of the offerings you get in Christmas crackers. Apart from that one about vampires with coughs and a typo for a punchline that somehow gets printed every year. In my days as a journalist, I delighted in …
One of the things that has amazed me since becoming a parent is kids’ relationship with technology. I shouldn’t be so surprised, of course. It’s part of the furniture to them, whereas a lot of what we take for granted these days wasn’t around when I was a child. There’s also the fact that it’s a …
Disclosure: we received tickets for a day out at Drusillas in exchange for this post. We always have a lovely time at Drusillas. It’s easily the best day out in our native East Sussex. So it was great to make another visit at the weekend. This time, we were invited along specifically to try out …
Big news. The toddler finally knows how to spit out toothpaste. It came at a cost, of course. My favourite hoodie is now slightly stained. But at least some progress has been made. Just under a year ago, I wrote a post about how to brush a toddler’s teeth in 37 easy steps. I can …
Oldest doesn’t like having his photo taken and has a knack of disappearing the moment a camera appears. I respect this, of course. Particularly as a large chunk of his life has been documented on this blog while he was too young to understand or, indeed, give permission. Now he’s getting older and more self-conscious, …
Our house has been on the market for several months and, although there have been a lot more viewings lately, we’re still nowhere near moving. Sometimes we need to rant about things to get them out of our systems, so this is what I intend to do today. I think there’s a direct correlation between …
Disclosure: this is a paid collaboration. Are you saving enough for your kids’ future? I’ll put my hand up straight away and admit that I’m definitely not. I’m far from alone in that though, as recent research by Shepherds Friendly shows. Times are getting harder but there are so many things we have to save …