We’ve just got back from our first family holiday in four years. We stayed fairly close to home by heading to the Isle of Wight for a week. As I quietly predicted to myself beforehand, I’m enjoying it more in hindsight than I did while we were there. I imagine a lot of parents will …
Month: July 2018
Calling all wannabe chocolatiers. This may well be your moment! Cadbury is offering everyone in the UK and Ireland the opportunity to create and name their own Dairy Milk bar. That’s right. The nation’s favourite chocolate is opening its doors to connoisseurs around these isles. And speaking of isles – well, aisles – your handiwork …
Saving energy is something that’s in everyone’s interests. From being more environmentally friendly through to being kinder to our pockets, there are plenty of very good reasons to do so. It isn’t always easy though – particularly with kids around! My three keep me on my toes. They’re forever leaving lights on, not to mention …
Oldest’s latest fascination is geography. The World Cup definitely played a part in this; he wanted to know where all the countries were and what their flags look like. One of his birthday presents was a huge map of the world, complete with all the flags underneath it. He and his brother love looking at …
Another academic year is over. Oldest is now more than halfway through primary school, his younger brother has two years under his belt and youngest starts at nursery in September. Where has the time gone and how did all this happen? It feels like we’ve limped over the proverbial finish line. Everyone is exhausted and, …
I’ve never been any good at complaining. I don’t know why, because I still have a strong sense of injustice when I’ve been wronged. Last week, for example, I sent what I thought was a sternly-worded email about a ridiculously late payment for some work I had done. Immediately after hitting send, I re-read it …
Kids are clever little things, aren’t they? My three are always discovering little life hacks that always leave me impressed and proud. Well, to a point, anyway. There’s one area that makes me cringe a little. That of my older two and video games. If there’s a way of repurposing a popular title inappropriately, they’ll …
As I’ve said a number of times recently, I’ve changed a lot since becoming a dad. For the most part, this is in terms of my outlook on life, but there have been some physical changes too. I’ve definitely put on a little weight in my eight years of parenting and it started pretty early …
Despite being a dad of three and with eight years’ parenting under my belt, I feel my capacity for being surprised should be dwindling. And yet it’s not. I often catch myself incredulous about some of the most basic of occurrences. Here are five things I really shouldn’t be surprised by anymore. The passing of time …
Tomorrow, England go head to head with Sweden in the World Cup quarter-final. The high hopes of the nation rest on 11 young men including the captain, Harry Kane. My kids have had a take-it-or-leave-it attitude towards football for the last few years, but seem to have a real enthusiasm for it now. Perhaps inevitably, …