I love books. My wife loves books. My children love books. Books are awesome: big books, little books, dog-eared books, pop up books, borrowed books. It’s just… well sometimes… and I’m going to whisper this… after eight years I get a bit bored reading some of them. Our kids’ bedtime routine has always included reading two […]
Read More 5 kids books I’ll never get bored of readingI still remember the moment music first blew me away. I was watching a music channel with my cousin and the video for ‘You could be mine’ by Guns N Roses came on. Until then I was all about the child friendly novelty tunes – ‘Do the Bartman’, ‘Turtle Power’ etc. The energy in this […]
Read More Noise. Swearing. Spotify. Now that’s what I call music (by a 7 year old)It’s a weekday morning and I need to drop two of our kids off at their breakfast club before catching a train to work. Five minutes before departure our 7-year-old isn’t even dressed and won’t look can’t find any clean pants. Our 3-year-old is sulking under the kitchen table because her breakfast is in a […]
Read More 5 ‘tips’ for when your kids won’t listen10 Things That Make Me Happy I have just been tagged in the ’10 Things That Make Me Happy’ tag by Rosaleen. As I am new to the blogging world, I didn’t quite know what was involved. I thought I was just being ‘poked’ or being shown something I’d be interested in reading. Then I […]
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