Below you'll find a list of all posts that have been categorized as “Uncategorised”
I’m technologically challenged. There, I’ve said it.
Just before Christmas we switched from Sky to Virgin, since when I’ve spent an inordinate amount of time staring blankly at menu screens on the TV. I find change difficult; finding channels more difficult still. Has anyone seen BBC4?
Refusing to be beaten I did what any man of a more mature age would do; I read the instructions.… read the full post.
Is it over yet?
That’s not a rhetorical question, I genuinely have no idea when the festive period officially ends.
I’m also not sure what the record for consecutive pyjama days is but the kids must surely be close to breaking it by now.
Like a John Lennon bed-in, had his protests been directed at sprouts rather than the Vietnam war, albeit the consequences of Janet eating so many quantum cabbages was every bit as brutal.… read the full post.
… and it’s difficult not to be swept up by it all.
To be honest, I think the kids may have already peaked. Wake up any earlier and they’ll be eating their breakfast yesterday.
I blame the advent calendar. Who doesn’t want to wake up at 5am for a suspiciously greying chocolate from a traditionally festive Marvel Avengers calendar?
It wasn’t like this in my day.… read the full post.
We’ve reached a difficult stage with our bedtime reading. Sonny wants a lengthier story, Luca still wants a picture book, and if I’m honest, I just want to be done before Great British Bake Off starts.
Keeping everyone happy means our bedtime routine is starting earlier by the day, to the point that I’m now thinking through the logistics of serving them their dinner in the bath.… read the full post.
The impending summer holidays mark the end of what may have been the longest and most protracted gardening leave on record.
Who knew being a full-time stay-at-home dad came with a twelve month notice period? Not Janet, that’s for sure.
That’s not to say the last twelve months have been wasted. Within the window of school runs I’ve managed to finish the first year of my degree, helped out at the boys’ school one day a week, honed my house-husbandry skills to a (relatively) acceptable level and only occasionally taken an afternoon nap.… read the full post.
