I’m a bit of a bicycle geek. I grew up cycling around the Home Counties with my Dad. I remember following him for...
Month: July 2014
Sleepover
“Beep!” went the answerphone on my wife’s mobile. “Hello mummy,” said my daughter Meri, “I’m going to go the Granny’s...
What ‘Will’ be?
Sometimes we have to deal with things as parents we don't wish to address; the concept of writing up a Will I believe...
Charity
What do you teach your children about charity? I was having a conversation with my eldest about philanthropists in the...
On the Hunt
We've been looking at houses on streets I never knew existed. We've seen everything from the terrible, to the filthy,...
Quarantine
We're in our fourth week of isolation. We've worked our way through all the episodes of Ninjago...several times. We...
Manners
Children and manners can be very subjective. "Please" and "thank-you" are expected but what happens when these...
Who you callin’ stoopid?
I was working one evening in the loft. It was a warm evening and the windows were open. I could hear a banging from...
Forgotten words?
All four of us were walking down the road on Saturday morning. Meri was belting out her version of the songs from the...