When I was three years old, my parents moved into a house that required you to climb forty-two steps to get to the...
DAD BLOGS: New Dad Simon
Ode to My Floor
I used to have a floor. I remember it well. I'd walk on it. Parts of it had carpet on it. It was nice. My floor...
Santa’s helpers.
Christmas and the true Santa come but once a year… but his ‘helpers’… well, they’re working overtime. You know his...
Super Story Time
Stick Man's days are numbered. The Gruffalo is seeming less scary all the time. Bedtime stories are changing and it's...
Drama.
At 9:30pm Sunday evening, halfway through the incredibly tense Downtown Abbey, we heard a little bark of a cough from...
3 things about being a dad that I didn’t believe but are true (annoyingly).
We're in another bout of teething or sickness or something. Whatever it is, it's keeping us up in the night, turning...
Alone time.
I've always considered myself fairly shy, really. There are some things that I just prefer doing alone. Fairly near...
Nothing is Safe.
At six months old, my youngest son Koa hasn't yet developed a long list of hobbies. Really, he seems to mostly be into...
My Generation
I'm an 80's kid. I had a shell suit so shiny people couldn't look directly at me. I played a massive black and white...