Worst. Babysitters. Ever.
by“I won’t be long,” Tracey said. I was just pleased she was going to the shops instead of me. Usually I get to run the crappy errands like this – mainly, I think, because she feels she’s better at looking after the kids.
July, 2013
With Extra Cheese
by“You go pick up the pizzas,” Tracey told me. “It’ll cheer you up.” I doubted that. But I was wrong.
Creamy Crunchy Potatoes
byGreat as a side and so easy to make because the microwave and oven do most the work.
She Sunk Your Submarine
byWhen kids are young it’s so easy to control their water usage. I can bath all five of our littler kids in three inches of bath water and Master8 can still manage to ‘up periscope’.
The Journey Is The Reward
byI know it’s not nice to laugh at someone else’s misfortune but people do it to me all the time so I’m feeling entitled.
Saleschildren – The New Frontier
by“You know how when I was in your belly you stopped going to the gym and got fat?” Miss6 said today when Tracey picked her up from Grandad’s.
Driving Me Crazy
byThe only driving event we’d ever consider entering would be the Demolition Derby, although we’d be more likely to have an accident driving into the arena.
How Digital Cameras Are Ruining My Funeral
byWe were at a friend’s place for dinner tonight and we were looking through their baby albums and pics on their computer having a hearty laugh at their children’s expense when it suddenly occurred to me we couldn’t do this. It’s not that we don’t have any photos, it’s that we have too many.
Tracey Devereaux Photography Giveaway
byAsk anyone who’s raised a kid to adulthood and they’ll tell you, it’s goes so fast and they’re gone before you know it. Which is why it’s so important to capture those moments while they’re still cute.
Our Family’s Favourite Spring Rolls
byI began making these twenty years ago when I won a Ayam cook book in a competition and they have quite literally ruined any…
We help a woman in Senegal buy peanuts
byWe’re not allowed to eat peanuts at home because poor Master8 has to go to hospital if he so much as sniffs at one…
Bee-autiful
byThe girls at work have convinced me to give up my bed, my roof and my fridge full of nice things and sleep out on the street in a few weeks to raise money and awareness for homeless people.
I saw Dicko and friends do this on Celebrity Apprentice and at the time I thought it seemed such a great idea. But when the girls suggested it I was dead against it.
Red vs Blue
byIf the Origin match was postponed, it’s not that I wouldn’t care: I simply wouldn’t notice.
Which is why, when Tracey said to me, “We should watch State of Origin with the kids,” after the last match was played, I expected tonight would be a washout.
A letter to my younger self
byDear 18yr Old Me,
It’s been 28 years since you left school, so there’s a lot of murky water under the bridge….
My ‘Cat’s In The Cradle’ Moment
byAs my kids grow up I’m always fascinated when I see glimpses of me in there. Fascinated, and a little worried for them.