Pokemon vs sleep
byMaster5 was struggling to sleep tonight. He was thirsty, he needed to pee, the room was too bright and the bugs were too, well,…
Pokemon vs sleep
Helpful kids, I choose YOU!
byHow do you get kids to do what you want without attracting the attention of child services? You bribe the little buggers, of course….
Grandma gets a job
byA girl from work asked me an odd question today – “Is your mum delivering pamphlets?”
Apples
byThe Marketman came through for us again today with 18kg of new season Royal Gala apples. We paid $30, meaning we paid $1.67 a…
Scaling Dizzy Heights
byGiven the musical bent of our children – they know all the words to Mary Had A Little Lamb and I caught Miss7 tapping her foot the other day – we have decided to buy a piano.
Teen pop
byMiss16 slept over at a girlfriend’s place last night. Part of the evenings entertainment was fireworks and bands in the local park, followed by…
Cool fun
byTracey working weekends really impacts on our family time, but sometimes you’ve just got to do what you’ve got to do. After Tracey finished…
Food for Fun
byLast night I helped a good friend, Rin Tin, who was catering for a charity event in town. Cooking up a storm in the…
Musician’s night at The Apollonian Hotel
byWe caught wind of Uncle Jason playing at The Apollonian Hotel at Boreen Point so we packed up the family and went down to…
the first ever training session
byIt was off to the football ovals today for the first training session for Master5 and Miss7. Pleased to say Master5 beat all the…
Ten things I love about being a Dad (to 6 kids)
by1. It uses up all that free time I used to waste sleeping in and drinking with friends.2. The kids say far more amusing…
Football Sign Up
byWe asked the kids what sport they wanted to do this year and Miss7 said gym, Master5 said he wanted to be a Pokemon Master and Miss3 chose ballet so we went for the middle ground and yesterday we signed all three up for football.
Master19 heads off for University
byThe fumes from his exhaust hadn’t even cleared before Tracey was sugar soaping Master19’s walls in preparation of Master5 and Miss1 moving into the room….
The right chord
byLittle Miss7 has been roaming around the house strumming her little guitar, which Nanny bought her in 2009, so Tracey thought she’d sit down…
My McHappiness
bySometimes when we’re in public I swear all the smarts fall clear out of my kids’ heads.Due to Hungry Jacks’ inferior coffee, and KFC’s complete…