Can You Spot The Mole?
byAs parents, we always try to help our kids through situations they aren’t comfortable in. Although eager to help, I am notoriously bad at this.
As parents, we always try to help our kids through situations they aren’t comfortable in. Although eager to help, I am notoriously bad at this.
“Are you sure this movie is suitable for the kids?” my wife asked me with more than a hint of skepticism in her voice. It wasn’t the first time she’d asked, nor was it the second. Or third.
The trouble with being the only boy in a house full of girls is you can’t get away from all the girly stuff, and you end up being way too familiar with things like Barbie and Tinkerbell.
“I love these!” Miss4 said while we were making them with Grandma.
“No, you don’t,” I assured her.
Not that she’ll ever know one way to the other.
I Spy is a great game with kids because it’s so easy and it can be played anywhere. As a friend of mine recently found out….
The trouble with having M&M’s as a key ingredient in cooking is trying to work through the thick blur of tiny hands keen on ‘helping’.
“You’re in a good mood,” I accused my wife this morning. It wasn’t what I’d been expecting.
“Daddy said a bad word today,” Miss6 told my wife as she helped her step out of the bath. Uh-oh.
Maybe it is time the kids went back to school. Without the distraction of homework they’re starting to find new ways to fill in time and amuse themselves.
We become our parents, right?
I loved our day at Australia Zoo. Well, most of it. There was this one thing which happened which scared the absolute bejesus out of me.
The scariest bit happened at lunch. Often the price of lunch at a theme park is the terrifying.
But that wasn’t it.
My kids want to be spies. How do I know? Because they left a clue. In code.
Big news doing the celeb circles at the moment is this week’s Woman’s Day, featuring none other than the Urbans, the Hewitts and the Devereauxs. Big issue. The print run could stretch late into the week.
“Check this out!” Tracey squealed from our office. I got momentarily excited because I thought she’d found money, but sadly this wasn’t the case.