The Cat’s Out Of The Bag
by“There’s poo in the bathroom!” yelled Miss4, racing into our office and tugging frantically on my shirt.
“Great,” I said…
BIG laughs
The funner stuff. The dumber stuff. The stuff I stuff up.
Overheard In The Bathroom This Morning
bySometimes we think about the next ten years and shudder like the family car being driven by a sixteen year old learner driver learning stick shift for the very first time
Do Cats Kill Grass?
by“Does cat pee kill grass?” my father asked my mother this week.
When Two Idiots Meet
byI have a habit of making a bit of an idiot of myself wherever I go, be it parties, work or even to a petrol station.
The Gingerbread Scam
by“Where are the gingerbread men?” my friend asked. Having just arrived home from work, she was standing at the fridge looking for the fruits, or rather biscuits, of last night’s hard labour.
Overheard In A Fitting Room
byI doubt there’ll be a parent, and more specifically a mother, who can’t relate to this post. This conversation happened in the fitting rooms of a department store in Gympie this very morning.
Still On My ‘Stay At Home Daddy’ L-Plates
byIf there’s one thing I’ve learned from the girls and I taking my parents out for a ‘coffee’ today it’s that the little details matter.
Why are schools teaching our kids about sex?
byWe should be doing this at home, right? Umm….
I Learn About Wet Dreams
byLast night I was laughing at Master9’s response to the snippets of Sex Education Miss10 is bringing home from school. Tonight, I want to curl up in a fetal position and join him in a corner.
Why My Young Son Wants To Leave School
by“Can I quit school?” Master9 asked his mother tonight.
Our boy loves school. He’s generally the first dressed and keen to get there in the morning. So this was a bit of a startling revelation
Grandma Makes The Blog!
byGrandad is in trouble. Again.
Why Kids Should Clean Up Their Own Crap
by“Dad! Dad! DAD!” came the collective screams from the kitchen. I shot off the bed and raced for the door. Several reasons for this outburst had automatically started channel surfing through my imagination – all of them involving, at best, an ambulance: none of them coming close to the real reason they were yelling.
A Hairy Moment
by“You’ve got a lot of hair, Mummy,” Cousin8 told his mother as he prepared to brush his teeth for school.
My Brush With Death
byNot many men have gone this close to making a truly fatal mistake and lived to tell the tale…
My Ten Favourite ‘Talk Like A Pirate Day’ Moments From 2014
by1. House proud. To Tracey: “Aye been polishing ma deck all morning. Would yee care to take aarr look?”