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.
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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.
My Bedtime Story – Flopsy And The Wolf
byYou ever have those nights when you can’t be buggered picking out a book to read? Tonight was one of those nights. Again. So instead of having a story read to them, I made one up.
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.
The Heat Is On
byShe’s a climber. She’s a runner. She’s a dodger. She’s a hider. Plus, she’s dead keen on playing with knives. She’s genuinely the biggest pain in the butt child we’ve ever had.
Something Beginning With B
byI 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….
Cut It Out
byI was really looking forward to getting home because my darling wife was going to give me something I’ve always wanted…
Against All Odds
by“I really don’t want to,” Miss9 enthused. But I chose to ignore it, sprouting off some nonsense about wishing to show my daughter a bit of culture and how she’s always saying she wants a pony: shouldn’t she at least see one up front and personal? Fact was, I just didn’t want to show up alone.
Knee Butter
by“Knee butter!” screamed Miss2 for the umpteenth time. It was 5.00am and we’d been at this for nearly half an hour. I was seriously regretting not pretending to be asleep when she stumbled into our room so my wife could have got up and sorted this out.
Lead The Way
byIt takes a better person to admit they’re wrong and change their opinion, right?