Captain Chaos is almost six years old, and last night said goodnight to me, as I passed his bedroom to go to sleep. Now I feel really old, like some old person turning in for the night, because he cannot handle the modern pace of life. However victory was mine when I woke early, and […]
As I write this it’s the first day of the new school term, having spent six weeks of my family taunting me. You know the little things like “have a good day at work, just going to spend the next few hours in bed”, or maybe “Daddy why not phone your boss and tell them […]
The last day of our holiday, and promise me you won’t laugh, promise? I really thought we were getting our damage deposit back, for our holiday cottage. Okay stop laughing, stop it; I went upstairs and sat on the bed writing, while my wife showered. I heard constant thumps against the bedroom wall and shouted […]
Six thirty am, yes people, that did start with a six! I was awoken to the sound of furniture being moved around a room by excited chimps high on the effect of sugar. My wife did go in and ask them to pack it in, which resulted in me giving up on life and going […]
Normally I come home from work Friday night, do a little packing, then the holiday begins with a coffee and a slice of celebration cake. Fast forward to when I left work and arrived home, to spend an hour, yes people, an hour of my life searching for a charger for my little girl’s tablet. […]
Today it is raining hard, but ever on the quest to lose weight, I said to the kids we were walking to church. As it hammered with rain we decided to play Eye Spy, a classic game among children, and zero chance of stress here. Yes, just a walk in the fresh air and something […]
If I asked you the question ‘what would make you a worried person?’ How would you answer? Maybe snakes, grizzly bears, spiders, or in my case, “My darling husband, I am away for most of next weekend, you’ll be okay, right?” At that point my heart started pounding and I couldn’t hear my wife, only […]
It was very late Saturday evening, and although Captain Chaos was in his cave ready for bed, he was far from being sleepy! As we turned the lights out, and announced as parents we were heading for bed, at five years old he wished us “Good night!” I feel it should be the other way […]
I had a feeling things were going downhill this week, it was the little telltale signs that gave it away. Maybe it was Wednesday morning when my son came down believing he was ‘Lord of the Manor’ informing me that I could bring him breakfast now. Oh I’m sorry Sir, your humble butler was packing […]
Saturday morning, and upon arriving downstairs I was transported back to my school days when my little girl announced I had homework. My little girl said she needed help with her maths homework, and we were doing our six, seven and eight times table. The last time I did these tables the Internet was a […]