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 […]
I never remember my parents playing many board games as a child, and I could never work out why until now. Sunday afternoon, I was round my in-laws house with a garden that could be mistaken for The Garden of Eden. A hot latte, freshly made with beans that smelt amazing, blazing hot sunshine and […]
Today was a big day for us a family, as my little girl was going away for almost a week on her own with friends. As we awoke she was already downstairs on her second breakfast, packed up and supercharged. Captain Chaos arrived out of his pit, whilst my wife was not feeling well, so […]
This weekend has been a hard one. After a long and hard day at work Friday, I got home to find my little girl on the sofa with a face like she was sucking a packet of sour sweets. It turned out she had a splinter from some school’s wooden decking stuck in her foot […]
Normally if things are going to happen over the weekend, they start on a Friday, do you find that? Come three in the afternoon at work I found myself colder than a penguin in the North Pole. As I drove home from work I had the car heating turned up so high you could have […]
Saturday morning I woke up to the birds singing, the sun shining through the curtains and the smell of fresh air drifting through the windows, oh, and silence upstairs. Fearing the worst I went downstairs to see two children on tablets and a wife grinning at me. I sat down ready to ask why at […]
I know I usually moan, but today I had a leisurely lie in, no punch ups, no raised voices, and I started to panic. What was going wrong? I rushed downstairs to find most of my family at our trough eating breakfast. Having finished breakfast the usual complaints began – “Life is over! My tablet […]