I do love my gadgets, so for Father’s Day yesterday I was presented with a new universal remote control. Isaac, who has inherited his father’s gadget gene, immediately took a shine to this and promptly spent the rest of the day trying to prise it out of my hands. This led to him asking Heather: … Continue reading »
You have to love kids sometimes. The other day Toby piped up with the question, “Where does milk come from?” (He’s very cute at the moment when it comes to his inquisitive side, largely because every question is pitched in a lilting sing-song voice.) A little while later, Isaac came back with a scrap of … Continue reading »
Yesterday Heather was off with friends enjoying a well-earned day of relaxation and pampering at a local spa called Nirvana. Meanwhile I was home alone in my own little Purgatory with three kids already burnt out from a long week of school/preschool/nursery. It makes me laugh when I think back a few years to how I … Continue reading »
I’m not exactly the perfect role model when it comes to talking about career choices. I’ve never had any idea what I wanted to be when I grew up. Still don’t, in fact. So I find it fascinating to watch how my two sons are developing in terms of what they like and the underlying … Continue reading »
One of the joys of being a parent is watching your children learn, develop and achieve. Their first step, speaking and later writing their first word, riding a bike without stabilisers. Each of my three children is at a different stage on that journey but our oldest, Isaac, ticked off another notable milestone last weekend. … Continue reading »
Apropos nothing in particular, I’ve been feeling my age recently. Some of it is the inevitable physical decline that is part and parcel of being in my 40s – aches and pains, not bouncing back from illness the way I used to, not being able to go to work with two hours’ sleep and a … Continue reading »
The Apprentice is back, and so are my weekly episode reviews – only these have now moved over to my dedicated TV blog, Slouching towards TV. Click here to transfer across to my new home for Apprentice recaps. Don’t miss out – see you over there!
A year ago this afternoon, life changed. I left the house as a father of two children and returned later that evening as a father of three after the birth of my daughter Kara. Which, obviously, makes today her first birthday. A lot has happened over the course of the past 12 months. Other than … Continue reading »
One thing’s for sure: Heather didn’t marry me for my genes. I’m asthmatic, diabetic, prone to skin problems and so short-sighted I make Mr Magoo look like he had 20/20 vision. So, particularly given that she wears glasses too, it was only a matter of time before Isaac followed suit. Me and my glasses I’ve … Continue reading »
As a father of three, one thing I’ve become accustomed to over the past five-plus years is coping with being in a constant state of sleep deprivation. I freely admit that some of that is my own doing: most weeks I’m burning the midnight oil way past that allotted hour ‘working’ on my various blogs … Continue reading »
