I’m appalled. Saddened and appalled. Some time last year I heard that there was a plan to introduce ethics classes into public schools. I thought that was a great idea. It was a bittersweet moment, as it went along with finding out that there was religious instruction in public schools – which coming from...
… As in the child causes the insomnia, which leads to me feeling caffeine-deficient I know there has been no bloggal activity this week. My apologies. For reasons unknown, my children took it upon themselves to tag-team us both nights over the weekend, so that we had virtually no sleep – with the...
A Dad’s Shopping Trip My daughter – just 4 – has become enamoured of Ben 10, and as an unsurprising result, wants a “Ben 10 watch!!!” I decided (being a big ol’ softy) that I’d buy her one. There are a number of factors that needed to be considered in this shopping trip, alongside her...
My parents gave my daughter (turning 4) a couple of boxes of dinosaurs for her birthday … boxes that also included paints, and paintbrushes, because they required painting. Predictably, daughter was 1,000% thrilled Spent all morning asking: “paint dinosaurs now??” until finally birthday party was over, and she and I could sit down...
