I’ve read a lot of blog posts this year about Christmas traditions. One tradition this family has is the pantomime. Well, I call it a tradition, we’ve gone three years on the trot. I guess we’ve been doing it long enough to count. This year the four of us, Gill my wife and our daughters
Over recent weeks I’ve struggled to do much outside physical activity with the kids. The dark nights, poor weather, social engagements and preparations for Christmas have all intervened and made this difficult, despite living minutes away from the glorious leafy countryside of Surrey. Last week, an opportunity presented itself. It wasn’t much of an
I had a day out in London yesterday with my two daughters, my good friend Andy and his daughter Phoebe, who also happens to be my Goddaughter. We spent the afternoon in North Greenwich at the Emirates Aviation Experience before taking the Emirates Air-Line cable car over the River Thames (a full write up will
As I revealed in this blog post a few weeks ago, Helen, our six year old, has just learned how to ride her bike without stabilisers. Now that she’s on two wheels, she has become the most avid cyclist and is always keen to take her steel horse out for a ride (apologies to all
Childhood has changed hugely over the years. When I consider the experiences I had as a youngster and compare them to my own kids’ upbringing, things are very different indeed. I started school at an older age, computer games were in their infancy and children’s TV was screened for an hour on weekdays between 4.30pm
