Before I had a family I would go to enormous effort to lead a green lifestyle. I would attempt to eat seasonal foods and watched food kilometres like a hawk. I’d tear all those little plastic windows out of used envelopes before placing them in the paper recycling. I’d recycle every single piece of food
The Fish With the Deep Sea Smile couldn’t have arrived at a better time. It happened to coincide with my eldest studying sea creatures at school. It was, therefore, packed off for ‘show and tell’ and read to the whole class. Written by Margaret Wise Brown and illustrated by (the appropriately named) Henry Fisher, this
Toddler Adams has reached a major milestone. At 20 months old she is beginning to express herself very clearly with words and is also following some simple instructions. It’s great to see Elizabeth has reached this stage. Every day she seems to be saying a new word. A few weeks ago she said “Helen”, her
With the long summer break on the horizon, I am desperately trying to knock this house into shape before two children are running wild in it all day long. I know most families face the same issue; little piles of junk discretely piling up all over the house that are never sorted out. I’m presently
Something rather awkward happened at the weekend. My wife and I were completely shown-up by Helen, our five year old daughter. If you picture the scene, it was breakfast time and Elizabeth (also known as Toddler Adams) was being very lively. She wouldn’t sit in her booster seat and demanded to sit in my lap.
