It ended with a broken bowl, cereal all over the table, milk over the walls and floor. Our boys had a mini-food fight this morning. My wife freaked out. The boys ended up in their room for hours. The text messages and conversations followed as she tried to figure out why they were so naughty […]
Monthly Archives: October 2012
1130pm. 2 young boys tucked up in bed. A dog barks quietly in the bedroom. I am drifting off, just in that threshold between awake and sleep. Blissfully unaware that….. Hang on. We don’t have a dog. My eyes spring open, I am back in the room, fully alert. Senses firing. I hear it again….this […]
Dear Max and Zak It is with love that I give you this framed montage of all the DVD’s that you have acquired since you were born. There are many others that didn’t make it. Looking at this will always remind me of the early years in your life. It will remind me how DVD’s […]
I know very little of the man they call Christian. I do know he is a bit of a shagger. He likes doing some weird stuff of which I am yet to discover. I know he was responsible for an upward spike in my love life. I know they are making a movie about it. The […]
“Bueller…………..……Bueller…………….………Bueller”. My kids looked at me with the oh-my-god-are-you-really-my-dad face. Then last week the movie was on TV. I was so excited. I set foxtel to record. I turned the lights off. I brought the popcorn out. I told the kids to prepare themselves. ” Bueller…………. Bue……..” “Daaaaad! Stop it!” The classic Gen X movie, […]
I am the eldest of 4 and the father of 2 A question came up, I’m not sure what to do. Our peers are announcing baby 3 and 4 It got us thinking are we ready for more. I’m still reeling from number 1 and 2 Do I really want more nappies and poo It’s […]
Another one of my friends announced on the weekend that they were expecting baby number 3. There is a third wave of pregnancies amongst my peers and it got us thinking. Should we go for it? I wish the decision was that simple. I asked a friend shortly after his 3rd was born. “So are […]
Is it possible to have a favourite? Anything is possible I suppose, but a favourite. Surely not. Or so I thought . “Who do u want to put to bed tonight. Max or Zak ?” my wife asked The speed of my response had the Olympic drug committee on their toes “Max” came rocketing out […]
IT IS Saturday. I am lying in bed reading the news on my iPad. I find myself at an exasperated loss, unable to relax, having just screamed (again) at my sons for running around the house like banshees. I am wondering if there are other fathers out there screaming at their kids and feeling as […]
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