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I haven’t posted in ages - sorry for that, it shan’t happen again.
I promise to post more frequently again from now on. The reason for the lack of paosts is that with Nanny staying with us there has been less, not more, spare time. This is because even after the kids are in bed I […]
Firstly a thank you for everyone who sent me their jokes and humorous material. I can assure you that they have been tried out on Little Miss. Sadly they haven’t been all that successful, but I think that has a lot more to do with the delivery than the material. I am really going to […]
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With apologies to one independent, feisty little Hispanic chick I think we have all earned the right to dance around singing “We did it!, We did it, We did it!!! - Hooray!!!!!!!!!!!”
That’s right, the baby - Usurper - has made it to her first birthday, and to top it off she is fast changing […]
When will Usurper actually take that first stuttering step towards the ultimate in freedom - bipedal movement? She is close, very very close. She will at times stand up and let go of whatever she is holding onto, standing there grinning and giggling like a maniac until she falls to her ass - at which […]
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Wife has been sick for the last little while and the baby Usurper has also been a bit crook (and has also been getting the odd new tooth), so to try and give them a bit of a break I spent a fair chunk of today out and about at a market and then some […]
Read Kids giveth and kids taketh away »Wife has been sick for the last little while and the baby Usurper has also been a bit crook (and has also been getting the odd new tooth), so to try and give them a bit of a break I spent a fair chunk of today out and about at a market and then some shops with Little Miss.
We had a pretty good day, we played at a park, ate a yummy cupcake, saw some friends of hers and were largely tantrum free while out.
The one things that did strike me was just how wonderful your kids can make you feel. A simple hug, and ‘I love you Dad’, or ‘I had a good day today’ and your hearts melts. They can an do give you some much pleasure and happiness.
Although as you can guess from the title, what they giveth they can also taketh away.
Today on the way home in the car we were having a chat about life in general and singing along to a song called, ironically as it turns out, I like to sing.
As we pulled into the driveway at home the following came from the back seat:
‘I had a lot of fun today!’ warm fuzzy feeling washes over me.
Then without a pause, ‘Don’t sing Dad, you’re a bad singer’, which despite all those years spent in a band doesn’t bother me because it is a fair cop. Then the killer.
‘You’re really old Dad, and you’ve got no hair, and you’re a really really bad singer’.
Talk about being shot down from those closest too you. The worse bit is that I know that it wasn’t said with any malice at all, or even as a subtle dig, toddlers just aren’t that sophisticated - it was just a statement of fact, pure, simple, honest, and ever sooooooooooooo devastating. Then again maybe I am fragile and approaching my 40th birthday midlife crisis……….
