Parenting a small child is not easy.
Firstly apologies. I got a bit carried away with this post so if it's all a bit tldr...great year, Ollie talks and walks, we did a lot and all survived. January - It's moving and other bits. Ollie had begun to crawl over Xmas period and had decided with a bit of encouragement and help... Continue Reading →
Lots of family meet ups took place for our little family over the festive period. This involved us zipping all over the place to far flung exotic places such as Kingston upon Thames, Tamworth, Stratford Upon Avon and Calne. It was genuinely ace to catch up with everyone, it really doesn't happen often enough. The... Continue Reading →
Just a few pics from Christmas festivities. Didn't take many on the day as was far too busy cooking non stop, this is something that will need remedying next year! In his own unique way Ollie found a way to make opening presents combative, albeit in an endearingly cute/monstrous way. Forcing presents into Pose's face... Continue Reading →
Merry Christmas all!
Last night was our annual Christmas meet up, this time at Juey and Charlie's new house. Genuinely lovely night and great hosting! It was also a massive bonus that everyone being the lovely sorts they are, seemed to take turns Ollie wrangling. Olephant loved the evening and the attention he got, resulting in him becoming... Continue Reading →
Final day of boys week started rather late due to Ollie on Thursday night/Friday morning deciding that sleep was a rather old hat and a bit too conformist for him to take part in. This meant that by the time his avant garde broken sleeping style finally pieced itself together it was about 4.30am and... Continue Reading →
Day 4: Nothing much of note happened today. A parent/small person Christmas party was attended at Little Hurricanes, surprisingly not a horrific experience. Lots of small people being really rather well behaved and not monstrous. Some of Pose's friends made me feel a little less awkward at being the only dad there. Ollie was a... Continue Reading →
Day 1 of Boys week: As Rosie is stuck at school for another week and I am not (not smirking honest!), the Olephant and I have a week of adventure ahead. Day 1 of this involved a stay and play session at the Olephants nursery. In a very unlike Ollie manner, the first half an... Continue Reading →
Parenting a Monster. 