Thursday, November 8th, 2012
#kids Kids started their Christmas Lists last night. I'm not sure what prompted it.When my 8yo daughter finished, she proudly announced she only had 13 items on her list which included several sets of Friends Lego, Furbies (they appear to have�…
Tuesday, January 10th, 2012
(I tried to avoid doing cross-post, but I think this is too cute to not share and it gives me an excuse to put Ninja legitimately in a post title!) My seven year old daughter Alice announced she wants to be a ninja when she grows up. She’s already formed a secret ninja club (girls only) in […]
Wednesday, September 1st, 2010
My six year old daughter watched me get the images ready for the previous post and went off with her pens and did her own version of Cthulhu: (My original: ) She also did her own version of the plus symbol for the dice design as well: (My original: ) Now to get her programming […]
Thursday, November 6th, 2008
“Daddy…” my four year old daughter started to declare in the back of the car on the way home from work, “… in Dr. Zeus the robots say…”. I’m thinking right now, who the hell is Dr. Zeus? She then does the next bit in her best robot-like voice, “‘Extermalade. Extermalade. Extermalade…’“. Ah, my wonderful daughter! […]
Friday, October 3rd, 2008
I think I’m going to have to start a new section of my website: “Reasons why I didn’t write last night“. This week there was three pretty good reasons. The first was Alice, our four year old, got sick in school so I had to take her home early and work the rest of the […]
Thursday, September 25th, 2008
Instead of the usual bed-time story with Alice, our four year old daughter, I decided to run a “Adventure-Story” (at least that’s how I phrased it to her). At first she wasn’t bothered, but when I told her she could play a “rabbit”, she lit up! It’s the first time I’ve tried roleplaying with Alice. […]
Monday, August 11th, 2008
Children cannot cease but find new ways to embarrass their parents. Alice, our 4-year-old, actually is not that bad but there was certainly, shall we say, a public incident, while on holidays. We were staying in this lovely old country house and we had got this great big inflatable pool out the back. The kids […]
Thursday, June 19th, 2008
My four year old daughter, Alice, is going through a “Batgirl” phase. Normally she’s big into her Dora, Princess and more recently Barbies. But she’s always had a thing about cars and trains (her oldest cousin was also big into them) and also dinosaurs, which is just as cool. The Bat Girl thing, I think […]
Monday, February 25th, 2008
Some more gems from my three year old daughter: “You wouldn’t eat me Daddy. My head is too big to fit in your mouth.” To her Maman: “You’re my Best Mummy” (Does she have more than one mummy?) Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Wisdom from a ToddlerThe Dinosaur TeapartyWisdom from a toddlerExtermalade, […]
Wednesday, February 6th, 2008
Alice (our 3-year old daughter) offers us her great wisdom: Don’t say “Bloody Hell”, say “Oh My God”. (last time) Related Posts:My daughter wants to be a Ninja!More Alice quotesThe Dinosaur TeapartyWisdom from a toddlerExtermalade, Extermalade, Extermalade!