I don’t know what’s wrong with me. I don’t seem to have found a kernel of absurdity that I need to write down in what’s normally my rant-reserved day of the week.
Don’t get me wrong; the usual weirdness has gone on in the world. Studios green-light movies such as Santa Clause 3 and yet kick […]

Riley’s first word today - this afternoon at approximatey 5.45pm, to be specific - was “dad dad dad”.
And now he won’t shut up saying it!

Happy Thanksgiving to all my overseas friends!
Next week we’re off for our big annual holiday back home. I am very excited, as well as trepidacious, because we’re flying and in my experience there are only two types of behaviour that kids can demonstrate whilst flying: pure angel or pure demon. (At least I’ll probably be […]

Funny is hearing a two-and-a-half year old, who has still not mastered her English mother-tongue, say “Shitsu Dog”. It’s a mess; it sounds rude; and is about the closest thing she can say before crossing the line into getting into trouble.
What cute/rude words do your kids make?

It’s my pleasure this week in my eMoms Blogjolt to talk about Katiebird’s blog Eat4Today.Katiebird is a regular reader and commentator on many, many forums (I think she even pops in here from time to time ;)) and is very positive and encouraging. Her site takes this one step further, and helps facilitate weight loss […]

Riley has discovered his penis, in what will (in all probability) become a lifetime love affair (to paraphrase a comedian who’s name I can no longer recall).
He sits in the bath and twiddles it between his fingers like banjo strings and I can’t help but cringe a little and I don’t even have one!
What do […]

I reserved this book from the library with great expectations, only because I have such regard for the show. I’d hoped that it wasn’t going to be one of those rushed, badly edited jobs that cashes in quickly on its subject’s success.Sadly, my hopes were dashed.I gave up after about thirty pages. I found its […]