It’s never easy being the shy kid. Everything in the world seems so daunting not least all the other kids who seem to know instinctively how to play and make friends with ease. If not treated the shy bug can last long into adulthood and even result in such stigmatization as ‘recluse’, ‘hobbit’ and ‘the [...]

We’ve all been there. We start off with such high hopes for our blogs and week after week write what we think to be interesting posts only to see few people pay much attention. Sure it takes time but those months of slow graft do take their toll. Luckily it’s clear that if you stay [...]

Kids and heights don’t go together. Having fallen off my Daddies shoulders as a toddler and hit my head on concrete I can atest to that! So I thought I would put together the following graphic to help all those who have both children and a balcony, like I do. It really is but a [...]

If you’ve never been to the mom blog mamakatslosinit.com then you’re missing out. Mama Kat writes some of the best mom blog posts and videos out there and keeps a lot of people amused day after day. On the blog she’s also detailed her efforts to try to get on the Ellen show in a [...]

It’s Friday which means only one thing, a weekend of running the kids round to parties! Woo hoo! So before I get geared up for my trekathon across the local neighbourhood on a military expedition to have everyone at the right party with the right presents in hand here is a little Friday fun. I [...]

Fire is one of those issues that really keeps me awake at night if I let it. I’m always frightened about that spark from an unseen plug socket igniting that little piece of tissue paper that just happens to be in contact with a pool of gasoline/lighter fluid/household chemical. OK so I watch too many [...]