Despite his protests, at 8:30pm I was marching my four year old out of the television room to have a bath when the television ratings warning came on for the impending movie. Trying to leverage this he pleaded with me, “Ohhh, but I love ‘Low Level Course Language’”.
Tag: parenting
What a Father’s Day present!
After an attempted exit on Friday afternoon, we had to wait three long days at the Royal and Women’s Brisbane Hospital awaiting our second son to show himself. Lewis eventually arrived Sunday night 07/09/2008 just before 8pm, becoming an unbeatable Father’s Day present. It was around 30 food-deprived hours after the first discussed plans for […]
Newborn ETA very soon
My wife and I have spent most of the last two days at the Royal Brisbane and Women’s Hospital. Yesterday afternoon she started getting the first signs that our baby’s coming. So off we went. After a wait in one room, then another room where a few traces could be performed she was admitted to […]
To quantify a “handfull”
I was recently chatting with a colleague about our respective kids, when he started comparing our situations. Ordinarily there’s no value in making comparisons. But it was just interesting to see the difference in our ages. Despite being almost ten years older than me, our children are set to be very close in age. He made […]