Category: parenting
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Back to the start
Bamm-Bamm got a Switch at Christmas which he shares with his sister. His main game for the past while is Mario Odyssey He’s getting good at it, like really good. I’m not saying it’s educational but the kid has figured out a lot of the mechanics and what to do without me telling him. For…
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World Book Day 2019
It’s that time again, and I couldn’tbe bothered to look out the previous posts but we’ve had Chase from Paw Patrol and Hungry Caterpillar. It took some time to make Fantastic Mr Fox realise that he didn’t have to eat everybody.
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Switching the kids rooms
Today was spent swapping the kids rooms. The Kid had the bigger room with built in wardrobes across one wall and a small desk alcove. Bamm-Bamm had a slightly smaller room but no built in storage. We flipped them. We’d been thinking about swapping for a bit, the games cupboard was getting a mess and…
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Haircut 🧒🏼
Much like his dad, Bamm-Bamm has hair that grows at a silly rate and ends up with a slight curl. We decided to get it cut after nursery since his sister was getting her hair cut in town. We went to Magic Scissors in Lochee, been here a few times now and the lads are…
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Momo and kids YouTube and what is actually happening
There is a trend going about that videos on Kids YouTube are getting spliced with that freaky Momo character telling kids to do unspeakable things. Not without realising it, but I saw this tweet from Basecamp/Rails big man, DHH: Everyone is so fixated on the Momo thing and that it is actually a hoax and…
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Teaching The Kid video editing
Every Monday, the Kid has movie club after school. They watch a small video and talk about different aspects like scripts or plot development. Considering she watches some YouTube stuff like people building SIMS and whatnot, it’s educational. She mentioned on the walk home today that she wanted to make slime (again 😫) and how…
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LEGO Police station
Here, didn’t post this amazing police station that Benj & I made on Monday! We built it ground up. He is almost accepting my explanation of brick placement to ensure walls are secure. “Dad, the colours don’t match!” Also, the backdoor at the top – “people can just walk up like this…and then…weeee fall in!”…
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Lava song
Most nights, small person wants a song. We have the Lava Song from Lava, which I think is the short which came with Moana, or Over The Rainbow by Israel “IZ” Kamakawiwo There are times when I wish we were doing something on my phone and I could record B’s reaction or what he’s doing.…
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The Dundee Beano statues
It is fitting that on the 65th anniversary of the Bash St Kids, I was instructed to take himself to the “dog statue”. (The HEIC version of this is funnier cos his foot is tapping) “I’m on his nose hahaha” no comment that he is hugging the one called Minx who is a trouble maker.…
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