Dad’s regular blogs
There’s something truly thrilling about seeing your child doing something for the first time. Especially when it’s something that you have felt they wanted to do for quite a while. It’s on those days when memories are made. On Sunday we made some memories that will sit fondly in my mind for many years to come – Hannah had her […]
My Sunday Photo for this week is of Hannah’s first ride of her scooter in the park On Friday, Hannah’s new Globber scooter arrived (you can read my first impressions post here). naturally, that meant that we were destined to spend a large portion of our weekend on the local bike tracks. It was a slow start to Hannah’s scooting […]
A few weeks ago I wrote about Hannah’s frustrations at the playground with other children’s scooters. Every time she saw an unattended one, she was drawn to it like a magnet. It was obvious to Emma and I that it was time for Hannah to learn to ride. Thankfully, we weren’t the only ones who felt that way. The awesome […]
Regular readers may remember the devastating events of a few days ago, where a large amount of water was accidentally used to drown one of Hannah’s favourite toys – her battery-powered train. At the time, it appeared as if the train was well-and-truly ruined. The circuits shorted, controls rendered useless by the unfortunate spillage. At the time, I proclaimed […]
My Sunday Photo for this week was taken at the Dream Machines exhibition, at Hazelhurst Regional Gallery It was a fairly gloomy-looking Saturday, so we went in search of indoors fun. A quick trip into the Sutherland Shire brought us to the Hazelhurst Regional Gallery. The exhibition that we had come to see was called Dream Machines. It had sparked my interest […]
Tonight, I fear, we will have to farewell an old friend Actually, it’s not that old. It was a Christmas gift last year. But to Hannah, it’s as old a friend and as good a friend as she can remember. That friend is her toy train. It was given to her by her grandparents as a first Christmas present. The […]
I consider us lucky. Hannah, my daughter, sleeps through the night. She has done so from a very early age. The only times that we are woken by her during the night are when there is a problem – she is sick, or she needs to be changed. I consider us lucky, but at the same time I think back […]