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Important to know

“Ffffff. Fffff. FireFFFFFighter.” “What are you doing, Zach?” “Practicing my effers.”

February 23rd, 2011 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Birthday wishes

“Daddy, I love you even more on your birthday than I do on normal days.”

February 4th, 2011 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 comment »

Right, I’ve had little scrawled notes on my desk for a very long time now, so I’ll assemble them into a little tasting tray of madness. Let’s see how far we get. ”Mummy, I just saw a bird in the sky!” ”OK".” “He was doing an experiment! A bird experiment!” “Really? What’s a bird experiment, […]

January 31st, 2011 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Well, that’s all right, then

We’ve been a little worried about a wheezy, phlegmy cough that Zach’s had recently. So, when he was horsing around with Sarah and let out quite a long and wet cough after a prolonged giggling session, she said “Hmmm, that sounded like a wheeze.” “No,” he reassured her, “I was laughing very very hard, but […]

January 8th, 2011 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Can’t wait for the birds and the bees

Sarah had her first Nasty Moment on Christmas Eve this year. While playing with his Lego Santa Claus from his advent calendar, Zach asked, with a considered frown: “Mummy… Is Father Christmas real?” I, naturally, promptly made myself scarce. Sarah attempted to divert the issue with the normal lines like “do you think he’s real?” […]

December 24th, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Near-omniscience

Zach and I were discussing why we had to keep flammable things away from the fireplace and such things. “Yes,” he said stridently. “My know that. My know everything.” This is a typical happening in these sorts of talks. As he looked down and continued playing with the Lego, he quietly added “My not know […]

September 6th, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Zach, meet food. Food, Zach.

Zach got home from school today and presented a sadly-full lunchbox to his mother. “i tried your sandwiches, Mummy,” he said, continuing “they were DISGUSTING.” Continuing the theme of not eating, his dinnertime pasta started dancing and singing its way into his mouth, courtesy of his parents. Apparently one mouthful was a little too lively, […]

August 9th, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

Today’s extended bathroom monologue

“My just puffed out a poompfh! It sounds like a PPPPFFFFFfffttthhhhmmm!” “… My just done another one! And another one!” “… AND ANOTHER ONE!” “That one sounded like Thomas when he drops: hmmmmpppphhhhfffff.” “No, wait… how many did my do? One… two… three. Three poompfhs! And the last one sounded like Thomas!”

August 3rd, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

The time-to-retirement-home is rather shorter than imagined

I accidentally referred to Zach’s Duplo-built barn as a ‘house’. This did not go down well. “If you keep saying words that are wrong, we’re going to sell you and get a new Daddy from the Daddy shop.” Well. At least he’s honest.

July 1st, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | 1 comment »

The Three Branches Of Government

I instructed Samantha to kindly stop making squawking noises at dinner the other night. While she looked at me reproachfully, Zach felt he had to chime in: “no, Daddy, don’t worry about Samantha. I’m in charge.” I must have looked slightly doubtful as to the provenance of his claim, because he continued to outline the […]

April 14th, 2010 by Damian | Posted in Uncategorized | No comments »

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