EDITING FOR PLEASURE…

The toddler is in that phase, The Fucking Threes (c) as I referred to it last week, and although still bubbling with the life, love and levity which threatens to overflow at times, she is also stuck in a place where negative language can be fun. Sometimes saying ‘no’ can be a lot more amusing [...]

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CHILD EXPERTS IN ‘WRONG’ SHOCKER!

Who was the idiot who spoke of the ‘terrible twos?’
Was it Dr.Spock? Was it Terry Brazelton? It might as well have been Terry Bradshaw because I’ve had two kids, each breezed through their first 24 months like it was a magic carpet ride in fairy land, and now the toddler of the duo has (as [...]

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SATAN HAS LEFT THE BUILDING…(for now!)

Possessed as the Dark Lord is with the gift of stealth and full morphing capabilities , I was nonetheless surprised when he arrived two weeks ago in my living room. Insolent, rude and with a seemingly endless flow of insubordinate words and phrases, Satan had decided to use my 3 year old as his vehicle. [...]

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SOMETIMES IT JUST ISN’T EASY…

There are moments when the joy is hard to find. Of course you love them both, and of course you remain dedicated primarily to their cause and their needs.
Which can occasionally be the problem.
Especially when one is a teenager, the other is a toddler, and you are 41…sometimes you find your mind drifting and doing [...]

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DRAMA AND THE PRIORITIES OF YOUTH…

6.47 am…
All is calm. 
“She’s up,” mumbles my wife, and given that it’s my turn to take first-call, I promptly say thanks but it’s too early and she’ll survive for another 10 or 15 minutes (I do not recognize servitude before 7 am).
“Why isn’t the fan on?” she asks. I sleepily peruse the fan. It starts [...]

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