kids say the darnedest things.

romania. arguably the oddest place ever.

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Call Me Crazy, But Staying In Is The New Going Out

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Dear Oprah, Thank You For That Speech...

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I Wish We Knew That Before They Started School...

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My Dad Of The Week: Anonymous But Legendary

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A Dad Bod Is For Life, Not Just For Christmas

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Chenac (it's in France) Was More Than Just Our First Family Holiday. It was Perfection.

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Begging Your Little Angel To Go To Sleep Without Actually Begging (NB: this is the fun way)

Getting my child to sleep once meant having to make individual sacrifices to the 12 Gods that collectively made up the Roman pantheon. Not a

the education system monumentally sucks. it monumentally f@#king sucks.

I’ve done it again. I’ve gone and riled myself up, which is increasingly easy to do these days, what with Putin and the Russians leading...

my mad little family had some magical moments in Marbella (oh i'm a sucker for alliteration).

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i've been trying to decide what sort of parent you deserve me to be. and i've probably got i

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what to do if you're toddler isn't sleeping through (warning: this is the unorthodox answer)

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classic disney: for toddlers who hate sitting still.

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About Me

hey! i'm will, the creator of my mad little family. not literally. i mean i didn't give birth. that bit mummy did. i just mean creator as in creator of this blog.

anyway, i'm totally incompetent as a parent and totally unqualified to give you any advice, trust me. saying that, trump is totally incompetent and unqualified to be president. so yeah, sit back, laugh a little, share a little and ignore absolutely everything i say.

love, hugs n' a bit of ciao.