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Life with two kids: Language acquisition
May. 17th, 2026 08:58 amGideon picking up language from YouTube is hilarious. I explained to him yesterday that you can use the right trigger to drift in Mario Kart and he replied "Bro! That's sick!"
On the one hand, I actively think that Burnham would do a pretty good job.
On the other hand it would be hilarious if he lost the by-election.
On the third hand, I'm pretty sure that no matter what happens Labour will find a way to sabotage themselves.
(To be clear, I'd rather that they didn't, and would rather like them to just be competent and decent, if they can work out how to do that.)
I've been working my way back through some albums I haven't listened to in decades, to see how they hold up.
I just started a shower with Sisters of Mercy: Floodland, and sang along with the whole first song, despite not having heard it in 30 years.
Brought back a lot of university memories too.
Funny thing, memory.
New behaviour from Gideon.
Every so often he'll see a small trinket he can spend some pocket money on. A waddle-dee or a Yoshi toy.
And he'll buy one, take it home, and carefully place it on Jane's bedside table, for her to enjoy.
Life with two kids: magic numbers
Apr. 3rd, 2026 12:15 pmSophia, looking at her phone: "My battery is at 67%! Six sehvern!"
Gideon: "That's old, nobody says that any more"
Sophia: "Yeah, and school banned it"
Gideon: "Yeah, they abandoned it"
Gideon: "That's old, nobody says that any more"
Sophia: "Yeah, and school banned it"
Gideon: "Yeah, they abandoned it"
Life with two kids: bedtime meltdown
Mar. 29th, 2026 09:50 pmSophia has spent the last several weeks being very excited that she will, at some point in the near future, get to have her own bed in her own room.
This evening she suddenly realised that she would no longer be in her current bed and had a massive meltdown.
So we're currently reassuring her that she won't be rushed into anything. Fingers crossed for a better mood tomorrow.
As far as I know Gideon has seen neither anything with Guardians of the Galaxy's Yondu or an Alabama Sheriff, but when we're heading into combat in Zelda he does an amazing impression while yelling his battle cry of "C'mere Boy!"
Edit: Aha! Turns out it's from a school friend!
Life with two kids: School Days Revisited
Mar. 24th, 2026 08:02 pmThe kids are watching an episode of SpongeBob where he's failing to write an essay. It is, frankly, stressing me the fuck out.
Morning medical annoyance
Mar. 23rd, 2026 09:00 amIt always surprises me that Boots isn't open until 9am. You would have thought that there'd be enough people wanting to pick up painkillers or similar on the way in to work.
Grumpy about overly-simplistic polling
Mar. 17th, 2026 11:27 amI do wish that polls wouldn't ask if people thought that the PM was handling something "Well" or "Badly". Because two people answering "Badly" might mean completely different things by it.
Also, me saying "Immigration is important to me" means the opposite of what a Reform voter would mean by it.
This because of reporting of how many people think that Starmer is handling the Iran situation well or badly. When I can guarantee that some of the "badly" think we should be bombing Iran right now, and some think that we shouldn't be involved even slightly.
I need to know about movie improvements
Feb. 25th, 2026 02:25 pmA critical question came up at lunch today, for which I do not have a satisfactory answer. So, throwing it open to the floor:
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
Are there *any* movies which would not be improved by the addition of Godzilla?
Life with two kids: A little curiosity
Feb. 18th, 2026 08:07 pmThree minutes ago Sophia asked me how to spell "pregnancy simulator", and now I'm getting the regular buzz of notifications as she installs apps on her phone.
Life with two children: a shared concern
Feb. 15th, 2026 10:20 amSophia, tapping frantically at her tablet screen: "Gaah! I need to drop off my baby at nursery so I can get to work!"
Life with two kids: No memory to speak of
Feb. 13th, 2026 05:21 pmIt's amazing that my mood depends so much on what my children remember to bring home from school.
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
(Yesterday, down two bus passes and a backpack, misery.
Today, all of their belongings, relief!)
Life with two kids: The sounds of fun
Feb. 8th, 2026 07:40 pmThe children are playing Roblox* together, and there are many joyous shouts of "I've found a tunnel, go in the yellow one! I'll check the door!" from the next room. Clearly having a lovely time.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
*Safe, from my understanding, so long as they talk to nobody and spend no money.
The light is rising
Feb. 6th, 2026 05:10 pmFor the first time this year I've left the office and it wasn't pitch black outside. Dark, but not *night*.
(Sunset was at 16:56)
(Sunset was at 16:56)
Yaaaaaaawn
Jan. 25th, 2026 08:42 amWoke up at 6:30 and it took me ten minutes to wake up enough to realise it's Sunday and my alarm would not be going off at 7. By which point I was too awake to get back to sleep.
If you want a picture of the future, imagine me sitting on the sofa trying to read a book with Sophia on my left asking for help with Stardew Valley and Gideon on my right asking for help with Lego Star Wars - for ever.
Posting from the abyssal depths
Dec. 21st, 2025 10:59 am7 days ago was our earliest sunset (15:37)
7 days from now is our latest sunrise (08:44)
Today is our shortest day (6:57:37)
I am looking forward to the return of the light.
7 days from now is our latest sunrise (08:44)
Today is our shortest day (6:57:37)
I am looking forward to the return of the light.
Life with two kids: Christmas monitoring
Dec. 4th, 2025 07:31 amOpening up my YouTube Recap so I can find out what nonsense Gideon has been watching this year.
(Sophia is on her own account, but for technical reasons Gideon can't be yet.)
(Sophia is on her own account, but for technical reasons Gideon can't be yet.)
