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21 Jul 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
I guess every parent already knows this... but sometimes it can be hard to get kids (and fathers...) to go for a walk or a bike ride if there isn't something interesting on the other end. Actually, I know that I'm pretty terrible at this myself... an...
16 Jul 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash Sigh.... I guess that every parent knows this feeling. A four year old that has decided on one aspect of life to stake a their challenge to parents... for us, it has been the eating of dinners. It's now a long running habit for th...
21 Jun 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
You lived a life of sacrifice for everyone around youI didn't know how you managed to strike the balanceFulfilling your responsibility while also making others happyYour heart was so wide like the oceanYour depth of kindness ran deeper than the dee...
26 May 2021 1 minute read 0 comments Olawalium
To the fathers,the blunt and firm friendsThe ones who know the proper way the nation should be run The master that knows what should be done nextHe fixes the trust, ends the brawland above all, loves unconditionally He never looks for praiseseven t...
23 May 2021 2 minute read 2 comments bengy
Unsplash Weirdly enough, Eurovision is sort of a weird cult thing in Australia... well, amongst some people. My wife had never really watched it, but I had always tuned in year after year when I was studying at University. There was somet...
27 Apr 2021 3 minute read 4 comments bengy
Unsplash For quite some time now, my wife and I have been toying with the idea of returning back to Australia. We have spent the better part of nearly two decades living in Europe, far from our families. When we were just the two of us.....
17 Feb 2021 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
Ahhhhh... a story from before the Corona-time. Is it too soon to start reminiscing about the good old days when people could pack together in a small space like this? I should cue the Grampa Simpson voice... Anyway, this isn't a story about the...
4 Feb 2021 4 minute read 0 comments bengy
Yesterday, our kid's school had a student free day... it's a bit of a strange sort of event when the kids are learning from home, but this is the last week of that malarky, and the primary school kids will be going back to school next week start...
27 Dec 2020 2 minute read 0 comments bengy
There used to be a time when our youngest one was completely obsessed with My Little Pony.... she WAS Princess Twilight Sparkle and she just couldn't get enough of them! Sadly (or fortunately) those days have now passed and she is really into to...
23 Dec 2020 2 minute read 1 comment bengy
We had originally bought this cute little Cubetto robot when our older daughter was munch younger. It's a little robot toy and playmat with stories designed around an Arduino board that helps little kids learn a bit about sequential programming...
