Tag: children
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Playing simultaneous games against both children might have been less challenging if they hadn't both kept trying to start fights with one another at the same time! 😂
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Two frustrated-looking children each sit in front of a separate chessboard (the photographer is presumably playing both of them).
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This morning's actual breakfast order from the 7-year-old: "A sesame seed bagel with honey, unless there aren't any sesame seed bagels, in which case a plain bagel with honey on one half and jam on the other half, unless there aren't any plain bagels, in which case a cinnamon and raisin bagel with JimJams on one half and Biscoff on the other half."
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Dan, looking confused, next to a cinnamon and raisin bagel with JimJams on one half and Biscoff on the other half (and their respective jars).
Some day, this boy will make a great LISP programmer. 😂
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I'm not sure I've ever seen a parent look as awkward as the one whose kid, in a combined toilets/changing room, just pointed at me, saying: "Daddy, look! Look! That man's using his willy to pee-pee in the standing-up toilet!" 🤣
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Science Weekend
It was a weekend full of science, starting with a visit to the excellent open day at Harwell Campus and a trip to the Diamond Light Synchrotron, and finishing with a series of medical tests on my lungs and why they're not working as well as they ought to. With graphs!
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Woke Kids
The other weekend I took our 10-year-old to her first Pride parade, and she blew my mind with the level of allyship she's already achieved.
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Water Science #2
For the second time, the kids and I had an outing to do some "citizen science" experiments on a local watercourse.
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Found GC2W6AF Babel Fish
This checkin to GC2W6AF Babel Fish reflects a geocaching.com log entry. See more of Dan's cache logs. The younger child and I had an initially fruitless search in, under and around the nearby bridge before we had the sense to insert our babel fishes, after which the hint item became clear to us. A short …
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Found GC8TNPE Incy Wincy
The elder child and I are staying nearby and couldn't resist coming to a nearby cache with so many FPs. The name gave us a bit of a clue what we would be looking for but nothing could have prepared us for for this imaginative and unusual container!
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Hot on the heels of my victory over Wonder Boy 35 years after I first played it, I can now finally claim to have beaten Golden Axe, 25 years after I first played it.
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A young boy in green pyjamas stands alongside a video games cabinet. The screen shows 16-bit graphics of a golden axe, below which the text reads: "After a long, hard battle you finally defeat the evil emperor. Now the world will be at peace again. You are a true hero!"
Couldn't have done it without my magic-wielding 7-year-old co-op buddy.
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Shiftless Progressive Enhancement
Today a 7-year-old helped remind me that progressive enhancement doesn't have to mean render-blocking DOM manipulation nor ugly layout shifts.
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[Bloganuary] Landslide
Today's Bloganuary prompt... just sucks a bit, alright? So instead, I'm going to answer last year's prompt from the same date and tell you about one of the most meaningful songs I can think of.
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[Bloganuary] Attachment
Many children have a comfort toy, blanket or similar that they're incredibly attached to. But I never had anything like that: I wonder why?
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[Bloganuary] Playtime
Do I get to "play" in my daily life? Absolutely. For this Bloganuary prompt, I'm looking at the ways in which I play.
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Local Expert
This week, I spoke to a school group about the history of The Devil's Quoits. Perhaps I should be more-willing to share what I've learned in-general, even in areas where I'm still learning?
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Some Days the School Run is Easy
Today was not one of those days. A sarcastic video rant.