Archives: April, 2007

Just a quick, huge congratulations to Vicky - she’s just given birth to a beautiful new baby boy.

Understandably, she won’t be posting much for a while. As it’s not quite so tiring being a very proud uncle, I shall try to fill her shoes

Source:hugovk@flickr

With the impending arrival of Number 3, Piers and I have agreed that the emphasis on this blog will change a bit.

We will still be posting here but from now on will be focusing on:

1) Reporting about development (there are lots of new features in the pipeline )
2) Asking for your feedback
3) General Parenting Issues
4) Social Networking for Parents
5) Places for kids in the UK

Cadbury’s Creme Eggs are one of my favourite treat, so I was very disappointed to discover this:

Source:smudie@flickr

Whilst no competition for the real thing, here are some Easter Egg hunts your kids can do at home:

1. Hotel Chocolat (real chocolate to be won!) NB UK site

2. Interflora (more real chocolate to be won) NB UK site

3. Meddybemps

4. Billy Bear 4 Kids

5. A Kid’s Heart

There are loads more out there if you still want more.

Happy Easter to everyone

Source:Babblz

Babblz is an exciting new way to keep on top of the best new parenting blog posts. You can submit posts, vote for others and find the most popular posts on particular topics.

As the site says, it:

allows you to submit an article that will be reviewed by all and will be promoted, based on popularity, to the main page. When a user submits a news article it will be placed in the “unpublished” area until it gains sufficient votes to be promoted to the main page

Original Action Man: Firebox

New Action Man: Amazon

I was very pleased to read on Toyology that the original action man is making a comeback for his 40th Anniversary. According to Firefox where you can buy the original version:

Forget the quasi-superhuman meathead currently masquerading as Action Man. This authentic military man is modelled on the definitive, British-as-beans-on-toast posable figure that caught the imagination of millions in the sixties and seventies.

Source:Stubby Pencil Studio

Everyone appreciates a homemade card made by a child. However, often kids are stuck for ideas. That is why I think these Color’n'Kids cards hit the spot. Even very young children can colour in or decorate the pictures and trace over the writing. These are perfect when you or your children are feeling less than inspired.

Thanks to Parent Hacks for pointing them out.

Don’t miss the Carnival of Family Life which is being hosted by Play Library this week. There are something like 50 posts so I think the answer is to pick from the titles that appeal to you.

For those novices out there like me, wikipedia describes a blog carnival as follows:

a type of blog event. It is similar to a magazine, in that it is dedicated to a particular topic, and is published on a regular schedule, often weekly or monthly. Each edition of a blog carnival is in the form of a blog article that contains permalinks links to other blog articles on the particular topic.

Have you played a practical joke on anyone today? Here is what Bart did to Homer: