You may have noticed that I’m using flickr to store my photographs. They let you apply tags to photos to classify them, and I’m doing exactly that. With the ankle biters I’m using their names. Here are a selection of my tags; Oliver Alexander SWMBO For the technically challenged, and if I remember after I’ve …
Author Archives: Andrew Todd
Welcome Oliver John Todd
Say hello and welcome to Oliver John Todd. Born at 12:50am on Wednesday the 20th of July, 2005. For the curious he weighed 3.63kg at birth and measured 52cm. In old money that’s 8lbs and about 20 inches. Mother and baby are doing fine, Dad and big brother are memorising the route between home and …
Slightly More Action
That’s it. I’m off home to pick up the family and take them to vaguely hospital related places. Wish us luck.
Action Stations
Well, not quite yet. It’s five days and counting until b-day. So we are on extremely high alert at Todd Towers. SWMBO has packed a hospital bag for herself and has promised me faithfully that she will be packing one for JFGP today. He’s off to stay with the Reeves for the early part of …
Sunday Roast
JFGP is pictured here enjoying a scrumptious plate of roast chicken and all of the trimmings, cooked by his Dad. What the photo doesn’t show is that after this mouthful he announced that he was full and got down from the table to go and play with his train set. A small parent/child disagreement ensued.
Swings and Roundabouts
Recently on this here interweb there have been reflections of good and bad. A bit like the real world then.
Popular Culture Passing Me By
I note on the Flickr blog (amongst many other sources) that a new Harry Potter book is out soon. Am I alone in my complete indifference to this publishing event of the year? No, didn’t think so. My completely un-scientific theory on the popularity of the young wizard is that they are books that are …
Stormy Weather
The weather has been a little wintery in Sydney recently. At the weekend we rugged up JFGP and Elli before heading out to face the elements. Because it can get awfully rough at Warringah Mall. Now who was it who told me that the sun was always shining down under? I’d like a word.
Weird World
Proof, if more proof were needed, that this is indeed a strange world. According to this article at the BBC the wacky people at Anheuser-Busch (home to the worst beer in the world – Budweiser) are bringing a beer with extra caffeine to the UK. What were they thinking? And since when did companies get …
A Boy’s First Haircut
He’s nearly two, but today was JFGP‘s first haircut. I took him to Kids Central in Chatswood as they are used to small people fidgeting their way through the whole experience. Apart from a dislike of the cape they made him wear he was as good as gold. He was too busy watching the water …