tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:48:11 +0000Being a father is a wild ride. My name is Christopher &amp; these are my observations, theories &amp; comments on life as the dad of my two boys Ripley &amp; Jayden. I write this to air my thoughts &amp; update my friends &amp; family with photos, videos and such like. For everyone else I offer hints and tips on parenting as I learn them. For legal reasons I make no direct reference to my employer or any of my colleagues.http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/noreply@blogger.com (blogger)Blogger393125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-3958633631390234261Sat, 15 Nov 2008 23:47:00 +00002008-11-15T23:48:11.613Zwii musicwiihttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/11/jj-conducting-orchestra-in-wii-music.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-3576147633592833957Sat, 18 Oct 2008 16:41:00 +00002008-10-18T17:43:15.184+01:00cutesleepsleepyJJSUCH a sweet kid :) http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/10/video-jj-not-waking-up-after-his-nap.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-4629243318833373759Mon, 08 Sep 2008 22:34:00 +00002008-09-08T23:38:38.579+01:00bangaloretravelindiapodcastI am in India this week - I am going to be too busy with work to make posts to my blog so I have setup a podcast so I can quickly record my impressions of this interesting country. It is really just an audio postcard to friends and family back home. To avoid cluttering up this blog (any more), I have a travel blog that automatically updates with new podcasts as soon as I post them up - here is http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/09/podcasting-india.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-6449372633407763872Tue, 19 Aug 2008 12:05:00 +00002008-08-19T13:06:42.457+01:00videodanceI just love the look on Jayjay's face as he starts laughing http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/08/ripley-dancing-to-wannadies-you-and-me.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-7150480831105967306Wed, 13 Aug 2008 07:49:00 +00002008-08-13T10:46:59.027+01:00Why have I started blogging again. As popular as the practice is, I like to think I am self aware enough to question my motives. Could it be for the ad revenue? No, that is in my wife's name and makes up part of the kids monthly trust fund payments. Could it be for fame? Not at all, I no more an exhibitionist than the next man. For your information, the next man is currently crushed against me onhttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/08/writing-stuff-down.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-1159126026150972538Mon, 11 Aug 2008 17:04:00 +00002008-08-11T18:04:07.940+01:00Damn damn and double damn. My little robot dog got it's front legsbroken by Jayden. Quite accidental. He just stumbled and fell on it. When I heard the sickening crack I new it wasn't good. Weird thingwas the way the dog reacted. It fell over then seemed to convulse, Iam not suggesting it felt pain, that would be silly but it did have apreprogrammed reaction to being squashed and broken. Ihttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/08/baby-bites-dog-shock.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-5221166417657967500Fri, 08 Aug 2008 21:34:00 +00002008-08-08T22:34:59.030+01:00Damn, its been a while. But I'm back baby, yeah!Seeing as this site was physically removed from the interweb (phrase Icoined in 1996), I can't really expect any readers. But let's pretendthat I have some.Hello again, you are probably wondering why I haven't blogged in sucha long time, why I have deleted most of the photos and videos of mychildren and so on. It is complex but here goes.My http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/08/tap-tap-is-this-thing-on.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-7244340274760174383Tue, 04 Mar 2008 18:55:00 +00002008-03-04T18:55:51.375Zstar warshttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/03/ripley-explaining-plot-of-star-wars.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-9088012354077021194Mon, 03 Mar 2008 20:59:00 +00002008-03-03T17:04:26.621ZsynesthesiaRipley keeps telling me that certain songs are different colours, for example, earlier he said ? I don?t like ?blue songs, play a yellow one?. Then saying, in a sincere and matter-of-fact voice ? ?no daddy, this one is red?, and so on. Unless he is kidding me around, entirely possible, this seems to point to the possiblity that he has sound to color synesthesia. Which personally I would LOVE http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/03/colourful-musical-tastes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-5874776995309433990Wed, 23 Jan 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-01-23T12:48:32.280ZartdaddydrawingI found this excellent site on childhood artistic development milestones. Ripley is only just gone 3, so he should now be moving from the scribbling stage into the early points of - 8< - - - 8< - - - 8< - - - 8< - - - The preschematic stage First conscious creation of form occurs around age three and provides a tangible record of the child's thinking process. The first http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/01/ripley-and-his-drawing-development.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-4066725643517922164Thu, 17 Jan 2008 12:40:00 +00002008-01-17T12:41:33.077ZprunesOK - I admit this is an in joke that only a few people would actually understand. Tags: prune grandad http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2008/01/new-name-for-prunes.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-8527869611284048852Wed, 12 Dec 2007 11:26:00 +00002007-12-12T18:02:32.582Zlawrence juppphotographI heard some tragically sad news today. A friend from my last place of work was killed on his motorcycle. Lawrence Jupp was a truly nice bloke in every sense. I know this is a cliche but he was one of those rare individuals who didn?t have a bad word for anyone, for that alone he was well liked and respected by all. He was trustworthy & friendly, with an adventurous and active streak that http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/12/goodbye-lawrence-jupp.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-6232828846597154060Thu, 06 Dec 2007 19:59:00 +00002007-12-06T16:03:14.742ZbubbleripleySentimental but cute editing experiment. It tells the true story of my son and his attachment to a bubble, naturally it ends badly, the relationship was doomed from the start. Tags: bubble http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/12/runaway-bubble.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-898640598670187309Tue, 04 Dec 2007 19:04:00 +00002007-12-04T19:11:41.141Ztoddlerfirst stepsjaydenHe has been climbing up things and doing some controlled falling between objects, but not what you would call walking. I said to Penny today - I guess he is different to Ripley (he was walking at 11 months), Jay is so well developed in other ways. As we were talking about his walking, I picked him up, put him on his feet and let him go. I do this exercise quite often but this time he just http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/12/jaydens-first-steps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-2861942168927672119Fri, 26 Oct 2007 23:38:00 +00002007-12-12T15:40:00.025ZmilestonesJayden took his first couple of steps today - we can't really say he is walking but it was an amazing milestone that made me feel so elated! He is such a happy baby, but recently he has been very sad. He had a terrible vomitting fever, which the whole family had over the period of a couple of weeks - the WORST couple of weeks of my life I might add. Then we all caught a cold, then the flu, http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/10/jaydens-first-few-steps.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-6282279679600187206Tue, 04 Sep 2007 09:39:00 +00002007-09-04T10:44:32.185+01:00jaydenjust recently I have started to feel really bad about the fact that I haven't been blogging anything about Jayden. It occurred to me that in the future he might read this blog and think, hold on, why didn't that write anything about me, why is this blog all about Ripley. Well Jayden, I guess you are right, this blog has mainly been about Ripley. The reason why is that I used it as a method of http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/09/jayden.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-2673636480483188734Thu, 10 May 2007 07:26:00 +00002007-05-10T08:26:17.932+01:00This is the song I sing to Ripley and Jayden every night before they go to sleep - :Dhttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/05/three-amigos-sing-my-little-buttercup.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-3342702847062804525Wed, 02 May 2007 15:08:00 +00002007-05-02T16:29:20.741+01:00So, it has been a while since I blogged last. I have realised that I simply do not have the time to blog nowadays. I feel a little guilty about it, I used to blog all the time when Ripley was a young baby and now Jayden has come a long, I don't do any blogging at all. I hope when Jay gets a little older he doesn't take offence that I never used to write about him. I can assure you little man,http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/05/watch-skies.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-3603197728042488333Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:40:00 +00002007-12-12T15:21:47.922Zvideohttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/video-ripley-at-2-yrs-3-mths-calls_12.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-8988751421690723833Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:40:00 +00002007-12-12T15:21:47.923Zvideohttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/video-ripley-at-2-yrs-3-mths-calls.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-6259583236633332547Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:39:00 +00002007-12-12T15:21:47.923Zvideohttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/video-jayden-at-3-months-mummy-making.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-4208594470759480076Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:39:00 +00002007-12-12T15:21:47.923Zvideohttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/video-jayden-at-3-months-happy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-1282079956316578737Mon, 12 Feb 2007 21:39:00 +00002007-12-12T15:21:47.924Zvideohttp://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/video-jayden-3-months-old-and-very.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-4616966045339946223Wed, 07 Feb 2007 20:05:00 +00002007-02-07T20:07:19.045Zdiy scam alert warning ukDear All, I'm not usually one for posting warnings about potential scams but I had a close miss yesterday. I walked into B&Q after work and some old guy dressed in orange asked me if I wanted decking. Fortunately, I got the first punch in and that was the end of that. Those less suspecting might not be so lucky so inform your friends and colleagues. Tags: warning scam http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/02/scam-warning-diy-store-attack.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-8492079.post-116826601262992426Mon, 08 Jan 2007 14:20:00 +00002007-01-08T14:20:12.676ZAt the begininning of the week we took Ripley's dummies (pacifiers) away from him. When he was due one for his morning sleep he cried and cried for about an hour (real tears). Later in the afternoon he looked up at me tentatively and said "dee" (his word for dummy), I looked and him and said "sorry, there are no dummies...", his eyes saddened, he did a big sigh, looked down at his feet and http://www.kitt.net/blog/dad/2007/01/bye-bye-dummy.htmlnoreply@blogger.com (blogger)0