White Stuff

Above, dear friends, you can see a rather sick Jamie being cared for by his beloved Coleraine cousin Katie. He picked up a bug during ...

Today didn't got off to the start I had hoped for, but there's plenty of time to put things right.  We Whites are due to clambe...

More than three and a half years into the job, I think I've become fairly unshockable as a dad.  Dirty nappies?  Not a problem. Vo...

As I reported earlier in the week, Charlotte is now on her feet and walking greater distances by the day. Her next exciting landmark w...

I was walking Jamie home from nursery last night and experienced a moment I am unlikely to ever forget.  It was a dark but clear evenin...

Perhaps one for the purist this, but I thought you might like to know that our Charlotte can now walk; a handy skill if ever there was o...

So, what kind of day have you had thus far?  Rewarding I hope. Me?  Oh, nothing dramatic. Other than having a huge tooth yanked out of...

I was listening to Radio 5 Live this morning and heard the female presenter lament about the fact that her partner will turn 40 in a few day...

An undoubted high point in Charlotte's year-long existence came along yesterday when she was awarded a Certificate Of Bravery. Some...

The final piece in the jigsaw which is our redecorated living room arrived yesterday in the form of our new curtains - loving crafted by ...

Vanessa and I have just had the joyous task of signing our wills.  Lovely.  Was it sensible for us to arrange to undertake this grim ...

Tonight, I was planning to tell you all about my hilarious capers with my new bobble remover which arrived in the post this morning. I...

I had a stinker of a night last night when, once again, my manly abilities were exposed for what they are: non-existent.  I'll try t...

My ongoing project of brainwashing, sorry, explaining to Jamie that he is in fact an Ulsterman continues to gather pace. And at times I...

I don't know whether "they" say you're never too young too get active, but I certainly do.  I therefore recently inves...

I've been attacked by the Sinusitis Monster again over the last 48 hours, hence no updates. However, my painful condition is nothi...

With Vanessa back at work, another landmark moment was reached in our house this morning when Charlotte joined Jamie at nursery for the f...

In the rare absence of Wee John over Christmas and the New Year, yesterday Jamie insisted that some other little men come to live with u...

This is my least favourite day in the year. After the excitement and expectation of the festive season just gone, the prospect of retu...

New Year's Eve in our house hasn't quite panned out as envisaged, but the nice food and champagne (...and Guinness and lager and...