1950s Housewife

Most little girls like glitter and pearls. Right?
And nail varnish.
And dressing up.

Have you ever entered your child into a 'Bonny Baby Competition'?
You know the sort. The kind run in a newspaper that only local taxi drivers seem to read. The kind that get excited that Sam from 'Stenders is going to switch on the Xmas lights. That kind....

We just had another contretemps with my toddler.
We seem to always be having contretemps with my toddler.
He is three years old, wilful as a colt, sensitive as an eyelash and, at times, demonic. This morning it was about switching off the TV, as usual. They had been watching it for a blissful hour, allowing us to lounge in bed a little longer. I warned of...

Canadians seem to go crazy for hallowe'en.
I mean, there is a house on the next street that, not kidding, has a twenty foot spider scaling the wall. I have seldom seen anything quite so barking, apart from those loons who put a strain on the national grid by covering their 3-bedroom semi in fairy...