In the last instalment of Lessons Learnt The Hard Way I realised that in some situations a microphone was probably a good idea and in some it was a necessity. Sadly, three months later I hadn’t taken the hint and worse was about to happen. I took an enquiry for an end of Eid party which was taking place in… Read more »
When I was younger I always knew I wanted to have children. Literally, I wanted to be pregnant and nurture and carry my child for nine months. When I saw “Twins” with Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny De Vito I was beside myself with excitement as it seemed my dream could one day become a reality. Unfortunately it turned out I… Read more »
Hello again and welcome to the final installment of the Stitches Trilogy. The epic saga of one man’s multiple trips to casualty and general freaky occurences. By complete coincidence I’ve saved the best and freakiest ones til last. Sit back, have a nice slice of Mr Kipling Bakewell Tart and be thankful these didn’t happen to you! Aged 40 –… Read more »
So as you probably gathered from reading my last post, I haven’t had the best of luck keeping accident free. Here’s part two of my collection of mishaps and freak accidents and my top 357 hospitals in the UK. Aged 19 – Split Open Head Again! It’s Christmas Day and we’ve just watched The Spy Who Loved Me for the… Read more »
As a parent, one of the worst things you have to go through is seeing your child in pain or upset as a result of having an accident. The worst I’ve had to deal with was Katie cracking her head open on the concrete door step at home. This result of this was a hole in her forhead the size… Read more »
In one of my earlier posts; Lessons Learnt The Hard Way, I talked about how when I started out, I wanted to develop my own unique style and not read up on anything to do with children’s entertaining. That way, everything I did would have come from me. I wouldn’t be tempted to become a near clone of someone else…. Read more »
One thing I knew when I decided to become Mr Banana Head was that I could never follow a script and have every party exactly the same as each other. Whilst I understood that I’d have to organise things in a certain order I also needed to be able to react to everything that was happening around me. Whilst that… Read more »
Last weekend Mrs Banana Head went away for a few days and once again I was left solely in charge of the girls. What could possibly go wrong? Here’s what transpired in the first few hours. I was awake at 7.15am feeling very relaxed knowing that a) As the house was relatively tidy I knew where all the clothes were… Read more »
Christmas can be a very special and truly magical time, particularly for children. I have vivid memories when I was 7 of making mince pies for Father Christmas (along with my brother and cousin who lived with us) and leaving them at the end of the beds along with carrots and water for his reindeer. We were ridiculously excited when… Read more »
I can be a very social person, particularly with people I know well and if you asked most people that know me I’m sure they’d say the same. However, on the whole I’m really not that comfortable in social situations. I’m ok with this and in a perverse way actually quite enjoy it. I don’t walk into rooms with sweaty… Read more »
