I Am A Lego Detective
But I’m confused, because although I think that’s what I said, what he seems to have heard is, ‘I am a Lego Detective. I can find any...
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jdettmann
- Sep 8, 2016
- 3 min
Psycho Killer: Qu’est-ce que c’est?
And well might you ask, Talking Heads, well might you ask. Is a psycho killer a killer of psychos, or a psycho who kills? It’s a crucial...
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jdettmann
- Jul 20, 2016
- 4 min
In The End, It Was The Odd Socks That Finished Her Off
Garnet searching for his socks. We’ve been on a holiday. A driving holiday, and while I’ll try to write about that soon, and tell you all...
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jdettmann
- Jun 15, 2016
- 4 min
Sticker Shock
Part of a Lego exhibition we saw on the weekend and in no way a freakishly accurate representation of our bedroom when it’s my morning to...
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jdettmann
- Mar 8, 2016
- 3 min
Good Spider, Bad Spider
Dumbledore (left) and Huntsman Who Did Not Heed Me (right) Sydney’s in the middle of a plague of spiders. Summer forgot to end and for...
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jdettmann
- Mar 1, 2016
- 3 min
Tropical with No Chance of Orang-utans
How I cope with this is to put aside what I should be doing (perhaps preparing my keynote speech for the International Conference on...
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jdettmann
- Feb 15, 2016
- 3 min
I Wandered Lonely As A Cloud Whose Kids Are Both At School
Garnet’s preschool curriculum focuses on how to induce guilt. The slow process of settling the kids into school and preschool continues...
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jdettmann
- Feb 5, 2016
- 2 min
7 Reasons My Five Year Old Shouldn’t Have to Go to School, According to Her    Â
I have already been to school. For five whole days. What do you mean, five days isn’t enough? How long is this ridiculousness supposed to...
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jdettmann
- Jan 29, 2016
- 3 min
The First Rule of the Best Start Interview is Don’t Talk About the Best Start Interview
I was hoping the test hadn’t started yet. May Blossom has just been for her pre-starting-school chat with a kindy teacher, which is...
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jdettmann
- Nov 16, 2015
- 3 min
Ignorance Is Bliss
Apocalypse now, or have we time for another coffee before the end of days? ‘Why do I still have to go to kindy?’ May Blossom moaned  to...
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jdettmann
- Oct 19, 2015
- 4 min
A Very Peter Pan Birthday
Three weeks out she started saying, ‘I don’t want to hear it’s anyone else’s birthday before mine.’ Now we’re down to four days and she...
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jdettmann
- Oct 14, 2015
- 3 min
My Head Is A Compost Bin
Hiding in the corner, not doing its job well. Come on, compost bin, lean in. Hello! Well, Mental Health Week came and went last week, and...
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jdettmann
- Sep 14, 2015
- 4 min
Follow Your Arrow
I think I’ve figured out why smart parents make their kids listen to kids’ music. It’s so you can have conversations about how yes, the...
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jdettmann
- Aug 24, 2015
- 2 min
Nine Lies
It turns out my kids are lying liars who lie. On Saturday night, my brother, SuperChief, babysat Garnet and May Blossom. They totally saw...
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jdettmann
- Feb 18, 2015
- 3 min
Shut Up, If You Please
One night I let things escalate horribly. I was so tired of being shouted at and told I was very, very mean, when really I am only a bit...
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jdettmann
- Feb 11, 2015
- 3 min
Train Travel For The Out-Of-Practice
Train for illustrative purposes only. Not a Tangara. When my train pulled into the station this morning, I thought ‘Ooh, fancy: a...
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jdettmann
- Feb 5, 2015
- 5 min
A Bit of Stair Trouble
This morning was officially the second day I was to leave the house and come here to work on the blog and other self-directed (aka...
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jdettmann
- Aug 18, 2014
- 2 min
Spread Joy Up To The Maximum
While Garnet was sick all he has wanted to do was have me read him books while he languished in my lap. Once day I dragged out a Play...
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jdettmann
- May 27, 2014
- 2 min
Cross
It took half an hour to even upload this far-too-small image, due to iPhoto (or iFighto as my Dad has long called it) deciding that...
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jdettmann
- Mar 5, 2014
- 2 min
Games for Rainy Days
Others are more prosaic. Take ‘Molly Drops Her Phone’. In this game, May Blossom is Molly. Molly takes my phone, puts it in her handbag...
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