De Niro having another little "focker" at 80!
Scroll down for a roundup of the hilarious parenting content from the week, guaranteed to make you smile, if not laugh out loud. And the odd helpful tip.
Happy Saturday Dads!
We hope we’re not the only ones continuing to make stealthy trips to the hidden stash of chocolate we decided to squirrel away after yet another meltdown last weekend.
Coming up this week…
🥇 Learning tip | The food colouring “drop” race
🎾 Activity of the week | Rough-play like “Stone Cold” Steve Austin
🍽️ Recipe of the week | Baked bean rollups
💻 Hack of the week | Baby suncream the sensible way
⭐ How the stars do it | Robert De Niro showing us how to dad at 80!
As always, if you enjoyed this week’s edition and think you might know someone else who would, please do share. We know how tough being a parent can be, and sometimes you just need a moment to laugh at some of the craziness.
Thanks for reading, and enjoy that beer when it finally comes.
Fred @
(a fellow dad of 2)
“Parents don’t really go on a vacation. They just look after their own kids in a different city.”
👀 As seen on Insta
You do not need an account to watch these videos; they are just a little light relief to make you smile on a Saturday morning.
“Send them to forest school”, they said. “It’ll be fun”, they said.
“Baby jumping” might just be one of the stranger Easter
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🥇 Learning tip
Who knew there were so many fun things you could do with food colouring and a bit of water.
This week we return to the magic of science with a simply mind-blowing piece of wizadry.
Link here.
🎾 Activity of the week
“Roughhousing is physically active play that’s joyful but a little risky. The shrieks of laughter are part of the fun. The key is that all participants are willing.” [link]
Whilst reliving your childhood WWE aspirations might be a dream come true, it apparently also comes with quite a few benefits for your child.
brain stimulation and development
self control
social skills
flexible thinking
physical fitness
Link here.
🍽️ Recipe of the week
Recipe: BAKED BEAN ROLLUPS
🍞 2x pieces of bread (without the crust obvs)
🫘 2x tablespoons of baked beans
🍅 1x tea spoon of tomato puree
🧀 a handful of grated cheese (optional)
🌿 a handful of herbs (optional)
Instructions:
Cut the crusts off your bread and spread your beans, herbs and cheese evenly. Rollup each slice before covering them in milk and frying them till crisp.
Full recipe here.
💻 Hack of the week
We haven’t tried it yet, but this actually looks pretty legit.
Anyone familiar with the agony of wrestling suncream onto a wriggling 1yr old knows the pain.
Link here.
⭐ How the stars do it
For anyone concerned that having kids has only accelerated the aging process, then worry no more.
A mere 46 years after his first child was born, Robert De Niro has welcomed another baby at the sprightly old age of 80!
Link here.
Upcoming dates that it might be worth having up your sleeve:
International Pillow Fight Day | 6th April; If an excuse was needed, here it is.
National Siblings Day | 10th April; A brilliant opportunity to try and get your scrapping kids to bury the hatchet and make up.
That’s it for this week folks.
Thanks again for reading, as always we leave you with one HILARIOUS joke to share with the family.
Today my son asked for a bookmark.
I burst into tears.
11 years old and still doesn’t know my name is Brian.
source: @reddit
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