Category Archives: Blog

For the last fifteen years, Kip Hakes has blogged his thoughts, ramblings and musings. There are blog posts on all manner of subjects right here. From technology, theme parks, days outs to parenting, it’s all for the reading! Enjoy!

Elf on the Shelf? More like Prick on a Platform

A new American Christmas fad is slowly creeping across the UK, and honestly – I [...]

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An afternoon with Dick and Dom in Spamalot

I’m a MASSIVE Dick and Dom fan – I watched ‘Dick and Dom in Da [...]

I’m bored of Blogging Sexism – #DadsAreParentsToo

Despite being in the 21st Century, sexism is still rife, beautifully illustrated in this TWEET [...]

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Misery Business

Today has been a funny one.. I drafted up my Cosatto post late last night, [...]

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And this is why I hate blogging sometimes.. (Bit sweary – sorry)

Being part of the parent blogging community is often tricky.. I wrote my epic ‘Mummy [...]

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The Santa Clause – When to break the awful truth..

WARNING – The post has life spoilers – stop here if you’re young! 🙁

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We’re going to see Spamalot and MEET Dick and Dom!

In a week that’s been pretty odd on the celebrity front already, I’ve had some [...]

Unboxing the ELMO BOXi T-350 Short Throw Projector

I must state, quite publicly, that I HATE ‘unboxing’ videos, but YouTube people and über [...]

Michael Jackson isn’t dead.. He’s on the Tube!

Okay.. It’s naughty of me to take a stealth choob picture, I’m sorry, but this [...]

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Giveaway – Leaping Reindeer Christmas Goodies from Jasmine White London

Friends of kiphakes.com – Jasmine White are currently running some great offers where customers spending £60 [...]

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Keeping Toys SIMPLE (and quiet!) – Why I like Wooden Toys..

Whilst the geeky part of me loves the fact J can unlock our phones, and [...]

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The Failed Dressing Room Crash, Meeting Kate Nash and Jonas and the Massive Attraction

Life moves pretty fast. If you don’t stop and look around once in a while, [...]

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Confidence in Blogging

If you know me in real life, you’ll know that I’m quite quiet, I’m very [...]

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The Broken Nokia Lumia 1020 Annoyance – Rolling Video

FFS.. Generally – I’ve been tolerating the shortfall of the Nokia Lumia 1020’s Windows Software [...]

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