Please Vote for My Son and make his Dad even prouder!

It's been a week for proud parents in our house.

On Monday we visited the Houses of Parliament where our teenage daughter (who wants to write professionally) was presented with a prize by Baroness Cox and writer Joanna Bogle.

She came 4th (out of over 1,000 entries) in a national essay writing competition.


Then on Tuesday Argos called us to say that her brother, our son, Jordan was through to the final shortlist of ten in a design a toy competition.

He wins £50 for this, but if ultimately voted as the winner he wins £500, the toy goes into production, is sold through Argos and all profits go to charity


Jordan (who wants to be an inventor) spotted the competition himself and put a lot of thought into it and designed an environmentally aware toy.

Voting is open until 24 December and you can help him win, encourage a budding inventor and make his parents even prouder!


Please follow the link and click on "Power House" to learn more, it's all his own work including the illustration

Please click on the button for Power House and fill in the verification box to vote! It won't cost you anything!

https://www.argostoycompetition.co.uk/

many thanks in anticipation of your support

"Notbad"
Paul -proud Daddy!

Absolutely fantastic news Paul.

Congratulations to both your son and daughter.

We've voted for Power House on the Argos site.

https://www.argostoycompetition.co.uk/

i always wondered who was writing your reports voted power house

sorted

Thank you for your support,

I'll let you know how he gets on, the results are out in January




trust him to blink at the wrong moment!

thats my vote in .its a great feeling when your children do things on their own and does indeed make you very proud . well done to the both of them

I've voted. I looked at all the others, and your sons genuinely would have been the one I voted for anyway. Super. Now can he design something that will help me catch fish ?

Many thanks for your votes for Jordan's "Power House" ...

https://www.argostoycompetition.co.uk/



Jordans' first ever fish, 100 Yards West of Splash Point (over High Spring 2007) on a 30 yard cast
- and his Dad caught his first bass 10 minutes later!

Notbad wrote:

Jordans' first ever fish, 100 Yards West of Splash Point (over High Spring 2007) on a 30 yard cast
- and his Dad caught his first bass 10 minutes later!

It's becomming clear who the driving force in the Notbad household actually is

Done Paul,

If hes interested in fishing a match, ill be running our clubs junior winter league after xmas.

If anyone wants more info pm me.

Jordan is on page 10 of the Daily Post today (Thursday 18.12.08)

...and the BBC have just been on the phone...


thank you for your votes.

Fantastic news Paul!!!!!!!

Just found it online......

Daily Post

Hello Paul,
great to see your children are doing so well and most of all doing something positive in the their lives. My daughter has been chosen in a competition of all the schools in the whole country and her work will be published in a book which will come out in the new year.

I've just been on line myself and voted for your young man, hope all goes well for you.


Best wishes for Christmas and the new year.

See you soon
Spaceman..

Very well done to your daughter Spaceman, can't think what its called but sounds like your daughter is in the latest edition of the annual collective schools book Sky was in a few years back now -with a tribute to Dylan Thomas's poem "A Child's Christmas in Wales" , it's great to read the stuff kids come up with



Anyone who has walked around Rhyl's Brickfield Pond in recent years will also have seen one of Sky's verses carved (legitimately!) in front of the outsize Kingfisher statue on the platform rail, though last time we looked the timber had been replaced and the verse was no longer there.



Meanwhile Jordan has been interviewed by Radio Wales, possibly being broadcast between 4.30 and 6pm tonight

At this rate we'll be getting tour busses stopping outside!

I'm beaming so much my face hurts!

I've never seen you anything but " Smile " mate.

well done Jordan..

Notbad wrote:

At this rate we'll be getting tour busses stopping outside!

I'm beaming so much my face hurts!

When are 'Hello' due?

Once again, well done to 'Notbad's Lad'

Just seen this weeks Journal Paul.

Front page news!!!!!!

The PR machine is doing a fine job

I believe Jordan's version of 'Halleluijah' just missed out on this years No.1

fairziff wrote:

Just seen this weeks Journal Paul.

Front page news!!!!!!

The PR machine is doing a fine job

I believe Jordan's version of 'Halleluijah' just missed out on this years No.1

You were very lucky to get a copy Mike, we've bought most of them!!

Have to say Argos' PR girl has been working very hard, she got Jordan's story on Coast, he was recorded at school for BBC Radio Wales, interviewed live on Citytalk Radio and various papers of which The Journal front page spread was certainly the most prominent (and his mum and dad might have told a few people too!)

They say everyone gets 15 minutes of fame -Just a few hours left to vote!!

https://www.argostoycompetition.co.uk/

Thanks for your contribution too, in fact Sunnyrhyl.com had the breaking news scoop!
results are out on 14 January.

A few more votes from Sunnyrhyl HQ

It's your last chance people

https://www.argostoycompetition.co.uk/

thank you for your support and votes



Breaking News.....

unfortunately Jordan's "Power House" didn't win.

The Winner was Tooth Fairy, good wishes go to the young designer.

We aren't sore losers ( though I might knock that Tooth Fairy's teeth out when I see her!!)
Anyway hopefully the rain will hold off and I'm going fishing for an hour or so tonight so all is right with the World.

Sorry to hear about the Tooth Fairy.

It was a fantastic achievement getting into the top 10.

Hopefully Jordan won't be too disappointed.

I still think that Power House was a cracking idea.

Well done to you all !