Saturday, 31 October 2020

The Halloween Wrap Up #15 featuring the Jnr J's

A single father balances half-term childcare and fitness milestones while navigating the logistical complexities of co-parenting and holiday traditions during a technical outage.

Single parenting 5K running Tier One restrictions Journaling Virgin Media Henry Danger Scampi challenge

By The Jonnie Jensen Show | 19m listen | 9 chapters

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The Halloween Wrap Up #15 featuring the Jnr J's cover

About this episode

Jonnie from Team Superdad navigates the UK school half-term and Halloween week alongside his children, the JnrJs, while managing a technical blackout caused by Virgin Media. This session centers on the unique pressures of single fatherhood during the holidays, specifically the logistical hurdles of coordinating trick-or-treating under Tier One COVID-19 restrictions. The family presents their finished pumpkin carvings, including a candy-themed design, while discussing the influence of Jace Norman and the television series Henry Danger on their household.

Fitness milestones take center stage as Jonnie reports 5K treadmill times of 21:46 and 20:46 in a pursuit of a sub-20 minute run. He references a recent interview with George McGerrin, who transformed his health after being labeled clinically obese, to illustrate the power of setting specific physical challenges. The conversation shifts to the nuances of co-parenting communication, noting how single fathers often struggle with the social calendar traditionally managed by mothers. Additional segments cover a childhood dog bite involving a black and white Jack Russell, the perceived monotony of stationary spin classes, and a 2020 New Foods challenge featuring a scampi taste test from Lidl.

Jonnie and the JnrJs explore the therapeutic benefits of journaling, suggesting that sketching and doodling are as valid as writing for mental clarity. The children provide live commentary on their pumpkin marbling progress while Jonnie reflects on the reality of being a 46-year-old father in a high-energy gym environment. The episode captures the chaotic charm of a live stream interrupted by technical glitches and the genuine curiosity of children trying seafood for the first time.

CHAPTER 01 / 9 Discussion

Team Superdad Halloween Wrap-up and Virgin Media Issues

Jonnie from Team Superdad opens the Friday wrap-up stream during the UK school half-term and Halloween week. The session features his children, the JnrJs, and mentions a technical debacle with Virgin Media that has limited his ability to watch YouTube. The host emphasizes the importance of men and fathers celebrating their weekly achievements, whether positive or negative.

team superdad· halloween· half term· virgin media· school holidays

00:00 It's the wrap up. It's been Halloween and Team Superdad are here with the JnrJs, Roll Theme! Welcome to Team Superdad. Real dads creating their best lives ever, more time more money more fun! You are not alone you're on team super dad. Hey it's Friday it's the wrap-up Jonnie here from Team Superdad good afternoon good morning friends family Team Super Dad members around the world Not only is it half term, which is a school holiday in the UK but it's Halloween! Where have we got here? There's Jagoes. There's Rosie's. Hello Rosie It's Halloween in the UK obviously now Halloween is pretty big deal now never used to be Daniel good afternoon sir welcome good to have you on The Wrap Up

01:04 Please subscribe to my channel. Death Day? There was a Disney movie recently about it. Anyway, but yeah so each week we do the wrap-up it's a chance to I don't know celebrate the week you know what as men dads we are not always that good at celebrating the things that we achieve good or bad So they wrap up... As well as Monday's stream and Wednesday stream both for what's them call it

01:45 I'm sorry, I've got Daniel's messages coming through here. Day of the Death or Mayo de Cinco. Daniel clearly showing his Spanish skills now after the amount of time he has been over there. Let me get the banner back on... How do we do that? I can't even get it back on because I am on the phone! Friday wrap up. Oh man, that's what you get doing on the phone! We've got a we've got a virgin media bit of a virgin media debacle going on... Good news is I can't even watch YouTube! That is scary! That is really Halloween! So I can't marble it because there are seas here.

CHAPTER 02 / 9 Discussion

Pumpkin Carving, Henry Danger, and Parenting During Half-Term

The children participate in pumpkin carving and marbling while the host discusses the challenges of balancing work and childcare during the school holidays. A recommendation is made for the television show Henry Danger starring Jace Norman. The conversation briefly touches on the difficulty of "working with kids or animals" as the children interact with the live stream.

pumpkin carving· henry danger· jace norman· parenting· half-term

02:44 I don't know because i put a c here for candy corn but then i'm marbling them. The marbling effect so if you're watching on the uh on the video that's great, if you're listening on the podcast we've got pumpkins, we've got pumpkin guts there's an awesome episode of If you haven't watched Henry Danger with your kids then check it out. JnrJ's, JnrJ's, JnrJ's, JnrJ's, JnrJ's,

03:40 Oh, Jace Norman. Sorry! Daddy check out the dad clanger So yes it's half term we've been on school holidays obviously time is split between mother and I and that means splitting work between the kids and well spitting my time between the kids and work which if you are a parent of any kind or clearly half-term for parents I'm done! So this will be for charity and... Go on, bro. Sleep to your screen

04:35 I've been on this for an hour and my hands are all painted. Good, i'm just muting it now because it's going to keep coming on and on every time you wave your hand um ah life don't work we want to say don't work with animals or kids that's blue peter why why animals because you can't control an animal You can't control an animal. You can control a cat. That is one... And the dog! Because you could train a dog, you could control a dog. Yeah, you can't control a cat. Cats just use your house as somewhere to sleep and allow you to feed them for the privilege of an occasional stroke basically that's what cats do coming from a non-cat person not that I dislike cats i just never really had cats. I hate cats because 1.) I'm allergic to them

CHAPTER 03 / 9 Discussion

Animal Encounters and Childhood Dog Bite Anecdote

A discussion about the controllability of pets leads to an anecdote about a neighborhood cat and a childhood injury. One participant describes being bitten in the face by a black and white Jack Russell dog after getting too close to the animal. The segment concludes with a brief mention of the UK clocks going back for the end of Daylight Savings Time.

cats· dogs· jack russell· animal safety· childhood stories

05:29 We have this horrible cat in the neighborhood and when I was about six it bit me. Yeah well you gotta be careful putting your hand by animals anyway... No but you were stroking him! Listen, I got bit by a Jack Russell in the face when I was a kid. A little white and black dog same thing I put my face too close to it and he bit me. Oh yeah that's funny isn't it? Yeah a dog bit me, a little dog So it's next time we're doing the wrap-up right so the wrap up this week. It's November already, the clocks have gone back here in the UK which is just annoying I don't know why they do that. Five weeks! Up at 7 30! Oh well yeah there is that but you just messes with it all to do with farming. Does it go back or front? You fall back and spring forward

CHAPTER 04 / 9 Discussion

Gym Routines, Spin Classes, and Fitness Age Gaps

The host discusses returning to a consistent gym routine from Monday to Wednesday when not looking after the children. The conversation covers the perceived "lameness" of stationary spin classes and the age gap between the host, who is 46, and his children. There is a lighthearted debate about the appropriate age for children to begin using gym equipment like treadmills.

gym· spin class· treadmill· fitness goals· aging

06:14 So it's all to do with farming, like I don't know how much farming goes on still. Hopefully quite a lot but whether farmers need the clocks to go back anymore? I don't know! But yeah back in the gym on Monday to Wednesday which is great when the kids aren't here we can...I can go into the gym fully My dad does spin class. Are they not really doing it at the moment? That's the annoying thing. And guess what, you might think oh are they spinning no they're on a bike that doesn't move Yeah it's lame because you're not going anywhere Oh yeah okay So what are you doing? You're literally just walking on the spot No I'll see you in the next spin class Flippin Supergirl let's let's see how you get on

07:03 I know, i can't even film. You're not allowed in to your older but when you're older the game is on so... They should let like six-year olds in the gym or maybe no over eight! Over eight we'll have a word. It's just not fair yeah So back in the gym and back on the treadmill which is just a weird thing uh to almost put it off and oh put it down here i do actually have muscles now look To put it off for a while 42 year old? I'm 46 I know that is old isn't it? I'm nearer 50 than 40. By the time you're like 60, i'll be like 12. Yeah well of course duh! 50 when...you're nine now so oh but when you're 13 i'll be 15 do the math. So when i'm 20 you'll be dead?! No plonker. So yeah back on the treadmill and treadmill

CHAPTER 05 / 9 Discussion

Treadmill Training, 5K Running Times, and George McGerrin Interview

Jonnie details his progress on the treadmill, noting his 5K times of 21:46 and 20:46 as he aims for a sub-20 minute run. He references an interview with George McGerrin, who was motivated to lose weight after being described as "clinically obese" by a bystander. The segment emphasizes setting clear fitness challenges, such as progressing from knee press-ups to full press-ups.

treadmill· 5k run· george mcgerrin· obesity· weight loss

08:00 I love it because you could do the interval thing where you speed it up and slow it down. But... Done them all last time! So people do point out, and this is true that your treadmill speed isn't necessarily your outdoor speed but if you're doing it day by day or week-by-week then there's still a measure of how fast you're doing it so to get my five kilometers back down first day was 21 46 and the second day was 2046 so I'm only 46 seconds off of doing 5k in twenty How is it different? You're still running Yeah But the treadmill's at the same speed too. You just run faster, so you do the five kilometres faster it's not that complicated So whatever your fitness goals are, set a challenge. Be clear on what your time is or how many reps you're doing or what the weight is and that can be as simple as five press-ups on your knees getting up to ten press ups on your knees getting out to five normal press ups

09:03 10 normal press-ups. Doing it on your knees don't do anything? That's not true! No, but it doesn't hurt you could probably see I could probably do a hundred and then double it because if you are unfit or overweight or lacking in confidence in some way then doing press ups on the on your knees allows you to build strength up there's people right who are completely overweight and obese And they then decide that life's got to change. I interviewed George McGerrin and he was completely obese, we're talking like biggest loser fat, like 350 pounds. Don't say that! Why is he listening? He told me! We had an interview

09:51 So he was crossing the street one day and this kid said, hey mum look at that fat guy. And she said don't call him fat he's clinically obese. Which means like that's the medical word for overweight so he goes... He's like I couldn't decide what was worth being called fat by a six-year old or being called clinically obese by his mother but that became the motivation for him to lose all the weight yeah I just say J-Go said he weighed something what was quite big and then he said no and then the scales was wrong because it's a muscle. It wasn't wrong you just read the reading wrong, well you can be 65% muscle maybe if your like Arnie or someone The Rock in his WWE days so

CHAPTER 06 / 9 Discussion

Single Parenting Logistics and Co-Parenting Communication Challenges

The host explores the complexities of being a single father, particularly when coordinating social plans for children during holidays like Halloween. He notes that mothers often handle the primary social calendar, which can lead to difficult or brief texting conversations for divorced or single parents trying to arrange activities.

single dad· co-parenting· communication· halloween plans· parenting

10:48 So that's been the week. Halloween is coming up, corona we are so bored of it like trying to arrange something for Halloween is... People quite naturally there's different rules and people got different attitudes but... Sometimes we have about three friends and they don't even they they don't really do trick-or-treating yeah true well I never used to but now now i'm quite up for it now having done it a couple times like I kind of get it and I kind of enjoy But it's amazing, like in a relationship situation more often than not the mum takes care of the social plans for the kids. So as a single dad you're ending up ringing the mum and some mums will end up just texting so then you're into some weird texting conversation and then you don't know what's going on. You get like a two-word reply to hey what's happening? You don't know if that means

11:46 The JnrJ Show is a podcast that I do on my own, and it's all about the Jonnie Jensen Show. I hope you enjoyed this podcast and would like to see more of it. And

12:42 And about 15% she wanted to stay at her grandma's. She likes you, she is always desperate to come and play. So whether your in a relationship or still married or your divorced and single parent action co-parenting. What is this video even about? It's the wrap up it's the Friday wrap up! But what have we been doing this week?! Yeah yeah looking after you and panicking about work I'm In my journal the other night I made a list of all the things that accomplished first of all in that day and then... Let's go get your journal. It's fine, don't need to journal Then i started doing it for like the whole week and its really easy to get caught up in how many things you've got to do And fail to appreciate how many things you actually have done If you dont have a book because I dont like writing just store it in your brain That is not writing a journal The whole point of a journal Is to relax your brain

CHAPTER 07 / 9 Discussion

Benefits of Journaling for Mental Clarity and Creativity

A discussion on the importance of keeping a journal highlights its role in relaxing the brain and tracking accomplishments. The host and children discuss different ways to journal, including writing about sadness, sketching ideas, or doodling. They emphasize that a journal is a personal space that can be adapted to any format, including large-scale drawings or daily logs.

journaling· mental health· drawing· creativity· brain dump

14:00 I Can you draw it? Because if you're drawing, you're basically writing. A journal you can do anything. A journal you can draw, a journal you can doodle... Okay I'm doing a journal because i love drawing! Some days you have different inspirations some days you might be feeling sad and you would write about what you were sad about other days you might have an idea for something amazing and actually what your journal is that amazing idea another day... Could you draw on a big piece of paper and say like SAD HAPPY Yeah yeah but your journal needs to carry around with it's like

15:00 You could do it on a giant piece of paper but then you might need to have, I don't know. You could have a huge piece by really be your 12-month journal when you fill that piece of paper up We were meant to try 1000 new food and we've only got through out of two months. This is good, we can segue nicely into this change the subject Rosie's got over here 2020 new foods so last night we had scampi oh yeah what did you think of scampi? They had this disgusting like... Fish taste? No, no because they had the crumb and so what they had um like fish. The fish inside yeah. Yeah I thought it was prawns! It basically is well we had probably cheap ones from Lidl so it probably wasn't for... Yeah but I'm just gonna pretend he was prawns. So they have this prawn

CHAPTER 08 / 9 Discussion

New Foods Challenge and Scampi Taste Test

The family discusses their "2020 New Foods" challenge, specifically reflecting on a recent meal of scampi from Lidl. The children express mixed feelings about the texture and taste of the breaded fish. The host proposes a "Team Superdad Challenge" to try higher-quality seafood and deep-fry it at home to improve the experience.

scampi· lidl· food challenge· cooking· family meals

15:56 And then they put this disgusting sauce over it and then they put the chicken. Then they put the breadcrumbs on top... Okay, tell you what do you know what we'll do? We'll buy some decent ones right and we will fry them because you are supposed to deep-fry them okay so we will make... So this is what I'd do Team SuperDad Challenge! We would do decent... Here's a Team SuperDad Challenge! You just interrupted me! Well, try every week have a day The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, JnrJ, fb.com

16:41 The Jonnie Jensen Show, Jonnie Jensen, JnrJ, fb.com And the rest this weekend is Halloween!

CHAPTER 09 / 9 Discussion

Halloween Trick-or-Treating Plans and Tier One Restrictions

The segment concludes with plans for Halloween trick-or-treating under "Tier One" COVID-19 restrictions. The children show off their finished pumpkins, including one featuring the word "YUM" and candy wrapper decorations. The host signs off, directing listeners to the Team Superdad website for further resources.

halloween· trick-or-treating· covid-19· pumpkin· team superdad

17:26 So yeah, Corona... I want to go trick or treating. We're gonna go trick-or-treating there's no... I wanna go party! We're tier one down here so we'll be alright There's no strangely ummm....I don't know how many people are going to come round though What's that? There are limits on who is supposed to have around Who knows?! We're gonna make the best of Halloween this weekend and enjoy the last few days Before we go Oh yeah let's see your pumpkin, you've never seen that one So i actually haven't finished the front because So it's a yum, it spells yum all cut out. And then first for W we have big candy wrappers. Yeah so you painted all over it so that is awesome yeah and then at the back I've like

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