In just over five weeks time my twin girls will be five years old, and they are now in their second full term in primary school. I feel they have grown up so much since Christmas and their observational skills and memory are developing into very powerful tools. Ultimately our children mimic what we do…
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The Trust Between Bloggers and PR’S is Fascinating
Read moreThe trust between bloggers and PR’s has never ceased to fascinate me. I, like a lot of other Bloggers do sponsored work for money and all of this is completly done on trust. Trust that you will be paid. There of course is no guarantee that they may. The only proof we have as bloggers…
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Parent Bloggers. Are We Putting Our Children in Danger as They get Older
Read moreAs a parent blogger I have begun to wonder that as I chronicle my four year old twin girls lives, am I leaving them open to ridicule and bullying from school friends or friends as they grow older? The thought that crossed my mind is are we possibly giving out too much information about our…
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As Parents Do You Agree Or Disagree
Read moreAs parents do you always agree together as to the decisions regarding your children or is it a point of conflict? As parents do you have same values in the possible rights and wrongs of parenting or is it something that causes issues? Do you have the same attitude towards your children on how they…
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Breast or Bottle: A Dads Perspective
Read moreI seem to read a never ending amount of posts about the advantages and disadvantages of breast or bottle, and 99.9% of the time they are written by mums, which if I’m honest is what I would expect. There always seems to be a lot of argument and debate over what is best,…
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Dad Bloggers Will Always Be the Minority
Read moreAs a Dad blogger I often read how we are always in the minority in the blogging world and in truth I really don’t see that changing any time soon. I don’t know the exact stats, but I would imagine for every dad that starts a blog there are numerous mum’s starting a blog, but…
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I Will Have Two Children in University in 2017! Mad!
Read moreWhen I was in school such a long time ago not many of us went to university. Looking back now it was maybe tougher to get a university place, but also for many of us the mentality of society was you leave school and get a job and earn a living which I imagine was…
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Is There a Right Way to Be a Parent?
Read moreWhen you become a parent for the first time there is no doubt you’re completly clueless, so as new parents we often go off to our local bookstore to buy some parenting books because of course when the baby is impossible to comfort and screaming the place down at 2am you can quickly run to…
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The Twins Start Second Full Term in School
Read moreChristmas is over and my four year old twin girls have gone back to school for their second full term in their first year of their school life in the last few days. There has been so many changes through the Christmas holidays. The biggest change I have seen in both the girls was strange.…
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A Thought for the Homeless
Read moreChristmas and new year is over for another year and I was lucky enough to spend the festive season in the bubble of my wonderful family. Enjoying the love and happiness that only a family can give to each other. During the build-up to Christmas, like many of us, I went on a yearly…
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Look What We Did over Christmas
Read moreThis year has easily been the most enjoyable Christmas I have ever had. There are a couple of reasons why. One reason is I have worked less leading up to Christmas and over the Christmas period which has made the usual chore of Christmas shopping a task that is usually very rushed. I was fortunate…
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Christmas Day in our home
Read moreWhen you have toddlers in the home Christmas Day really is the most special day in the year. We are fortunate to have four year old twins in our home and their excitement levels were totally maxed out at bedtime on Christmas Eve! I was really expecting an early start on Christmas morning, possibly 5am,…
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Christmas Eve in Our Home
Read moreNow that our twins are four years old, they’re able to work out exactly how many days it is to Christmas. The countdown, as you can imagine, has been in full swing for quite a while! Of course the advent calendars the girls have, have encouraged them to countdown the days, but that’s not a bad…
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As Parent Bloggers are We Portraying the Right Family image
Read moreNowadays there are thousands of parent blogs being written, and all of them will have a different take on parenting, but for me there are so many of them that are portraying their children as shining examples of perfection, They portray the perfect family life and this, as a consequence I believe, puts far too…
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My 5 Favourite bloggers of 2016
Read moreThis is not something I have done before, but I read a lot of blog posts throughout the year, and I often wondered what makes somebody one of my five favourite bloggers. When I read a post I like to feel the words and try to feel the emotion of the post which could be…
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How Many of Us Co-Sleep with Our Children?
Read moreI imagine a lot of us share our beds with our small children or babies on a regular basis. I know in our home we do! There aren’t many nights that go by when I’m not sharing a bed with three females. Wait a minute! That is four year old twins and my wife before…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo this week is my adorable, beautiful,so very cute four year old twin girls R and M. All dressed in denim ready to go to a friends birthday party. It’s hard to imagine they will be five years old in February 2017.
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2 Marriages 5 Kids = No Money
Read moreIf I had known when I was a teenager how much I would earn and spend throughout my life, would I have done it any differently? OMG! Yes! Yes! And yes again! Hey ho! I didn’t. I don’t think for one minute that you plan your life. I think we all like to think we…
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Creating Life is Just Truly Awesome
Read moreI have always felt blessed to have been a part of creating five lives. My children really are my world, bit cliche I know, buts it’s true. I have always been fascinated that from the moment of conception this human being growing in the safe place of a woman’s womb is protected from everthing in…
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Brilliant Dad Feature week 92
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is Jeff. He is a father to three wonderful kids. His oldest daughter is 18, his little girl is ten and his son is seven. He is married to the woman of his dreams who, as he says has made his life complete. He works in construction in Edmonton,…
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How Well Do We Prepare our Children for Adulthood
Read moreSomething struck me the other day as my three older children are taking to their wings and leaving the family home this could be either going away to university or moving in with their boyfriend/girlfriend. I thought to myself how well have I prepared them for the real world. I have always talked openly to…
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