Recently I was asked if I wanted to review Nutty Putty, the mouldable, squish-able silicon based toy. I jumped at the chance because my four year old twins love anything to do with arts and crafts, and this looked a perfect opportunity for them to both show their creative natures. Nutty putty is made by…
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All This Spare Time: What Will We Do? Get Very Romantic.
Read moreLast week, as I have already written, my four year old twins started school full-time. My only job of the week was decorating a hall/landing and stairs in a semi detached house which went a lot quicker than I had anticipated, enabling me to finish by mid morning on Friday. What could we get…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreWe went over to our local skate park with the twins on Saturday morning. There appears to be no danger of having the new Tony Hawk in the family! Does help if they use skateboards girls. Haha!
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Children Are Wonderful But Relentless.
Read moreHaving children and becoming a parent is without question the most wonderful feeling in the world, but OMG! It’s relentless! There is just never a break and having five children ranging in age from 21 years down to four year old twins. Life is never your own, and over the last 48 hours recently it…
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Parenting Can Be So Tough!
Read moreAs most people who read my blog will know I’m a father of five children. It is without question the toughest job I have ever had, and I have certaintly had some tough jobs, but nothing compares to being sent on an emotional rollercoaster and being physically shattered from lack of sleep, however having to…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** Please link up a blog post, not your home page Please only link up one post – additional links will be deleted This linky is your chance to link up your favourite post of the week. It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to raise your blogs profile. I’m…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 78
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is all about David, a dad of two, Fidget & Little Man, aged four and 18 months old respectively. He has recently launched his parenting and family-style blog called Tales of two children. It’s an awesome read, take a look, you won’t be disappointed. Thank you to David for taking part. …
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My Summer Holidays Past and Present
Read moreThe summer holidays are drawing to a close and my twin girls are preparing to start full time school. This all got me to thinking and reflecting on my own childhood holidays in comparison to my children’s. So tighten your seat belts this could get a bit bumpy on the emotional rollercoaster! This summer we…
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Bitching between Bloggers
Read moreBlogging is a business for a lot people, as well as a community for others. That’s the reality that some of us just don’t realise. Recently I have read many posts about bloggers complaining about hateful and very hurtful comments said to other bloggers, and sometimes I read them and think yes, of course that’s…
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My Daughter E Returns to University for her 2nd Year
Read moreLast Saturday I was up at 6am to take my daughter back to university to study for her second year. It was a very interesting start because I wasn’t entirely sure where she was staying, but she did text me an address of a friend where she said would most likely be staying overnight after…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMost of my readers will probably know that I am born and bred in Wales and live in its Capitol city Cardiff. I am very proud of my heritage as a Welshman. Yesterday I had to leave my country to take my daughter back to university in England. There is one structure that saddens me…
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Do children need boundaries/rules?
Read moreOf course they do! It’s ridiculous to think or believe that they shouldn’t. One of my gripes is parents who say that they want their children to grow up free spirited. It’s madness! Even with a free spirt there has to be boundaries so that hopefully they will grow up to be well adjusted, polite,…
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The Youth Today: Do They Listen to Advice?
Read moreThe youth of any generation. Do they ever listen to anybody who may have lived just a bit longer, or is it me that thinks this current generation of young people believe everything that the Internet and social media tell them, thus making their opinions fool proof, and God forbid you question it or even…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** Please link up a blog post, not your home page Please only link up one post – additional links will be deleted This linky is your chance to link up your favourite post of the week. It’s a great way to find new blogs to read and to raise your blogs profile. I’m…
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How To Pack Like A Pro.
Read moreMoving can be a very exciting time in your life, whether you are moving into your first apartment, buying your first home, moving locally or moving across the country. Despite all the excitement, though, you’ll have to deal with the move itself first, which can be a daunting task if you don’t approach it in…
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Brilliant dad feature week 77
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is Glenn. He lives in Aberdeenshire in Scotland, and is married to Mrs D. They have a 20 month old daughter called Sophia, and they have another one on the way or player 2 as Glenn has taken to referring to the soon to be new arrival! They don’t know…
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Inside the mind of a Four Year Old
Read moreWouldn’t you just love to get inside the mind of a four year child? I would! I think it’s fascinating watching them watching you! They have an innocence that it is so far untouched that they don’t see bad things or bad people or any sort of evil in the world. I have often heard…
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One Pack Challenge (feat video)
Read moreI was recently sent a pack of engineered wood flooring from Luxury Flooring and Furnishings along with a challenge to make something with it. Looking at my pack of flooring I had some ideas, but I wanted to be creative and also make something which had a use after it was made. I also wanted my…
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Mobile Phones and my four year old twins
Read moreMobile phones are now as common, or infact more common than washing machines and fridges. I don’t even have a house phone anymore! I have a landline, but it’s purely for Internet purposes only. Everywhere you look nowadays people have a mobile phone in their hands (probably playing Pokemon Go haha!) So recently it has…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo this week is the twins on a visit to the Rhondda Heritage Park in the Welsh valleys not far from where we live. On the way in our four year twin girls just had to try on the miners hats! It must be all the Welsh blood running though their veins.
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