Girls can be what they want and boys too here is R as Spider-Man and M as a butterfly let’s break down gender barriers. At a party yesterday my twin girls look so cute.
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Gender Stereotyping
Read moreThe other day my wife was at a playgroup that the girls attend every week. She was talking to a grandmother and happened to say that M was going to ballet for the first time that night. This person then turned to R and said are you going too so R said no I will…
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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 47
Read moreThis weeks Brilliant Dad Feature is Adam Hickmott, he is 26 from Kent. Fiancé to Chelsea and Father to four year old Bobby. He is the founder and editor of Stories Of A Dad, which is a blog providing ‘A dad’s point of view on the world’. Thank you to Adam for taking part. 1. Have…
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My day when it’s me and the twins. Part 2
Read moreI spend approximately two and a half hours working as a painter/decorator which is not long on a Monday and Tuesday, but at least there are not two four year olds around my ankles! I arrive at the nursery around 11.20am to pick R and M up and have five minutes of kid free time…
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Moving house minus the tears!
Read moreAs regular readers of my blog will know, we’re moving house again! We’ve only been in our current home for just under a year and yet sadly we have to move again. Our current landlord has decided to sell up so we have to find somewhere new to live. Thankfully, our letting agents were really…
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My day when it's me and the twins part1
Read moreOn a Monday and Tuesday my wife works so it’s left to daddy to sort out our four year twins. Monday morning we all wake around 6.45am courtesy of my wife’s Fitbit I’m ready to go after another crap night of sleep due to sharing a bed with four year old twins fidgeting,snoring and farting…
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Planning and booking a summer holiday
Read moreWe have found ourselves in the position of having to rent for another year. It’s important to have something to look forward to so we have decided to book a Thomsons all inclusive holiday. Here are my five tips to get the right holiday for your family and yourself. Going on our holiday will be…
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R and M working their parents
Read moreThe twins are nearly four years old and they have quickly learnt that you can play a game of asking dad for something and when he says no, you can then ask mum! This is becoming a very common occurrence in our household. It’s interesting how they have started to play mind games. Assessing the…
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Self imposed Blogging Sabbatical
Read moreI have just had about a week off from using my phone and all the social media apps that it possesses. Why? Well it had simply become superglued to my hand and it was actually irritating me that I couldn’t go 20 minutes without looking at Twitter, Facebook or whatever. I needed a break. The…
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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 46
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is mat from the UK. He is a full time school caretaker, and working split shifts so making him almost a full time dad. They have Eleni (2) and bump due in 6 weeks.He was inspired to blog by his wife Stacey Kelly and blogs at, loving life and…
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Twins do and say the funniest things part11
Read moreI haven’t done a funny things the girls say or do post recently so I thought why not because they seem to be constantly doing something funny. 1. R was looking for a toy orangutan and was asking me, ‘where is the tangerine?!’ 2. M was picking her nose so I said don’t do that…
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Our fourth wedding anniversary
Read moreIt’s our fourth wedding anniversary today and what can I say? I lasted four years! YAY! Amazing! Actually we have been together 10 years. It’s been an interesting four years. When we got married my wife was six and a half months pregnant so I thought I better do the right thing, seemed only fair!…
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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 45
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is Tim. He has been married for 17 years and is a dad of three girls ages 12, 9, 8 and a little boy who is almost 2 years old. He grew up in a small farm town in Michigan and moved to Grand Rapids for college. He says…
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Top 5 Kitchen Appliances
Read moreNowadays it seems that you can get all sorts of gadgets for the home. As someone who likes to keep up with the latest technology and trends, I’m keen to find out more when I hear about a new appliance. My wife is the same. She loves her kitchen gadgets! With that in mind I…
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New home, new outlook!
Read moreIf you’ve read my post from earlier today then you’ll know that we’re soon going to be moving house. It’s not something we really wanted to do, but sometimes in life these obstacles are thrown at us for a reason, even if I’m still yet to discover that reason! However, I really do believe that…
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Renting can be a nightmare
Read moreWe have been currently renting a property for 11 months in a 12 month contract. About three months ago the owners sent around estate agents to value the property. They are an old couple who live a couple hundred of miles away with their daughter. We knew that the writing was on the wall and…
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Twins are nearly four years old
Read moreOur twin girls will be four years old at the end of February and they are changing so much. Just last September they started nursery. Only a matter of a few months ago and I remember so vividly how timid and quiet they were going for the first time, but over time they have developed…
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Earliest childhood memories
Read moreYour children will remember certain things from their very early childhood. You be will amazed at some of their earliest memories. Here are some of my children’s earliest memories, but first here are some of my earliest memories. It’s strange that the older you get how memories become vague so I was thinking what are…
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