Kevin Zelenka is a freelance writer and a stay-at-home father of twin toddlers. When he’s not following behind his sons picking up toys or attending meet-ups with other fathers in the Dad Group he started, he can be found spending time with his wonderfully supportive wife or writing in on his blog Double Trouble Daddy. They…
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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. Emily…
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Children sleeping in their own beds
Read moreHow far would you go to get your child to sleep in their own bed every night ? Our twin girls R and M are not good at sleeping in their own beds. They will go to bed, but it’s how long they stay there that’s the problem. M is usually awake before we go…
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Decorating an hall/landing/stairs with a difference
Read moreI was recently employed to decorate a hall landing stairs, a dining room and a lounge in a terraced house near the city centre. The hall, landing and stairs was to be decorated in a slightly different way to normal. I have posted previously about how to install a dado rail and this was the…
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Blackspade Boxer Review
Read moreA little while ago I was sent three pairs of boxers to review by Blackspade. Blackspade is a long standing Turkish brand owned by parent company Narkonteks. The Blackspades men’s collection has stayed true to the brands ethos of producing high comfort garments with classic designs. The boxers I was sent are brightly coloured and…
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Listen and Discover with Pooh – Review
Read moreFor as long as I can remember Winnie the Pooh has always been a firm favourite with our twins. We have a couple of the books and even some 3D Winnie the Pooh box art frames in our playroom. He’s such a loveable character and it’s not hard to see why. His friendly face, bright…
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Family day out to Noah's Ark Farm Zoo
Read moreA few days ago we decided to have a day out at the Noah’s Ark Farm Zoo with our twin girls and my 16 year old son. The weather was very overcast but quite warm and at least it wasn’t raining. Noah’s Ark opened at 10.30am and is just outside Bristol and we live about…
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Brilliant dad feature week 33
Read moreThis weeks Brilliant Dad Feature is Alan from the UK. Alan is a father of four children who blogs at Baby Pink and the Boys. Thank you very much to Alan for taking part. 1. Have you always wanted to be a dad? Yes. Being adopted as a child, even though my adopted parents loved me…
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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. Emily…
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Proud Parent
Read moreYesterday afternoon my oldest child, my daughter J, who is 20 years old rang me and said are you busy? I said well kind of but don’t worry what’s the matter. She decided two years ago to not go to university and turned down her place in favour of getting a job. From my point…
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The stress of taking the girls to nursery on my own!
Read moreThis is my second week of being at home two days a week with the girls. It has been an interesting couple of weeks. My first time getting the girls ready for nursery was very stressful! I’m a very organised person, but having to think of five things at the same time was going to…
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Bored with Blogging
Read moreFor the past few weeks blogging has become a real chore for me which has never happened before. Maybe it’s the one year blues because I have been blogging for a year now. I know I am not the first person to write a post li ke this and most likely won’t be the last,…
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How do our children see us as parents?
Read moreHow do our children really see us? I have often wondered what they see me as. Here is a list of 8 things that I think my children visualise me as. 1. I am a bank with unlimited money to give to them, I wish! 2. I am a shoulder to cry on when romance…
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Proud to be a Welsh Aussie.
Read moreStrange title I know, but for 80 minutes last night I was convinced I was Australian! Why you may ask?! Well the Aussies were Playing England in the rugby union World Cup. If Australia beat England, Wales would progress through to the next stage. So every time the Aussies approached to score a little cheer…
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Top tips to help your child to sleep
Read moreI am a dad of five children and have had my fair share of sleepless nights. There can be a number of reasons why your child won’t sleep including colic, wind, hunger or just simply needin a nappy change. Colic in particular affects one in five babies in the UK. Britain’s number one colic remedy,…
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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. Emily…
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Brilliant dad feature week 32
Read moreI am Tony, a serving soldier and married father of a lovely little girl and boy. I started blogging as Disillusioned Dad because I was so tired of having to live up to the expectations of the world when it came to being a father and competing with society on who has the best raised…
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Challenging moments with your children part 3
Read moreMy third challenging moment with my children is all about my now 16 year old son, A. When A was nine years of age he told me he wanted to play football. His friends in his class at school were forming a team which included his best friend at the time along with his best…
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Power struggles with three old twins
Read morePower struggles with our three and a half year old twins have without question moved up a level since they started nursery and gained a tiny bit of independence from mummy and daddy. This has changed their behaviour. We had the twins from heaven turn into toddler nightmares overnight! All of a sudden everything is…
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Installing a dado rail
Read moreI have recently been employed to decorate inside a terraced house property which includes installing a dado rail to the hall, landing and stairs. The reason the client wants a dado rail is so that they can paint the top half in emulsion and wallpaper the bottom half. Installing a dado rail is very easy…
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R and M go to their first nursery party
Read moreThe girls have been going to nursery for two weeks and after a few days they had their first party invite by coincidence to another set of twins party. The party was being held in a local church hall with about 40 children aged three to four years old so definitely a challenge for the…
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