I have five children and I have to say I have never got bored with them. There are times when you want to escape for some me time, but the reality is that they never cease to amaze me and make me smile. They’re just great fun to be around. I wonder how many people…
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How to choose the right paintbrush
Read moreI know what you’re thinking! A paintbrush is a paintbrush, right? How wrong could you be! You get exactly what you pay for so when you see the value pack of paintbrushes at your local DIY retailer please resist and have a look at the better quality brushes and then decide what to buy in…
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Brilliant Dad Feature week 21
Read moreI’m Paul and I live in Northern Ireland. I took advantage of the UK government change to paternity laws recently and took 3 months off work to be a stay at home dad to my first child Sarah. Sarah is one year old soon. My wife returned to work during my time off. My blog was…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** We’re on holiday at present, but will comment on all posts when we return! 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 from Twin Mummy and Daddy is your host…
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Our Family Holiday to Menorca 2015 part 2
Read moreIn the first part of my holiday review I reviewed the hotel we stayed in. In this post I will be talking about our holiday and what we did while we were staying at Hotel Victoria Playa. Before going on holiday I had some ideas about what I wanted to get out of it. One…
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Our Family Holiday in Menorca 2015 part 1
Read moreOur family holiday this year was an all inclusive holiday in Menorca with Thomson, staying at the Hotel Victoria Playa in the resort of Santo Tomas. The advantages of an all inclusive holiday is that you never have to pay for anything while you are there and having three and half year old twins this…
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R and M go to a birthday party at local park
Read moreR & M were invited to their friends third birthday party at a local park close to the city centre called Victoria Park. Victoria Park has been open for over one hundred years. It’s a unique park because it has an open air pool. For many years a seal lived at the park called Billy…
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Teaching your toddlers to save money around the home
Read moreI have three and half year old twins and I think it is never to early to teach our children the value of money and how simple lessons at the toddler stage can be taken into adulthood It will hopefully help them use their own money wisely when they’re older. 1 .In today’s world water…
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Brilliant dad feature. Week 20
Read moreMy name is Martin and I’m a full-time dad from the sunny south of England. Back in 2011 I gave up my job as a retail support manager to become a full-time Dad to my two boys, who at the time were 2 1/2 and six months old. After working all my life and being…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** We’re on holiday at present, but will comment on all posts when we return! 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 from Twin Mummy and Daddy is your host…
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The girls first visit to their new nursery
Read moreYesterday R and M visited their new nursery which is where they will be going in September. They really are growing up quickly. It seems in no time they have gone from being babes in arms to attending nursery for two and half hours a day. It’s frightening because you obviously want them to grow…
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Twins do and say the funniest things. Part 9
Read more1. I asked R what she was doing and she said I am going to the mountain and then she told M don’t you go or daddy will be on his own! 2. M said to her mummy there’s the moon mummy then she said I wish I could fly to say hello to Mr…
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The girls growing up quickly
Read moreR and M are now nearly three and half years old and it’s hard to work out where the time has gone! This week due to circumstances I have been at home with the girls for two days which to be honest has been great as prior to that I worked six straight ten hour…
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Painting window-sills and reveals on a house
Read morePainting window-sills and reveals on a house is very commonly done and I have lost count of how many I have done over the years. I think it should be said that the best window-sills to paint are concrete ones, but unfortunately over the years many bath-stone window-sills have been painted and these take a…
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Brilliant dad Feature Week 19
Read moreMy name is Elan Gelbart. I’m 45, live in Montreal Canada and have been separated from my wife since the end of January 2015 when she took off with the kids with no warning. This is the second time in five years and it is also definitely the final time. I have two beautiful girls…
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Binky Linky
Read more****NO BUSINESSES**** 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 from Twin Mummy and Daddy is your host …and I’m your co-host…! The rules are simple… 1. Link up your best post…
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Things I wish I had been told before having children
Read more1. I miss sleep more than I ever could imagine! The early mornings, broken nights sleeps, the actual act of getting them to bed etc. Sleep deprivation is something I know all too well! I never believed it was possible, but it’s true! 2. I used to be a patient, laid back and easy going…
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Keeping our Children Safe. Guest Post.
Read moreThank you to Martin who blogs at At Home with the Boys for writing this guest post. I’m sure it’s fair to say that as our children grow older, they experience different challenges, each of which, help with their development. But as the rolling over, crawling and toddling stages develop, there too will come the dangers…
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Worry about a teenage holiday to Ibiza
Read moreThis summer my 17 year old daughter is taking her A’Levels. When they’re finished she is going on holiday with her friends from school to Ibiza. The feeling of dread I have is incredible. Why I ask myself this is because she is just a month short of 18, but you hear all these nightmare…
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Parents Love
Read moreThis is a question I have asked myself many times. I grew up in a very dysfunctional family and by the time I was eight years old my father had left the family home so I was brought up from a early age by my mum. This without question formed a solid relationship with my…
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Brilliant dad week 18
Read moreMy name is Robert Davies. I’m a 34 year old father of two and I live in the Rhondda Valley in South Wales. I’m married with two children, a two year old girl and a one year old boy. We’ve got goldfish named George and Mildred, a cat named Ozzie and for the last five…
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