We want to show our friends how much we love and care for them. Fortunately, we can do this in many ways, regardless of the occasion. From gifts to a sweet gesture, showing up for a friend’s with a little something can really uplift their spirits and show how much you appreciate them. If you’re…
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5 Top Tips For Planning A Children’s Birthday Party
Read moreOrganising a birthday party for your child can be a tricky task at the best of times. Throw in a pandemic and a raft of social distancing rules that rip out many of the usual pages of the party-planning rulebook, and you’re potentially left with a disappointed kid… unless you find some creative workarounds. Fortunately,…
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5 Unique Theme Ideas For A Child’s Birthday Party
Read moreWhen it’s your little one’s birthday, you’ll want to ensure that they have a fantastic day. Choosing a special birthday party theme is a great way to do this, but which theme should you choose? To help you make your decision get a load of these five unique ideas. pexels 1 . Reptile Party Looking…
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Tips on How to Throw a Fun and Memorable Birthday Party for Kids
Read moreAs a parent, you will, at one point, bear the responsibility of planning your child’s birthday party. You want to make sure that your kid has the best time during their birthday. It is only on this day that they get a full day dedicated to them with plenty of presents, balloons, a cake, and…
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[AD] The Best Birthday Invitations For 2020
Read moreIf you are planning to celebrate with a party for your birthday, for one of your children or even a milestone birthday for one of your relatives such as your mum, dad or a grandparent, I think that the best way to announce a forthcoming birthday celebration is with invitations. A birthday invitation card is…
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You’ve Got This! Preparing A Child’s Birthday Party (Without Mummy’s Input)
Read morePicture There are times, as fathers, that we’ve got to get out of our comfort zone. While you find that making an upgrade to your home is firmly within your comfort zone, but the more emotional aspects, or even full-on childcare duties can seem almost like a foreign language. Sometimes, we need to do a…
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Planning An Autism-Friendly Birthday Party
Read moreAutistic Spectrum Disorder is extremely common in children. It’s estimated that around 1 in 160 children is somewhere on the autistic spectrum. When you’re raising a child with autism, you understand that social interaction is extremely important for their development. It gives them experience coping in social situations and gives them much-needed experience in getting…
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My Sunday Photo: My Equestrian Twins
Read moreWhen I was growing up birthday parties usually consisted of a few friends over for tea at your house. A few party games, followed by happy birthday, blow the candles out and off you went home. All of this would normally take under an hour. Omg! How times have changed. My six year old twin…
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My Mum Has Reached A Milestone. She Is 90 Years Old Today
Read moreToday is my mum’s 90th birthday. What a milestone to reach! To live to 90 years of age! It’s actually quite hard to visualise somebody that has lived 90 years and has seen all the changes the world has gone through. My mum has lived through the Second World War, has seen television and the…
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Six Years Old: My Sunday Photo
Read moreLast weekend when the beast of the east dumped a huge amount of snow all around us, it just so happened to be the same weekend that our twin girls were having their birthday party. This was to be held at our home. The girls had actually asked about 20-25 of their friends to come.…
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My Twins Are Six Years Old Soon: Party In The House
Read moreMy twin girls are going to be six years old next month, very scary. I always wonder where the time has gone. It goes so quickly. It really doesn’t seem like yesterday that they were born six weeks early and had a spell in special care. 27 days in fact, which at times felt like…
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Happy Birthday To My Wife Today
Read moreMy beautiful and gorgeous wife is celebrating her birthday today, and I decided I would take this opportunity to tell the world how I feel about her. When you are lucky enough, as I have been to meet somebody, and you fit together like two jigsaw pieces, you just know you have met the person…
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I’m No Longer A Blog Conference Virgin
Read moreLast weekend I went to my first ever blogging conference. As I have written in a previous post I was very nervous and excited at the same time. This is my reflection on the blogging conference and I’ll share with you what I learnt about blogging. First up though I wanted to tell you what I found…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy son turned 18 years old on Friday and we went out for a lunchtime celebration meal at a local pub. I caught this fantastic photo of my son with his five year old twin sisters, who worship the ground he walks on. I love the sibling love that is captured in a very sweet…
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My Son is 18 Years Old Today
Read moreI have five children and now three of them are fully grown adults able to do all those things legally. This is one strange feeling. The years seem to fly past. Omg ! I’m getting old, haha! Today is my son A’s birthday and he is 18 years old if was able to go and…
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R and M: My Twins Are 5 Years Old Today
Read moreR and M are five years old today. My twin girls are really starting to grow up. It’s frightening just how quickly the last five years have gone. It doesn’t seem like yesterday that we were bringing them home from Neo-natal after being born six weeks early and spending 27 days on a special care…
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It’s My Wife’s Birthday Today
Read moreOmg! My wife is 30 years old today. Is this the time to trade her in for a younger model? Is it all downhill for her now? Most likely! Only kidding, haha! I have to say, yes this is cliche, I know, but I am the luckiest man in the world. My wife is beautiful,…
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How to Create a Fairytale Birthday Party
Read moreInject a bit of magic into your little one’s next birthday by making the theme all about fairy tales. Whether you stick to one theme and see how far you can go with it, or you decide to mash up several fairy tales for a truly eclectic bash, the party is sure to be a…
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OMG! It's my oldest child's birthday today 21
Read moreMy first born turns 21 today. Oh! Where has the time gone?! Sometimes life feels like it is in fast forward mode. It doesn’t seem like yesterday that she was born and now she has the key to the door, well actually she had that when she was about 12! My daughter has so many…
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My son is 17 years old today
Read moreMy son is 17 years old today and I know people say it a lot, but I do wonder where the time has gone. When he was a baby he used to go to sleep in my arms twirling my hair, actually I think he pulled half of it out! When he was about two…
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I did it ! I took the twins to a birthday party on my own woohoo!
Read moreLast Saturday my wife went on a spa day with her friends, as they’d bought it for her, for her birthday back in January. This meant I was left on my own with our twin girls, R and M. OMG! No, not really! Actually it was good timing because I was able to wrap all…
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