This was it! Our final day of our holiday to Disneyland Paris 2018. The plan was to have an easy relaxed day, but of course that’s not always possible when you are on holiday at Disneyland Paris with six year old twin girls. The day was to turn out to be quite an adventure that…
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How Technology Can Help With Home Maintenance
Read moreWhen I was growing up and in the early days of doing my job as a painter and decorator, I would find out how to do a particular job by watching an experienced painter and decorator, but the world has changed. We now have the internet and you can literally find out anything when it…
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When Marriage Gets Tough Maybe Counselling Is The Answer
Read moreMarriage is without doubt at times one of the toughest relationships that any of us are going to face in our lives. It’s not always easy to agree with your husband and wife because we all have opinions and there will be times when you simply have a different opinion. Learning to compromise with your…
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My Mum’s Birthday Surprise. My Sunday Photo
Read moreIn my blog post yesterday I wrote to say it was my mum’s birthday and we had planned a surprise. The surprise was something she had hinted that she would love to do, ans I guess it was to cross one off her bucket list. No! It’s not bungee jumping, paragliding or a parachute jump,…
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Making Your Home More Eco-Friendly
Read moreNowadays we have to start to be more aware of the environment and the best place to start is in our home. If we all make little steps to make our homes eco-friendly, this will create a big step to improve the world for all of us, and more importantly for our children and future…
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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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Summer Garden Party For My Six Year Old Twin Girls And Their Friends
Read moreWith the school summer holidays fast approaching, which are around six weeks long, I thought I would start to plan ahead and decide what sort of things we can arrange and plan. The one thing my six year old twin girls have asked for this particular summer holidays is a garden party where they can…
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People No Longer Seem Obliging Or Helpful Disneyland Paris 2018
Read moreOn our recent trip to Disneyland Paris I was shocked to find that people generally nowadays simply don’t go out of their way to help others. It’s all about what they want and they will have that at all costs. So let me explain a couple of instances that happened on our recent trip. On…
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How To Create The Perfect Adult Bedroom
Read moreAs a parent, it’s likely that your home is overrun by children’s toys, socks, shoes, sweetie wrappers, and generally anything else that you can find in your home when you’ve got children. There’s nothing better than a well lived in home, so you wouldn’t want it any different. However, there should always be a space…
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Our Holiday To Disneyland Paris 2018 Day 2 & 3
Read moreOn day two when I looked outside the window, I was disappointed that the weather was not the best. There were dark clouds in the sky and heavy rain forecast for lunchtime. Still we had wet weather coats and leggings and we were determined not to let the weather dampen our day. First up for…
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Our Holiday To Disneyland Paris 2018 Day 1
Read moreWe have recently returned from our annual holiday and for the second year in a row we decided to go to Disneyland Paris. The difference this year is that we decided to stay for seven days against just four days last year. One of the main reasons for that was hopefully it wouldn’t be too…
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Video Special: I find out what bad driving habits I’ve passed down to my daughter with Ageas #ad
Read moreI have always thought that I was a good driver. Maybe not the best in the world, but I consider myself to be safe and aware of any potential dangers on the road. I have always tried to observe and have full concentration whilst driving, but I recently found out how wrong I was! When…
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Controlling My Medication With My PlanSmart Medication Chart
Read moreSince I had a stroke a couple of months ago there have been changes that I have had to make to lots of aspects of my life and lifestyle. Changes that I didn’t think I was going to be making, but if I want to keep going a bit longer and watch all of my…
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Capturing Those Magical Images When Your Baby Has Arrived
Read moreAfter nine months of pregnancy and waiting for your baby to be born, once your new baby has entered the world, life is turned on its head and time becomes a premium because you simply don’t have enough time to do anything. It’s all about the baby and let’s be fair they are incredibly time…
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School Sport Tours
Read moreWhen you are the father of five children, the one thing that usually ends up costing you is school trips. The day trips are always there, but as your children enter high school nowadays the options to go on organised school sport tours is most definitely a very important part of school life. All three…
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Blogging What Defines Success?
Read moreBlogging has in my opinion many different levels of success, and that success is different to each blogger, but as blogging has become a bigger and bigger industry many people are entering into the blogosphere believing that success is measured by how much money you can earn. Although I understand that can be the way…
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How Could Damp in Your Home Affect Your Health?
Read moreMany people believe that if you cannot see, hear, or smell the problem, then it is not really a problem at all. If your house is not flooded, or you do not see mold or water slipping through the cracks, then your home is not wet, right? In reality, that may not be true. Even if your…
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Disneyland Paris My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday Photo this week is two photos from our recent trip to Disneyland Paris. We had a fantastic time for seven days and we arrived on the same day that the Marvel Superheroes of summer season started. There was without doubt so many highlights, but without question the one person that made the biggest…
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Jeff From A Dads Tale Is Today’s Guest Post
Read moreThe second of my guest posts this week is Jeff who blogs at A Dads Tale. He’s easily one of the best writers out there today and one of my favourite. His post is all about how his teen years shaped him as a dad today. Thank you to Jeff for guest posting today Teen…
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Do Dads Really Care About Father’s Day: Absolutely!
Read moreHow often have you heard people say I have got to buy a present for my dad, but I have absolutely no idea what to get him, or, my dad is impossible to buy presents for etc. I have to imagine my own children have said this numerous times. This Father’s Day I have teamed…
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Blogging Your Way To Success
Read moreBeing a successful blogger, whether it’s parenting, beauty, lifestyle or DIY is incredibly difficult. It takes a lot of effort and hard work. I have been fortunate to have met, in real-life and online, some of the most successful bloggers. Usually, I might add they are parenting bloggers and they all have a number things…
Number 3 UK Dad Blogger 2020
Finalist Online Influencer Awards 2019 Vuelio
Number 10 Parenting Blog UK 2019 (Vuelio)
Number 4 on Vuelio’s 2019 list of Top 10 UK Daddy Bloggers
Working Dad Of The Year Winner 2018
Finalist Vuelio Blog Awards 2018 – Daddy Blog Category
Number 4 on Vuelio’s 2018 list of Top 10 UK Daddy Bloggers
Number 10 on Vuelio’s 2018 list of Top 10 UK Parent Bloggers
Number 2 on Vuelio’s 2017 list of Top 10 UK Daddy Bloggers
Number 8 on Vuelio’s 2017 list of Top 10 UK Parent Bloggers
Number 10 on Vuelio’s 2016 list of Top 10 UK Daddy Bloggers
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