This week my Sunday Photo is yet again us searching for Snow Dogs Wales! We spent yesterday morning searching for ‘A local Lad’. That’s the snow dogs name! It’s modelled upon the awesome welsh footballer, Gareth Bale. R was desperate to have her picture taken with this snow dog because one of her idols is…
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OK! Let’s Move On From CBeebies Your 5 Years Old
Read moreFor five very long years CBeebies is permanently on in our home during the waking hours of our wonderful five year old twin girls. When oh when will this end, please tell me it will be soon I can’t take any more of the Twirlywoos, Bing and Postman Pat. No, wait I actually look forward…
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School Photos Parents Evening Year 1 (My Twins)
Read moreWe are coming to the end of the first half of the first term of year 1 for my five year old twin girls. Oh how they are changing! At times I completely fail to understand what they are talking about! On Monday just gone the girls had their school photographs taken. The conversation I…
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Christmas Is Nearly Here: Then And Now ( Memories )
Read moreSummer has gone and clocks will be going back this weekend. The leaves are falling quickly from the trees and the skyline is more often has a grey or black look to it, but don’t despair! Christmas is just around the corner! One of my favourite times of the year is Christmas, especially when you…
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The World Has Entered Crazy Out Of Control
Read moreThere doesn’t seem to be a day that passes nowadays where something terrible and tragic has happened in the world somewhere. In just the last few weeks we have had the Las Vegas shootings in which so many innocent people lost their lives, and countless injured. As the story unfolded it totally shocked me that…
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Having Parents That Are Both Bloggers: Are The Kids Lucky Or Spoilt
Read moreMy wife and I are both Bloggers as many of you probably already know. I’m a father of five children, two of whom are five year old twin girls. The most fascinating thing to me is that they are fully aware that mummy and daddy blog. I’m assuming to them that this means parcels turn…
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Getting Your Grill Ready for Winter in 5 Steps
Read moreSaying goodbye to hot, summer days is always a bittersweet feeling, especially since this means it begins to feel too cold, and it’s time to prepare your grill for winter, or at least until the days begin to warm up again. The process of doing so does not have to be a difficult process, in fact,…
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Just Being A Parent
Read moreThere is a title that covers a multitude of sins. Let’s be fair if you are a parent, you will know what I’m talking about. It’s tough,difficult,hard, exhausting, in fact it’s the toughest job that as an adult we will ever have. We will wing it make it up as we go along and will…
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My Son Has Been In University Just Three Week’s
Read moreThis weekend my son, A, is coming home for the weekend from university after 3 weeks. What has surprised me is never for one minute, did I realise how much I would miss him. Of course it was always going to be strange with him not being around, but it has genuinely shocked me. In…
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Why Is It I Don’t Give My Mum A Hug Or Kiss?
Read moreI am by nature a loving person, and have never had a problem giving my wife or children a hug and a kiss. Truth be told I’m quite often looking for an excuse to do exactly that. I don’t need encouraging that’s for sure! Growing up, as I have often written about was a home,…
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Important questions to ask your professional wedding planner
Read moreThe organisation of a wedding will always be difficult, so it’s understandable that you may wish to seek out the services of a professional wedding planner. However, this person must also be someone who ‘clicks’ with you – who understands and serves your needs and desires from your wedding day, and who ultimately works for…
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I Want To Be A Film Extra #seenonthescreen
Read moreI have always fancied myself as a film star, although I think I may have missed my chance by now! I mean Brad Pitt did get that part that was specially written for me, and well, the rest is history. He became a Hollywood A lister and little old me started writing a blog. So…
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Having Children: Does It Help Or Put Pressure On Your Relationship?
Read moreWhen you meet the one, those early times of your relationship are wonderful and carefree. You can please yourselves and do what you want, when you want. You can both be incredibly selfish and my goodness it is wonderful! Totally loved up and just each other to worry about. What could possibly go wrong? Children…
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My Superhero and Princess have joined Rainbows
Read moreMy twin girls will turn six years old on their next birthday which is at the beginning of next year. Up until now we have only dabbled in after school activities. We tried football, but unfortunately that ended in tears after about 15 minutes, and needless to say we never went back. Amazingly R always…
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Back To Basics: My Blog
Read moreI have been blogging three years this month. Last Thursday I woke up feeling very disillusioned with blogging and in particular my own blog. Although I’m very prone to mood swings, which I’m sure my wife can testify to, in fact a rollercoaster ride could actually be safer, haha! My mood swings have at times…
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The Lessons Of The Roads An Instructor Won’t Teach Your Kids
Read moreAs soon as you have children, the clock of life speeds up in a significant way. Perhaps it’s because your child’s growth marks the passing years. Or, maybe it’s just because parenthood is such a busy time. Whatever the reason, you go from playground politics to booking their first driving lessons in no time. It can…
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Feeling The Guilt As A Dad
Read moreFor around nine or so days I have been feeling quite a bit of dad guilt when it comes to my five year old twin girls. It has been a hectic time with my mum having a long stay in hospital, my son going off to university and me going to Manchester for BlogOn xmas…
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How Important, Or Possible Is It For Dad Bloggers To Win An Award
Read moreI will start by saying, yes I would love to win an award for my blog. It would be a sign of recognition that my blog is read and is worthy to be looked at. Yes, it would be an enormous ego boost and truly awesome to put that badge on my sidebar. What are…
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My Sunday Photo : My Wife And The Half Marathon
Read moreThis beautiful lady is my wife who I am immensely proud of. She has trained hard for a long time to take part in her first half marathon. I don’t doubt for one minute that she will complete it in a very good time. The commitment and dedication my wife has shown not only to…
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Playground Politics
Read moreIt’s never ceases to amaze me, the playground at the girls school. We are now in our second year of our twin girls school lives. They have, I must say settled beautifully into school life and rarely give any sort of issue in going to school or whilst they are there. In fact their enthusiasm…
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Generation Z 16-22 Year Olds My View
Read moreGeneration Z. What exactly is that? Well Radio One produced a survey/report all about Generation Z, who are people aged 16-22 years old. One overwhelming result was the older generation overwhelmingly said they consider 16-22 year olds as lazy, selfish, and obsessed by social media. How wrong could they be? In my opinion, and I…
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