A couple of days ago I was a guest on the The Real Nihal show with the school runnings segment which is broadcast on Radio 5 Live. The school runnings segment is all things parenting. It’s about a 20 minute long segment discussing a varied selection of topics that will in some way relate to…
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A Day Out At Mountain View Ranch Cardiff
Read moreAs summer starts to draw to a close the days of sunshine are less and less, but last Saturday the sun came out and there was blue skies for as far as the eye could see. We decided to visit an outdoor centre called Mountain View Ranch which is actually right on our doorstep. It’s…
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Piccolo Tomatoes A Healthy Meal And Snack Option AD
Read moreWhen you are a dad of seven year old twin girls it can be difficult at times to cook a meal that they’ll both enjoy. Even though they’re twins their taste in food can vary quite dramatically. However, they do have one thing in common. They both love fruit, vegetables and salads. One of their…
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DIY MOT Checklist
Read moreEvery year the dreaded MOT rolls around, we’re often left wondering if our car will make it through and if not – how expensive it’ll be to get it back on the road again. MOT fail rates have gone down slightly since the new system of faults was brought in last year, but around a…
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Picking The Right Skirting Boards To Suit Your Home AD
Read moreWhen I look around my home my attention is often drawn to the skirting boards. You may well ask why? Well, it’s great decorating a room with lovely wallpaper or painting walls in a colour that has the wow factor, but when you look at the walls if the the skirting boards are not the…
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Our Visit To The National Marine Aquarium In Plymouth: AD/Gifted
Read moreDuring our first camping trip to River Dart Country Park in Devon we knew that on one day the weather was not going to be good as there was rain forecast. So our plan was to have a day trip that would involve being inside somewhere. We were invited to National Marine Aquarium in Plymouth…
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How To boost Your Interior Space For Less
Read moreWe can all benefit from a spacious living area. If we don’t have enough room in our home, we tend to feel a bit cooped up, which is not a good feeling. Though moving to a bigger place is one solution, not everyone can afford to do this. But luckily, there are easier, more affordable…
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8 Ingenious Ways to Keep Your Home Organised & Tidy
Read moreGetting your home clean and organised as a parent can seem like an impossible task. Keeping things tidy can be draining when you have a lot on your plate already, whether that be a job or multiple little ones to take care of. To keep up with keeping your household in the best shape possible,…
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Review: Annie The Musical At Wales Millennium Centre
Read moreI have to first admit that I have never seen a live musical show so this was going to be a whole new experience for me. We were very kindly invited to the Wales Millennium Centre to see the musical, Annie. It’s currently touring the UK and yes, there was no doubt about it, I…
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We Live In A Diverse Society Where Is The Problem?
Read moreSo here we are in 2019 and sadly to my dismay we are living with bigoted, narrow minded people that for reasons beyond my belief won’t accept that people can live their lives exactly as they want. Unfortunately we are not talking about a minority of the population. It’s inherited teaching from a generation that…
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At What Age Should We Be Leaving Our Children Home Alone?
Read moreAccording to the NSPCC there has been a rise in children being left home alone during the school holidays. This is compared to last summer where the NSPCC has seen an increase of 21% in children being left home alone. That is quite a staggering increase. See the report here. It also has some very…
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Summer Holidays
Read moreThis year’s summer holidays are a little different for us as a family. My wife and I are having to share child care because we both work. This means that for us both to earn money, my wife will work in the mornings until about midday and then as soon as she gets home I…
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Shimmer Stars Review AD
Read moreAnybody that has twins will know that even though they are usually born within minutes of one another, that is quite often where the similarities end. My seven year old twin girls are no different. They were at one point quite simply my superhero and princess with polar opposite tastes, but as the years have…
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Are Children Getting Younger When They Get Their First Smart Phone?
Read moreWhen I shared my story of how I felt my smart phone was becoming far too dominating in my life because of what my seven year old twin daughter said to my wife about my phone usage, it obviously woke me up to the fact that I was addicted to my phone. As such I…
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AD| Modern home trends for 2019
Read morePhrases such as ‘home is where the heart is’ and ‘happy home, happy mind’ might be looked upon as a bit cheesy or they can also make you cringe, but they certainly do have some truth to them. You can typically tell a lot about a person’s interests, personalities, or habits from their living space,…
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Make The Change Today With Nü Bamboo Nappies and Biodegradable Nappy Sacks AD
Read moreIn such a short time planet earth has been sent into a spiral of destruction that is unparalleled to any other time in the history of the planet. What we are leaving our children is a planet so messed up by plastic and it’s quite honestly ridiculous and wrong at every level. The UK was of…
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Families Fall Out It Happens!
Read moreNo matter hard we try to keep the peace in a family at some point or another families fall out. It can be for a variety of reasons. Siblings fall out, children fall out with their parents etc. The list is endless. It is the stresses and strains of life today that put added pressure…
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Simple Happy Parenting: Denaye Barahona Ph.D. Book Review #AD
Read moreNowadays there are many parenting books out there, and yes I am a bit of fan. I love reading them. After all let’s be honest, parenting is not easy by anybody’s standards. It has challenges that before I had children I didn’t even know existed so when I read a parenting book the first thing…
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Pitch Perfect Grass Cutting With The Flymo Ultra Glide Hover Mower AD
Read moreWhen you have seven year old twin girls that love football you have to make sure the lawn in your back garden is pitch perfect for them to play a game of football. Let’s be fair, one day they could play football for Wales, and of course Wales play their games at the Principality Stadium…
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The Rising Cost Of Household Bills
Read moreIn the UK we live in very uncertain times. Our government is in disarray with little or no direction and the constant threat of Brexit being a no-deal, or in fact whether we leave at all, and an opposition political party that doesn’t have a clue, leaves the rest of us scratching our heads in…
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OMG! My Twin Girls Will Be In Juniors Next School Year
Read moreIt really is hard sometimes to accept how quickly time goes, and the speed that it moves which I compare to the speed of light. I imagine many of us say it doesn’t feel like yesterday that their children were starting nursery for half days and then all of a sudden they’re starting junior school.…
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