For 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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As Parents Do We Have The Right To Look at Our Teenagers Smart Phones
Read moreTeenagers and their smart phones. We have all seen it. You know they’re walking down the pavement with their eyes glued to their phone. I’m amazed they don’t walk into a lamp post or stray out into the road, but this is what the life of a teenager is like in 2017. Regular readers of…
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Beware Of Teenage Daughters! Let Them Pick Their Boyfriends
Read moreI have four daughters, two of which have gone through their teenage years and during those teenage years, easily the biggest minefield is when they discover boys and decide its time for a boyfriend. This was the time when I nearly chewed right through my tongue to stop myself from saying what I was really…
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If I Hadn’t
Read moreIf I hadn’t got married twice and fathered five children, I would probably be driving a Bentley, living the dream and I’d have pots of money in the bank. Would I change if I could turn back time? That’s a tough question! Material things in life that can make you happy or love that has…
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Gender Stereotyping Is Not Going To Stop My 5 Year Twin Girls: So They Say
Read moreNearly every morning my five year old twins wake up at around 6am which is ok because they are usually fast asleep by 6.45pm every night. The downside for me is that once I’m awake that’s it, I can’t go back to sleep, so I generally get up with the them, while their mum lies…
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Sandwiches And The School Run OMG! Its Back!
Read moreWhere have the last six weeks gone? The summer holidays are over and it’s back to the packed lunches and the mayhem of the school run. Get dressed for school! Where are your school shoes? We are going to be late! Hurry up turn and the tv off! Do you need need the toilet? It’s…
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Predicting My Twins Tastes When They Are Teenagers
Read moreAbout a year ago I wrote a post about my five year old twin girls and how their personalities and characters are so completely different. They are without a doubt my little superhero and princess. It’s fascinating that they are only two minutes apart in being born, but can be so totally different. The one…
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Born For The Blog
Read moreOur children are growing up in a blogging world. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? They are very aware of the fact that both mummy and daddy have blogs and from the blogs they on occasion have new toys for no real reason, so in the minds of five year old twins…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreYesterday we visited a National Trust site near to where we live called Dyffryn Gardens. It’s a fantastic house set in the most beautiful gardens. My twin girls got to play croquet and had a great time wandering around the gardens. Discovering many things including a very large pumpkin patch. We went around the house…
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Our #familygoodtimes Visit to McDonald’s With The Characters #ad
Read moreWe are a family that love to create memories that will live forever, especially for our children. We’re always looking for something new and different for us to enjoy as a family. So, recently, when I was approached by McDonald’s to join in with their new #familygoodtimes campaign, I couldn’t wait to create some more…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 123
Read moreThis Week the brilliant dad feature is Olly and he blogs over at savvydad.co.uk, where He writes about parenting, family finance and ways to make and save money. He started his blog in 2016 and has recently been shortlisted as a finalist in the New Blog of the Year category for the SHOMO awards in…
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Kids Today Lack Respect. Why Is That?
Read moreWhy is it that children of today, and I don’t mean all children, but to me it’s an ever growing bigger percentage of children appear to lack respect for anybody or anything in life. Who’s fault is it that children are like this? Well, in my opinion it’s us as parents. We have gradually taught…
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Sometimes The Toughest Decisions Can Bring The Most Happiness says
Read moreIn my life I have been faced with some tough decisions. Usually those decisions have come about because I have been unhappy with my life in some way or another. In my late teens I went to Australia because my brother who was living there and he told me come out you will love it…
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Our Family Day Out At West Midlands Safari Park
Read moreLast Saturday we visited West Midlands Safari Park. We have been before when the twins were three years old. Now they are five years old, they can really begin to appreciate all the animals. In my collage of pictures I managed to capture the lioness on top of a big rock. At just the right…
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Swimming And My Five Year Old Twins
Read moreIn my five year old twins early years I have to confess we didn’t really take them swimming. The usual reason was time and also when they were little both of us had to go, which of course normally wouldn’t apply if you just had a single baby. So I guess we just put it…
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Raising Daughters And Sons: Do We Approach It Differently
Read moreI have often wondered, because I have four daughters and one son, if I have raised them differently? Am I easier on my daughters or am I tougher on my son? I do think I have I raised my older children which is two daughters and a son in exactly the same way. Which is…
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Preserving Your Old B/W Photos With Vintage Photo Lab
Read moreI recently wrote a post about how I was once a part of a happy family of five. This all came about because I was asked by Vintage Photo Lab to try out their service of saving old black and white photos to disk, online or a USB stick. The first thing I had to…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 121
Read moreThis weeks brilliant dad feature is Carl, a stay-at-home daddy of two daughters. Olivia who is almost three years old and Robyn who is 9 months old. He blogs as The Dadtastic Voyage. He also husband to his amazing wife Rachel. He only started his dad blog a little over a month ago. He started it…
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My Five Year Old Twins Bedtime Routine: That We Started
Read moreThe other day I read an outstanding post from Tom who blogs at The Unlikely Dad about how his little boy has gone from being a brilliant sleeper to him having to lay down with his son at bedtime to go to sleep. His little boy is three years old. You can read it here.…
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Swearing In Front Of Our Children
Read moreThis is a very hot subject at the moment. It even made it onto Good Morning Britain. Of course this is just my own personal opinion, because however parents want to raise their children is entirely there own choice. Which I am not judging. So an Australian blogger said that it's ok to swear in…
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That’s It: My Five Year Old Twins 1st Year Of School Is Finished
Read moreA school year goes by very quickly, and the changes in my five year old twin girls has been incredible. Sadly they have grown up so much. Of course nobody can stop time. It flows by in a constant way. Just as they are getting older of course I am as well. The year started…
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