I have read on many occasions either as a full post or included in a post about the difficulty of the school run. This is something that never ceases to amaze me. I will explain why. I first of all have never been late in getting my four year old twin girls to school on…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 96
Read moreThis week the brilliant dad feature is Andrew. He is a 32 year old Helicopter pilot with the Royal Air Force, and is currently taking advantage of 100 days Shared Parental Leave. It’s still rather rare for a pilot to take this leave and so people were very curious how he would get on with…
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Mothers Day Gift Ideas
Read moreI can’t believe next week will be February already! Before we know it Mother’s Day will be here! That leaves approximately 8 weeks left to buy that all important present for your mum. Which doesn’t leave you much time to choose a gift. If you are looking for unique and intriguing gifts to help you…
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My Four Year Old Twin Girl, R, Always Puts A Smile On My Face
Read moreIn just over five weeks time my twin girls will be five years old, and they are now in their second full term in primary school. I feel they have grown up so much since Christmas and their observational skills and memory are developing into very powerful tools. Ultimately our children mimic what we do…
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Clean Ends No Waste Wipes Review
Read moreI dread to think how many wet wipes I have used after having five children, but needless to say it’s a lot! On many occasions they’ve been flushed down the toilet and caused massive problems with the sewers which is then an expensive job to be sorted out. It’s always something that I have been…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo this week is our new edition to the family! After many years of loyal service Puf went to the car crusher in the sky, Goodbye Puf. So welcome to Thumper, as named by my four year old twin girls. He’s settled in well and is taking us to school and for days out…
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Parent Bloggers. Are We Putting Our Children in Danger as They get Older
Read moreAs a parent blogger I have begun to wonder that as I chronicle my four year old twin girls lives, am I leaving them open to ridicule and bullying from school friends or friends as they grow older? The thought that crossed my mind is are we possibly giving out too much information about our…
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As Parents Do You Agree Or Disagree
Read moreAs parents do you always agree together as to the decisions regarding your children or is it a point of conflict? As parents do you have same values in the possible rights and wrongs of parenting or is it something that causes issues? Do you have the same attitude towards your children on how they…
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I Will Have Two Children in University in 2017! Mad!
Read moreWhen I was in school such a long time ago not many of us went to university. Looking back now it was maybe tougher to get a university place, but also for many of us the mentality of society was you leave school and get a job and earn a living which I imagine was…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo is very simple this week happiness and love all encapsulated in a single moment. Mummy and her four year twin daughters. Perfect!
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Is There a Right Way to Be a Parent?
Read moreWhen you become a parent for the first time there is no doubt you’re completly clueless, so as new parents we often go off to our local bookstore to buy some parenting books because of course when the baby is impossible to comfort and screaming the place down at 2am you can quickly run to…
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The Twins Start Second Full Term in School
Read moreChristmas is over and my four year old twin girls have gone back to school for their second full term in their first year of their school life in the last few days. There has been so many changes through the Christmas holidays. The biggest change I have seen in both the girls was strange.…
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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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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy photo this week is what we had for tea on New Years Eve. I will explain my mum as seen in the picture with my four year twin girls has for about six months asking my wife and myself can we have a takeaway for tea one night and basically she meant a Macdonalds…
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Look What We Did over Christmas
Read moreThis year has easily been the most enjoyable Christmas I have ever had. There are a couple of reasons why. One reason is I have worked less leading up to Christmas and over the Christmas period which has made the usual chore of Christmas shopping a task that is usually very rushed. I was fortunate…
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Christmas Day in our home
Read moreWhen you have toddlers in the home Christmas Day really is the most special day in the year. We are fortunate to have four year old twins in our home and their excitement levels were totally maxed out at bedtime on Christmas Eve! I was really expecting an early start on Christmas morning, possibly 5am,…
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Christmas Eve in Our Home
Read moreNow that our twins are four years old, they’re able to work out exactly how many days it is to Christmas. The countdown, as you can imagine, has been in full swing for quite a while! Of course the advent calendars the girls have, have encouraged them to countdown the days, but that’s not a bad…
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As Parent Bloggers are We Portraying the Right Family image
Read moreNowadays there are thousands of parent blogs being written, and all of them will have a different take on parenting, but for me there are so many of them that are portraying their children as shining examples of perfection, They portray the perfect family life and this, as a consequence I believe, puts far too…
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How Many of Us Co-Sleep with Our Children?
Read moreI imagine a lot of us share our beds with our small children or babies on a regular basis. I know in our home we do! There aren’t many nights that go by when I’m not sharing a bed with three females. Wait a minute! That is four year old twins and my wife before…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy Sunday photo this week is my adorable, beautiful,so very cute four year old twin girls R and M. All dressed in denim ready to go to a friends birthday party. It’s hard to imagine they will be five years old in February 2017.
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Converting your Garage into a Playroom
Read moreWe have a very large garage which is a separate building to our house and in all honesty it’s a waste of space. I’m sure like many other people we don’t use the garage for what it was originally built for, parking the car in. It’s our dumping ground and consequently completly wasted…
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