The youth of any generation. Do they ever listen to anybody who may have lived just a bit longer, or is it me that thinks this current generation of young people believe everything that the Internet and social media tell them, thus making their opinions fool proof, and God forbid you question it or even…
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Mobile Phones and my four year old twins
Read moreMobile phones are now as common, or infact more common than washing machines and fridges. I don’t even have a house phone anymore! I have a landline, but it’s purely for Internet purposes only. Everywhere you look nowadays people have a mobile phone in their hands (probably playing Pokemon Go haha!) So recently it has…
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Our Twin Girls are Really Changing
Read moreOur twin girls are nearly half way though the fourth year of their lives and they are a pleasure to be around. They are funny and now beginning to laugh with us and at us! Which actually is very amusing. They are very close to each other and are now playing games with each for…
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14 Days To go School Starts! Oh No!
Read moreIn just 14 days time our four year old twin girls start school full-time. How scary is that. I’m genuinely worried. In the UK our children generally start school before their fifth birthday and personally I think that is too young. They’re hardly out of nappies, some still use dummies or comforters, and they still…
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Children: OMG! The Cost!
Read moreRegular readers will know I’m a dad of five children. Yeah I know what idiot has five children? ME! Seriously though it’s the best thing that could have happened to me. Why? Well, I wanted to be poor all my life and OMG, did it work! I thought when they were babies it was expensive,…
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A Rare Moment With My Children
Read moreJust a few days ago,I had a rare moment in my life. It was Tuesday August 2nd and what made this day so special was not meant to be, but turned out that way and in a purely selfish way it was pure magic mainly because it has never happened before and is very unlikely…
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Some Excellent Nappy Cake Ideas.
Read moreAs much as we try and prepare for a new addition to the family, there are very often things that we forget or just overlook, even for experienced parents! A Nappy Cake is an excellent gift for new parents that people often fill with both things for the child, as well as the mother,…
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My daughter is home for summer from university
Read moreLast Friday I drove down to Southampton university to pick up my 19 year old daughter for the summer holidays. My 21 year old daughter and 17 year old son came with me to surprise their sister and to have a nosey at her new accommodation now that she has moved out of the university…
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Drugs, Alcohol and My Children
Read moreHere’s a subject matter every parent will have to talk to their children to at some point in their lives and rightly so. It’s vital that our children are given the right knowledge and information to assess the dangers. There is no question that if alcohol was invented today it would be banned. Drugs and…
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I kissed all my children on the lips. Shocking!
Read moreThis is a first for me. Writing about something that is topical in the news. First of all how absolutely crazy that Victoria Beckham has been criticised for kissing her five year old daughter on the lips. It’s disgusting and just so wrong that people think what she did was wrong. It is narrow minded…
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Nursery is over Lets have another Baby!
Read moreR and M finished nursery in the last few days. The year has really gone quickly and it’s now time to enjoy summer and prepare them for their first year of full time school. Now that the twins are soon going to be going to school full-time I think it’s time we had another baby! …
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Selective hearing and children
Read moreI have come to the conclusion that children have an amazing ability for selective hearing. After having five children I have found that those moments of selective hearing usually relate to whats in it for them or is it something nice. 1. I would ask my children if they’d like a banana, pear or some…
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Feeling obsolete as a Dad
Read moreThere are times (not all the time) when I feel surplus to requirements as a dad. This has become for me all the more obvious in the last six months or so. With my older children it’s a strange feeling, but one I can fully understand. I know they have grown up and are now…
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My Sunday Photo.
Read moreThe twins have just three days left in nursery. Then it’s summer holidays and they go back to full time school. The last year has flown by, but their development has been rapid. I caught this moment where R is reading mummy a story. Times are changing.
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Danger and having no fear with children
Read moreFear and danger in small children are in my opinion so very closely linked. Our twin girls are four years old and over the last six months I have noticed that they are beginning to take risks albeit only small risks. Of course they have to start taking risks otherwise they will never learn anything…
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Feeling guilty as a parent never goes away
Read moreAs parents do we ever feel guilty that we are letting our children down in any way? I would have to say that I definitly feel guilty, but is it us or is it our children putting a guilt trip on us? Children are very clever at making us believe we are not doing a…
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Induction for twins to start school
Read moreAt the beginning of last week we went up to the primary school that R and M will be starting at in September for a parents induction day. Having older children I’m sure I have done this before, but if I’m honest I can’t remember what it was like and what happened. The morning was…
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Old people say it as it is!
Read moreToday is my Mum’s birthday and how age has changed her. One of the most amazing things about old age is the lack of inhibitions that as you get. It appears that the older you are, you have no problem saying it as it is! My mum is in her eighty’s and there is no…
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Top 5 tips for taking toddlers on a plane
Read moreWe are soon going to be going on holiday abroad. This will be the third time in four years that our twin girls have flown which is amazing considering they are only four years old! There is no question that they are very lucky. I was about 13 years old before I went on a…
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Time and children
Read moreThe concept of time for children is a long process of learning. My four year old twins know how to say one minute and so on, but they have no concept of how long one minute is. One of the examples of this is M. At four years old we have the same conversation on…
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Me and Fathers Day
Read moreFather’s Day is the one day in the year where I am centre of attention, which if I’m honest makes me uncomfortable. I have always been the type of person that likes to stand in the shadows. As regular readers of my blog probably know I have five children so Father’s Day is always special,…
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