Regular readers of my blog will know that I am a father of five children. Three of those children have now left full time education, but I still have seven year old twin girls in junior school. Over the years I have seen my fair share of teachers and it never ceases to amaze me…
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[AD] Christmas Stocking Fillers With funkypigeon.com
Read moreThere is nothing more exciting on Christmas morning to me than to have a Christmas stocking full to the brim of presents that Father Christmas has filled up while you slept. Yes! I still believe! Who doesn’t? it’s the magic of Christmas! I’m sure, like me, you are always struggling to think of presents to…
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AD| PlayMobil Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Read moreThis year I have had the pleasure of teaming up with PlayMobil on a number of occasions. My twin girls and I have had some amazing fun building the PlayMobil kits. Earlier this year we went on a Mission to Mars, and also went on an adventure in PlayMobil The Movie featuring Rex Dasher and…
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AD| Christmas Gift Guide 2019
Read moreIt’s Christmas yay! I do love Christmas. It’s easily my favourite time of the year, with the towns all starting to put up their Christmas decorations and the shops playing those timeless classic Christmas songs and watching my seven year old twin girls start to get excited as they start to think of what they…
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Merry Christmas & Happy New Year From DIY Daddy
Read moreI just wanted to take the opportunity to say thank you to anybody that has read my blog posts this year. I always feel honoured and humbled that you find the time to read my ramblings. I truly appreciate you taking the time. I would also like to thank the many friends that I have…
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5 Things That Make Christmas Special For Me
Read moreI have said this recently, actually more than once, yes, I love Christmas! It really is my favourite time of the year! The excitement and build-up to Christmas day, there really is nothing like it! It’s the little things like when my six year old twin girls wake up in the morning and ask which…
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Nativity Play And Graduation Day! What A Busy Day!
Read moreLast Wednesday was a very busy, hectic and quite honestly exhausting day for me, and that’s because I was in two different places in the UK. This made me realise that being a dad is the best job in the world, and one that I have cherished since my eldest was born just over 23…
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Keeping The Magic Of Christmas Alive With Thorntons Cheeky Elf #AD
Read moreChristmas is such a special time of the year for lots of reasons. Families get together and if like me, you have small children, keeping the magic of Christmas alive is a must! Our children are growing up so quickly nowadays. That’s why it’s so important to me that we keep Christmas as magical as…
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Christmas Past Christmas Now!
Read moreI love Christmas. It’s easily my favourite time of the year by a long way, but I love the Christmas of today and that is something that has happened from the experiences of my own childhood when Christmas was not such a happy time. Growing up, as I have written about on occasion before, was…
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Christmas Gift Guide 2018 #AD
Read moreI cannot believe that Christmas is here again. The last year seems to have flown by. For me the most exciting time of the year will always be Christmas. It’s especially exciting to all gather together as a family and celebrate. Every year I have done a Christmas gift guide and this year is no…
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Do Our Children See Christmas As Just A Big Bag Of Presents
Read moreChristmas is nearly upon us once again and it has got me thinking about how my six year old twins see Christmas. Is it just a big bag of presents? Of course with them only be six years old they still believe in the whole nine yards of Father Christmas delivering presents on Christmas Eve,…
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Christmas Suits Oh Yes! Let’s Get Festive #AD
Read moreI make no secret of the fact that Christmas is easily my favourite time of the year. I love the dark nights and Christmas lights lighting up homes all over the city. The city centre is always very festive and in our city we have the winter wonderland which we always visit for ice skating…
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SculptaPalooza Party Game Review #ad
Read moreMy wife and I have always loved board games and we in particular we like games that are a bit different, but also show innovation and most importantly are simply fun to play. So when I was asked to review the brand new game, SculptaPalooza, the Squishy, Squashy, Sculpting Party game. I instantly thought yes,…
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Family And Love This Boxing Day In Our Home
Read moreI will never be super wealthy, but I don’t need to be, especially when I look around me and see who was in my home on Boxing Day. My five wonderful children, my beautiful wife and my mum. Let’s be honest all the money in world could never buy all that love and family. It’s…
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Christmas Morning OMG! It 5.15am Please Sleep
Read moreI was woken up by a five year old little girl saying can we get up now please, but it’s 5.15am sweetie, just a little more sleep please! What we didn’t know was she had already been on a reconnaissance mission to the lounge to see if Father Christmas had been! How did we find…
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Merry Christmas Everyone
Read moreIt’s Christmas Day and that means family time for me, but I want to take this opportunity to say thank you and to wish everybody a Merry Christmas. This includes the people that have taken the time to read my blog and comment, all the many bloggers that are very good friends and all my…
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T’is The Day Before Christmas
Read moreChristmas Eve is always a super busy day for us. We have family and friends to visit, and we like to get everything out of the way. So we can enjoy Christmas Day at home with all the children, and it’s especially nice because our five year old twins get to play with all their…
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Present Patrol to Protect Christmas Presents this Christmas!
Read moreI’ve teamed up with ADT for their newest campaign which encourages children to find the best ways of protecting their presents from intruders! ADT take security as seriously as Father Christmas takes delivering presents on time. That’s why our very own Present Patrol – the nation’s children, are being asked to help keep stock of…
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The Christmas Cost
Read moreI’ve teamed up with Admiral insurance for their cost of Christmas campaign. The idea behind the campaign is to see how the cost of the festive season has changed over the last 40 years. Admiral have created a very clever widget which people can interact with. Simply select which year you’d like to find more…
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Christmas Presents: Children’s Expectations: Have They Changed?
Read moreOn the way home from work the other day I was listening to the radio, and they were talking about the expectations of children in relation to Christmas presents. Basically has it got out of control the presents children are receiving at Christmas? Is this putting too much pressure on parents? Is the expense of…
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Our Annual Father Christmas Visit
Read moreFor the last four years we have visited one particular place to meet Father Christmas. It’s a local garden centre called Pughs garden village which is about a 10 minute drive from where we live, so it’s very local. Every year they have a different theme, and this has definitely become a family tradition. The…
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