• My Heart/Health Scare

    January 12, 2018

    This week has been interesting to say the least. I woke up last Saturday or Sunday with a pain in my chest around the heart area, but being me, I ignored it and thought well it will go away I’m sure. Four days later the pain was not going away. In fact, if anything it…

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  • My Twins Are Back In School. Oh Yes!

    January 10, 2018

    We are just two days into returning to school since the Christmas holidays, and I have found the relief incredible. Is that wrong? I’m not sure, but I am still relieved for all of that. Although it was only just over two weeks long, with the holidays being Christmas and all the excitement that is involved…

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  • Where Has The Blog Love Gone?

    January 8, 2018

    2017 was the year that I saw a dramatic change in the world of blogging. There seemed to be a considerable rise in having a go at each other on social media. For the life of me I don’t understand why? Blogging, I have always thought, was a community we were all proud to be…

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  • Stylists In The Making: My Sunday Photo

    January 7, 2018

    My five year old twin girls are budding stylists and this picture shows exactly how far they have come. It lacks nothing! It has creativity, the use of many accessories and they’re clearly paving the way of a whole new fashion sense for 2018. My wife? Well! What an improvement! Even if she does resemble…

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  • Oh No! It’s One Of Those Texts Again

    January 5, 2018

    Last year in March 2017 I wrote a post called Oh No! A Text I Never Wanted To Read. The post was all about my eldest daughter texting me about possibly going to live in Australia. My heart sank instantly and I struggled to come to terms with the thought of one of my children…

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  • 5 Dad Bloggers To Watch Out For In 2018

    January 4, 2018

    There are always more and more Dad bloggers coming onto the scene every year. Some will hang around and go on to be very good solid bloggers, but like anything in life many will fall by the wayside, when in truth they find out how much hard work goes into making a successful blog. At…

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  • Oral-B Star Wars Brush Like A Hero

    January 3, 2018

    I have recently teamed up with Oral-B and their range of Star Wars toothbrushes and toothpaste for children. The importance of oral hygiene cannot be emphasised enough. It’s so important to start teaching children this as early as possible. Did you know that as soon as a tooth appears you need to start brushing it?…

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  • Tips For Caring For Your Garden During The Cold Winter Months

    January 2, 2018

    Have you gone to great lengths to grow a beautiful garden during the spring and summer? Now, you’re worried about the cold winter months ahead. There is truly no doubt that the cold weather can wreak havoc on your plants, but there are some ways to protect them during this time of the year. With…

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  • Happy Birthday To My Wife Today

    January 2, 2018

    My beautiful and gorgeous wife is celebrating her birthday today, and I decided I would take this opportunity to tell the world how I feel about her. When you are lucky enough, as I have been to meet somebody, and you fit together like two jigsaw pieces, you just know you have met the person…

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  • My Favourite Bloggers Of 2017

    December 31, 2017

    During the course of a year I read a lot of blog posts. Part of the reason for this is because I run a linky with my wife, Emily, who blogs at Twin Mummy And Daddy. It never ceases to amaze me how many people blog, and the linky so often is a great way…

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  • Entertaining Your Children Over The Christmas Holidays

    December 29, 2017

    Our five year old twins finished school the Friday before Christmas which is a good thing because they were occupied almost right up to Christmas Day with school. This meant that we had only two days of high excitement before Father Christmas arrived with their presents. Once the Christmas Day excitement had subsided, and the…

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  • Family And Love This Boxing Day In Our Home

    December 27, 2017

    I 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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  • T’is The Day Before Christmas

    December 24, 2017

    Christmas 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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  • My Daughter E Made My Heart Burst With Pride

    December 20, 2017

    My 20 year old daughter, as regular readers may know, is in university studying to be a nurse, specialising in child nursing. She is currently in her third and final year. So all the hard work of A’ levels and then the first two years of university are culminating in this final six months or…

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  • Laundry OMG! It Never Ends

    December 19, 2017

    In our home the most used appliance is without question the washing machine. My wife and I use it at least once a day, sometimes even twice a day or more! Why do we have a never ending amount of clothes to wash? Well, let me explain. The laundry basket most likely only empties once…

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  • What Makes A Great Dad

    December 18, 2017

    So you have just had a baby and you want to be a great dad. You decide to pop down to your local bookstore and by a book that will tell you exactly what to do, and hey ho! You will be a great dad, if only! We all know this is not remotely true!…

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  • My Four Daughters Or Donkeys :My Sunday Photo

    December 17, 2017

    On one of those very rare moments all five of my children were in the same room. And I captured this particularly magical moment where young meets old playing a game of “Don’t Be A Donkey”, I’m not sure much playing of the game was actually happening, it was a more a case of let’s…

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  • How to organise and create a homework schedule for your child

    December 15, 2017

    It is no secret that kids are not big fans of doing their homework. Particularly when they may feel that there are a variety of other awesome things that they could be doing with their time. The trouble is, as parents, we know that making sure that they do their homework is incredibly important. So,…

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  • Finding Childcare That Suits Your Family

    December 15, 2017

    Unfortunately we live in a world nowadays where both people in a relationship have to work more often than not to keep their heads above water. When a relationship changes and children are introduced to the equation, decisions about working and childcare have to be made. Where a lot of people are lucky enough to…

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  • The Christmas Cost

    December 14, 2017

    I’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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  • Our Annual Father Christmas Visit

    December 11, 2017

    For 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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