During the last week I have posted a lot about my five year old twin girls. The main reason was because it’s been their fifth birthday. I wrote a post called My Little Superhero and Princess. Which was all about how different the girls charcters and personalities are, and for me this picture beautifully shows…
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My Little Superhero and Princess
Read moreI wrote a post in March last year called Superhero v Princess. The post was all about my five year old twin girls and although there is only two minutes between them being born they really couldn’t be more different in their likes and dislikes. I have wondered for a long time whether it’s nurture…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 101
Read moreThis week is the start of our second century of the Brilliant Dad Feature and this week it’s Kevin who is from Canada. Kevin blogs at Dadsense he says Raising a baby in urban Canada has its challenges, but with a little patience and clever planning they make it work. His blog Dadsense is an…
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Five Tips For Five Rooms In A Child Friendly House
Read moreYour Bedroom Image source First of all, is it ever really possible to turn your bedroom into your own sanctuary if you have children? A lot of parents start their kids’ lives by co-sleeping with them, which means that your bedroom may just have turned into a free for all, for your kids to wander…
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R and M: My Twins Are 5 Years Old Today
Read moreR and M are five years old today. My twin girls are really starting to grow up. It’s frightening just how quickly the last five years have gone. It doesn’t seem like yesterday that we were bringing them home from Neo-natal after being born six weeks early and spending 27 days on a special care…
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My Twin Girls and Half Term
Read moreMy four year old twin girls are on half term this week. This is split between my wife and I due to our work commitments. I start off with Monday and Tuesday. Monday is a very long day as my wife has to do a late shift in work and isn’t home until 8pm. I…
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Mojo Box Review By Fred’s Box
Read moreMy twin girls love making collections of toys and will they will usually have a theme running through their collections. So when I was approached by Fred’s Box to review their subscription service I thought this would be fantastic for the girls. Both the girls have different tastes. The one loves superheroes and the other…
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When Will You Charge Your Children Rent?
Read moreI left school at 16 years of age and my mother was straight to the point. Right son, you need a job because I’m not keeping you. I imagine I timidly replied ok mum! So I got a job and after a full weeks work I was given my first pay packet. It was an…
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Brilliant Dad Feature 100. It’s Me!
Read moreWell it’s the brilliant dad feature week 100. I did ask a few celebrities, but unfortunately Matt Damon, Tom Cruise and Mel Gibson were too busy filming so I guess you will have to put up with me little old DIY Daddy! A little bit about me. I’m a dad to five children. Four…
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When Your Children Become Adults
Read moreImage Credit It’s a bit of a crazy thing to write, let alone live through. One day your children are going to stop being children and are going to grow into adults. Whilst your role as their parent will never be over, it is going to dramatically change. Thankfully this is a gradual thing, from…
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Celebrating A Century Of Brilliant Dad Feature’s Tomorrow
Read moreThe Brilliant Dad Feature is 100 weeks old tomorrow. I never for one minute thought that when I started it, it would still be going 100 weeks later, but here we are! I remember clearly when I thought up this idea for a weekly feature on my blog, that if I got 20 dads to…
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Was The World A Safer Place When I Was Growing Up?
Read moreToday the world appears to be so unstable and incredibly volatile. We have so much tension and war all over the Middle East and certain parts of Africa are also having numerous wars on going that we rarely hear about. Plus numerous trouble spots around the world. The world has changed so much since I…
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Being Organised with My Twins and My Home Office
Read moreI am a very methodical person and I need everything to be organised which includes every part of my life. I’m a self employed painter and decorator, and I have a small office at home. My OCD was in overdrive when I was designing my office. I needed to make sure all of my furniture…
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The Internet Crashes. OMG! What Will We Do ?
Read moreThe internet crashes worldwide what would we do really it’s a question that I have thought about a few times. OMG ! Life would be so different well actually no it would be like going back to childhood. I remember the early days of the Internet when we had dial-up and it to take an…
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Premature Babies: A Dads View
Read moreI recently read a post by my wife, Emily from Twin Mummy and Daddy about having premature babies. I thought it was a brilliant, informative post for anybody who could be faced with having a premature baby. Our girls were born six weeks early. This is something we obviously didn’t plan on happening, but we…
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The Lego Batman Movie (A Review Of Sorts)
Read moreLast Saturday we decided at the very last minute to go and see the new Lego Batman Movie. We took our five year old twin girls and my 17 year old son decided to come too. I was very excited to see it because I had seen many trailers and it looked fun. The trailers…
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Being The Dad I Want To Be
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know I have five children. I’m never sure if I get it right being a dad, but hopefully practise makes perfect. At least that’s what I try to do. Over the last week I have come to realise that it’s not always the big grand gestures of being a…
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My Twins and Parents Evening
Read moreMy four year old twin girls had their second parents evening a few days ago. It’s always a very interesting evening. Trying to extract information from four year olds about what they are doing at school is usually impossible, so it’s nice to see their school books and chat to their teacher about how they…
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Do We As Parents Dictate What Toys Our Children Play With
Read moreI have written on a few occasions about gender stereotyping when it comes to toys, films and activities for our children. I am 100% behind toys being gender free. As parents I have often wondered do we influence what toys our children play with because of our own likes and dislikes from childhood? After all…
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Do You Have A Favourite Child?
Read moreI’m one of three children and I would openly admit I am my mother’s favourite. This could be because my brother and sister are much older and I was left to grow up with just my mum. Nowadays she has no contact with my brother and sister so I guess I unquestionably became the golden…
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