When I was growing up, as I have written before there were no luxuries in life. Certainly not on a daily basis and this was due to the fact that I grew up in a single parent household and my mum simply didn’t have the money to buy me the lastest shoes, clothes or toys.…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreI have recently come back from Disneyland Paris and I will be publishing more in depth blog posts later this week on our holiday experience. There were so many magical moments that we managed to photograph. One particular magical moment was when my five year old twin girls met Peter Pan and Wendy Darling. It…
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Alan From OMG It’s A Girl Is Today’s Guest Post
Read moreToday’s post is by my very good friend, Alan, who blogs at OMG IT’S A GIRL. We have over the last couple of years had so much fun on social media, more laughs than I can remember. More importantly, Alan is one of my very favourite bloggers. I love his style of writing. Check out…
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Handing My Blog Over To 5 Awesome Dad Bloggers For a Week
Read moreSoon I will be off on holiday so I’ve decided to take a break from blogging as well. Blogging takes a lot of my time up and I seem to be forever writing a posts or a review or something else blog related. so pleaseeee.. boys look after my blog its my baby. I want to…
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Money Problems You Must Confront When You Have Twins
Read moreBefore getting started on this post, let’s make one thing clear – while having twins is tough, challenging, and wholly exhausting, it’s also an awesome experience. There will be fights, arguments, and many other issues to deal with, but at the end of the day watching your twins grow up together is a joyous period.…
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Would You Help Or Hinder Your Children On The Property Ladder?
Read morePicture Credit Parenthood involves many difficult decisions. From the moment they’re born, you have a significant influence on their lives. You choose their school, their hometown, and even their first outfits. And, instead of getting easier as they grow, these decisions become more complicated. Before you know it, they’ll be old enough to move out.…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 114
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is Chris who is a dad blogger at Twin Daddyo. He is originally from Sothern California. Chris now lives in London with his wife and three year old girl/boy twins. In his spare time, he plays ice hockey, enjoys a round of golf, but never shies away from a…
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The Age Of Information And Technology
Read moreWe live in a world of information that is a finger click of a button away. Technology has truly made our lives easier and when we want to access anything it’s with us in a split second. As time moves on it’s harder and harder to remember what it was like to live without the…
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So You Won’t Change When You Become A Parent? HaHa!
Read moreThere are some things that really amuse me in life, and one particular situation that never ceases to raise a smile and a little giggle if I’m honest is listening to people who have no children, but are possibly planning a family in the near future. Hearing them saying that having a baby won’t change…
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Motor Services That Make Sure You Always Get A Better Deal
Read moreEvery car owner should be sceptical of the costs they deal with. Yes, we know they’re expensive but do they have to be that expensive? The answer is likely no. If you’re willing to do a little more work and rely on another service from time to time, you get a better deal with your…
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Am I Grumpy? Disneyland Paris
Read moreIn couple of weeks time as I have already written in a previous post called Family Holidays this Summer, I made no secret of the fact that Disneyland is not my ideal holiday, but hey ho I have a problem. My wife and our five year old twin girls are mega excited and I am…
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Feeling Ambitious? Here Are Some Home Renovation Ideas
Read moreDo you have some free time on your hands this summer? Would you like to make some improvements to your home? Then you’ve landed on the right article today. I’m going to make some DIY suggestions in this post that could give you some inspiration. If you have a toolbox and some basic equipment, you…
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I’m No Longer A Blog Conference Virgin
Read moreLast weekend I went to my first ever blogging conference. As I have written in a previous post I was very nervous and excited at the same time. This is my reflection on the blogging conference and I’ll share with you what I learnt about blogging. First up though I wanted to tell you what I found…
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How to have a Successful (big) Family Holiday
Read moreI’ve just booked a last minute long weekend in Prague’ a single friend of mine recently told me. ‘Lucky you’ was my response, and I meant it! Last minute getaways are a thing of the past when you have a handful of kids to look after, a pet who needs to be cared for and…
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God, Religion and My Five Year Old Twins
Read moreLast Saturday about half an hour before bed the subject of God was brought up by R, one of my five year old twins. To say I was shocked would be the understatement of the year, mostly because I never gave it a moments thought that the girls knew anything about God, but apparently they…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 112
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad Feature is all about Ryan from Scotland. He is a dad to a 3 year old boy and 1 year old girl. He works for a charity that provides support to families through volunteers and in his spare time he created DadsApp which is truly awesome and I highly recommend…
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Stepping Out From Behind My Blog
Read moreSo in a few days time I will be attending my first ever blogging conference,. For many this may not seem like a big deal. For me it’s huge and the reason why is simple. I have never been a particularly confident person which in a large part is due to my childhood. If you…
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My Blog : Some Days I Feel like I’ve Created A Monster
Read moreI know. I guess you might think it’s a strange thing to say, but there is no doubt my blog can feel like a monster coming over the hill and searching me out to devour and spit out the remains of a stressed out husband, father, blogger and oh yes, a painter and decorater which…
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Dry Kids Coats Review
Read moreRegular readers of my blog will know that I have five year old twin girls. We all know that at five years old their energy levels are somewhere up near the stars. They’re always on the go! Can we do this? Where are we going today? These are just some of the questions I get…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreYesterday we went to a local play centre, which my five year old twins had been asking to go to, for a while now. The centre is half enclosed and half open. So it really has to be dry weather. It has lots of wooden climbing frames and a wooden castle in the middle which…
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Family Summer Holidays This Year
Read moreThere is a huge chance that I may sound ungrateful about the holidays that I will be going on this year, but I work hard and earn good money and I have a definite idea of what is my ideal holiday. I would always consider my ideal holiday to be an all inclusive sun holiday,…
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