About a year ago I wrote a post about my five year old twin girls and how their personalities and characters are so completely different. They are without a doubt my little superhero and princess. It’s fascinating that they are only two minutes apart in being born, but can be so totally different. The one…
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How To Be A Better Best Man
Read moreBeing a good best man means more than ensuring that the groom stays sober on his stag night and that you stay sober enough to deliver an enthralling speech after the main event. If you’ve been asked to be the best man for one of your friends’ big days, and you want to ensure you’re…
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Born For The Blog
Read moreOur children are growing up in a blogging world. Is this a good thing or a bad thing? They are very aware of the fact that both mummy and daddy have blogs and from the blogs they on occasion have new toys for no real reason, so in the minds of five year old twins…
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Don’t Be Another Joe Bloggs: Get Real Attention For Your Site
Read moreCredit Living a blogging life is one which a majority of people don’t argue with. There is nothing better than starting a blog and making enough money to live. It is freeing, and it happens from the luxury of the house. Still, to get to that point, there are blogging blunders which you have to avoid.…
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Effective ways to Boost Your Home’s Energy Efficiency
Read moreImage source Cutting your utility bills is surely something you want to do. It seems like every time you turn on the news they’re talking about price hikes and dodgy utility company practices, and with wages stagnating in a lot of industries, well it’s hard to keep on top of things. The good news is,…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreYesterday we visited a National Trust site near to where we live called Dyffryn Gardens. It’s a fantastic house set in the most beautiful gardens. My twin girls got to play croquet and had a great time wandering around the gardens. Discovering many things including a very large pumpkin patch. We went around the house…
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Our #familygoodtimes Visit to McDonald’s With The Characters #ad
Read moreWe are a family that love to create memories that will live forever, especially for our children. We’re always looking for something new and different for us to enjoy as a family. So, recently, when I was approached by McDonald’s to join in with their new #familygoodtimes campaign, I couldn’t wait to create some more…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 123
Read moreThis Week the brilliant dad feature is Olly and he blogs over at savvydad.co.uk, where He writes about parenting, family finance and ways to make and save money. He started his blog in 2016 and has recently been shortlisted as a finalist in the New Blog of the Year category for the SHOMO awards in…
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Kids Today Lack Respect. Why Is That?
Read moreWhy is it that children of today, and I don’t mean all children, but to me it’s an ever growing bigger percentage of children appear to lack respect for anybody or anything in life. Who’s fault is it that children are like this? Well, in my opinion it’s us as parents. We have gradually taught…
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Sometimes The Toughest Decisions Can Bring The Most Happiness says
Read moreIn my life I have been faced with some tough decisions. Usually those decisions have come about because I have been unhappy with my life in some way or another. In my late teens I went to Australia because my brother who was living there and he told me come out you will love it…
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Our Family Day Out At West Midlands Safari Park
Read moreLast Saturday we visited West Midlands Safari Park. We have been before when the twins were three years old. Now they are five years old, they can really begin to appreciate all the animals. In my collage of pictures I managed to capture the lioness on top of a big rock. At just the right…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreOne of favourite films of all time is Gorillas In The Mist. A truly awe inspiring movie with an outstanding performance from Sigourney Weaver. Another moment of pure magic was Sir David Attenborough sitting with gorillas in the rainforest, a fantastic piece of television. Like a lot of people, I couldn't take my eyes away…
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Swimming And My Five Year Old Twins
Read moreIn my five year old twins early years I have to confess we didn’t really take them swimming. The usual reason was time and also when they were little both of us had to go, which of course normally wouldn’t apply if you just had a single baby. So I guess we just put it…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 122
Read moreThis week our brilliant dad feature is Chris McGuire and he blogs at Out Of Depth Dad, which I recommend you check out. You won’t be disappointed. He is a writer and stay at home dad to his one year old son Sam, and he lives with his partner in Devon. His blog is called The…
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Raising Daughters And Sons: Do We Approach It Differently
Read moreI have often wondered, because I have four daughters and one son, if I have raised them differently? Am I easier on my daughters or am I tougher on my son? I do think I have I raised my older children which is two daughters and a son in exactly the same way. Which is…
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Converting Our Attic Space Into Bedrooms
Read moreMy home is a two bedroom bungalow and I live there with my wife and five year old twin girls. As the girls are growing up and needing more space for all the toys and numerous things children collect, we have decided that instead of moving we’ll look at expanding our existing home. Our current…
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Mobile Phones Tablets Laptops And Our Children
Read moreI was recently away on a short break in West Wales with my family and what with it being summer there were many families there on their summer holiday. What I noticed was I think quite alarming for our children. This of course may not be a problem for a lot of parents, but I…
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My Sunday Photo
Read moreMy photo this Sunday is my wife and our five year old twin girls. After my wife having to work four late shifts, and missing out on the girls bedtime. Friday was a special day as my wife and girls went to a local farm for the day and this photo for me shows how…
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Comepensation Claims: When Could You Be Entitled To Money Owed To You
Read moreMore of us are more aware of our finances and budgets these days, we are more informed when it comes to big financial decisions which means we are less likely to be taken advantage of as we may have been many years ago. But that doesn’t mean to say we still don’t find ourselves in…
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Preserving Your Old B/W Photos With Vintage Photo Lab
Read moreI recently wrote a post about how I was once a part of a happy family of five. This all came about because I was asked by Vintage Photo Lab to try out their service of saving old black and white photos to disk, online or a USB stick. The first thing I had to…
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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 121
Read moreThis weeks brilliant dad feature is Carl, a stay-at-home daddy of two daughters. Olivia who is almost three years old and Robyn who is 9 months old. He blogs as The Dadtastic Voyage. He also husband to his amazing wife Rachel. He only started his dad blog a little over a month ago. He started it…


























