There 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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Drive Your Way To An Extra Income
Read moreCredit There is no way of getting away from the fact that we are all feeling a bit for strapped for cash at the minute. The economy isn’t doing too great, and everyone’s purse strings seem to be extra tight! But, you’ll be glad to hear that I’ve been doing some extra research in how…
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Summer Fun in the Garden
Read moreSchool summer holidays are fast approaching and suddenly the prospect of keeping the kids entertained, without spending a fortune or getting stressed out planning new activities every day, can be a bit overwhelming. If you are lucky enough to have a bit of outdoor space where your kids can run around, get fresh air and…
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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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Brilliant Dad Feature Week 113
Read moreThis week our Brilliant Dad feature is Rich who blogs at Daddy And The Poo Monster. He is new to the game of parenting (and he says what a remarkable game it is!). He is a new dad to a cracking baby boy of 7 months. His blog includes an honest account of how he is finding…
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The 3 Awkward Conversations You Must Have With Your Kids
Read moreImage source Blushing, cringing, palm sweating conversations are usually avoided within families. They are the sort of conversations that purposefully get pushed down to the bottom of the list of priorities. So we are here to help you sift through the ones that you can leave there, at the bottom of that list, and the…
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Preparing Your Kids for a Greener Future
Read moreOf all the challenges we parents encounter when raising our children, nothing is more difficult than coping with changes that we ourselves find difficult to grasp. For instance, our children are going to grow up with technology in their hands that far exceeds those bulky computers of old that we used to use at work.…
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Our Children Joining Clubs And Doing Activities
Read moreWhen I was growing up there was little or no children’s clubs or activities. The most you could wish for was joining your local football team, or maybe cubs before moving on to scouts. It was just the way of the world I didn’t grow up in world where kids joined clubs. Thankfully that has…
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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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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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Fitting a Large Family Into a Small Home
Read moreIt’s fairly common for people to feel like their home restricts them. Perhaps you simply don’t have enough bedrooms and, as a result, you have to cram your kids into a small bedroom with a bunk bed. Maybe you don’t enjoy the idea of your large family waiting for their turn to use the bathroom…
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Has My Childhood Impacted My Adult Decisions?
Read moreI have often wondered how my own very dysfunctional childhood shaped my own adult behaviour, and how would I end up dealing with my own children when I became parent? Growing up, as I have written on a number of occasions before, was tough to say the least. There was certainly no 2.4 family in…
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Do I Tell My Children I’m Very Proud Of Them Enough?
Read moreI have often wondered if I tell my children that I am so very proud of them individually. We, unfortunately, live in a very fast world and it’s difficult to remember the little things in life, but they can mean so much to us, especially to our children. They do often do something which they…
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Your Later Years When You Have A Family
Read moreRight now we can all be a little guilty of focusing on the present day. The plans for the summer holidays, that next holiday we are counting down to. But often parents of children forget to consider the future. Not just twelve months from now, or your five-year plan, I am talking about the later…
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I’m Going To BlogOn MSI
Read moreI’m going to BlogOn MSI in a couple of weeks, and this will be the first blogging conference that I have ever attended! I’m nervous, but also excited, most likely because this is way out of my comfort zone. Although I am looking forward to meeting many online friends in person for the first time.…
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Smart Phones, Teenagers and Running
Read moreWhen I was growing up the one pressures of being a teenager that I am very thankful I didn’t have to deal with, unlike my teenage children who have the added pressure of not only growing up and all that that entails, but they also have to keep up with their friends and have the…
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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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How To Master Any DIY Project
Read moreDo it yourself, or DIY – isn’t always the easiest thing to do in the world – especially by yourself when you are starting off. Anyway, no matter how skilled we get at household tasks, chores, and maintenance work, it always feels like our fathers, or grandfathers were a bit better. Maybe that’s what they…
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WOW! I’ve Been Shortlisted For An Award with Blogosphere magazine!
Read moreWell, this was a big surprise! On Monday morning, May 8th, as I was getting everything ready to start the school run for my five year old twin girls my phone pinged with a notification from Twitter. That’s not particularly unusual at that time of the morning because I seem to be forever on twitter,…
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