My five year old twins have started back at school after the summer holidays. They are now in year 1, OMG! Very scary. Is it really two years ago they started nursery at the school going for two hours five times a week? The tears and I don’t want to go to nursery, were fairly…
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Sandwiches And The School Run OMG! Its Back!
Read moreWhere have the last six weeks gone? The summer holidays are over and it’s back to the packed lunches and the mayhem of the school run. Get dressed for school! Where are your school shoes? We are going to be late! Hurry up turn and the tv off! Do you need need the toilet? It’s…
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School Trips: My Fears
Read moreI was prompted to write this post when I heard on the news today of a school mini-bus having an accident with a lorry and unfortunately a fourteen year old schoolgirl died with a number of injuries. I know this is rare and thankfully it doesn’t happen often, but it’s my greatest fear about school…
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School Choice
Read moreIt’s that time of year when parents start applying for places to get their child into a school of their choice, even though they are very possibly out of catchment. I fully understand parents wanting the best school for their child, but because the standards may not be what you want at your local catchment school,…
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What Chance Do My Kids Stand In This Messed Up UK
Read moreI would like to first of all say I am no political expert, in fact I’m not even close, but of course that doesn’t allow me not to have an opinion on the current mess I feel the UK is in. In the last year we have have just about had everything you can imagine…
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The School Playground And Me
Read moreA little while after my five year old twin girls started school I wrote a post called the a lone dad on the mum playground. There is no doubt at that time that I felt quite isolated on the school playground. I’m happy to say that I don’t feel like that anymore, although at times,…
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My Son Is Going To University: The End Of An Era
Read moreMy son is going to university in September and just the other day I had a bittersweet thought. When my son was four years old his mother and I separated and divorced fairly soon after that. From that marriage I had three children and thankfully I had a pretty good arrangement with their mother over joint custody…
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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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My Sunday Photo
Read moreI managed to capture this moment as my twin girls just got in the car. Before we drove to school. I love the way they are so happy going to school and that they enjoy school so much. It a shame that it is so dark first thing in the morning,when they are going to…
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The School Run: Organised or Mayhem?
Read moreI have read on many occasions either as a full post or included in a post about the difficulty of the school run. This is something that never ceases to amaze me. I will explain why. I first of all have never been late in getting my four year old twin girls to school on…
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I Will Have Two Children in University in 2017! Mad!
Read moreWhen I was in school such a long time ago not many of us went to university. Looking back now it was maybe tougher to get a university place, but also for many of us the mentality of society was you leave school and get a job and earn a living which I imagine was…
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The Twins Start Second Full Term in School
Read moreChristmas is over and my four year old twin girls have gone back to school for their second full term in their first year of their school life in the last few days. There has been so many changes through the Christmas holidays. The biggest change I have seen in both the girls was strange.…
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Is School Changing My Twins.
Read moreMy four year old twins have now been back in school two weeks. Since their half term break it has been a fascinating few weeks because there is a change happening that I didn’t expect. The girls confidence is growing at an alarming rate. No longer do they stay holding hands with mummy and daddy…
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School Update at Half Term
Read moreMy four year old twin girls are half way through their first term at full time school and of course this week is half term so I thought it would be a good time to give an update on R and M’s progress. When the girls started it all looked great. There was a new…
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Starting Full-Time school (My Twins)
Read moreMy twin girls are now in their third full week of big school and it has been a little bit of a rollercoaster ride. As a parent it’s difficult to be hard, or at least I find it difficult. All of my children will tell you I’m a soft touch and will most of the…
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A Lone Dad in the Mum playground
Read moreMy four year old twin girls started school a few days ago and for two days a week I will be taking and picking them up from school on my own and yes, I’m dreading! It maybe that I am worrying for no reason. I’m a father of five children and I’d take the three…
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14 Days To go School Starts! Oh No!
Read moreIn just 14 days time our four year old twin girls start school full-time. How scary is that. I’m genuinely worried. In the UK our children generally start school before their fifth birthday and personally I think that is too young. They’re hardly out of nappies, some still use dummies or comforters, and they still…
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Nursery is over Lets have another Baby!
Read moreR and M finished nursery in the last few days. The year has really gone quickly and it’s now time to enjoy summer and prepare them for their first year of full time school. Now that the twins are soon going to be going to school full-time I think it’s time we had another baby! …
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My Sunday Photo.
Read moreThe twins have just three days left in nursery. Then it’s summer holidays and they go back to full time school. The last year has flown by, but their development has been rapid. I caught this moment where R is reading mummy a story. Times are changing.
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Induction for twins to start school
Read moreAt the beginning of last week we went up to the primary school that R and M will be starting at in September for a parents induction day. Having older children I’m sure I have done this before, but if I’m honest I can’t remember what it was like and what happened. The morning was…
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Parents evening Part 1
Read moreParents evening for our four year old twins is fast approaching and it’s definitely a surreal experience. It doesn’t seem like yesterday they were babies and now they’re in nursery. This is the thing though, parents evening for nursery. I remember my older childrens first parents evening, but that was the first year of primary…
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