All of a sudden my three year old twin girls seem very grown up. They can now climb up the climbing wall in the park all by themselves. They can walk across the wobbly chain bridge without me holding onto them. They can hold pretty intelligent conversations and they ask sensible, intriguing questions. Every morning…
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First day at nursery box
Read moreAs most people who read my blog probably know by now, our twins are due to start nursery in September. I want to celebrate this with them and let them both know how proud I am of them for being brave and staying at nursery without mummy and daddy. I’ve been thinking of ways that…
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Anxious about our twins starting nursery
Read moreI knew this day would come, but I never anticipated that it would come so soon. I’ve had my girls at home with me for over three years, but the time has come for them to start nursery in September and I have mixed emotions about it. I think it will be good for them…
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The Cost of Nursery School
Read moreOur twins, R and M, are three years old. Starting in September they will be going to nursery school. It’s only two and a half hours a day, but it will strange not to have them home with me all the time. We received a letter a little while ago from the nursery school that…
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Ten things to do when your child starts nursery depending on your mood
Read moreMy twin girls will be starting nursery in September. It’s only two and a half hours, but it’ll the slowest two and a half hours ever! I have a range of mixed emotions about them starting nursery school. They’ve always been looked after in their own home by either my husband or I, or my…
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First Nursery Visit
Read moreA few weeks ago I attended a parents session at what will be our twins nursery school. The aim of the session was to allow parents the chance to have a look around the nursery and also to learn more about the nursery and what our children would be doing during their time there. The…
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Teaching twins about nursery
Read moreI’ve written previously about our girls starting nursery school and the things that you need to know and also about what books are available to help prepare children for nursery, but one subject I haven’t touch upon is when the girls will need to talk to the teacher. I’ve talked to them about what happens at nursery, that…
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Books to help children prepare for nursery
Read moreR and M are due to start nursery in September. It’s only two and a half hours to start with, but to them that’s a very long time to be away from mummy and daddy. At present R and M are looked after in their home. On a Monday their daddy looks after them and…
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Preparing for nursery school
Read moreOur twins will soon be three and that means they’ll soon be starting nursery school. They were meant to start in April, but both of our local schools were full so this means they won’t start until September now. In hindsight this is a good thing. They weren’t due to be born until April, which means had they have been born on…