We love summer time here in our home, but to us playing in the garden is an all year round activity. The picture above was taken one cold afternoon in our garden. Our twins love running around barefoot in the summer and come winter we’ll wrap them up warm and kick a ball about! We…
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Creating an exciting environment for kids to play in
Read moreImage courtesy of marin/freedigitalphotos.net Creating an exciting and engaging environment for your children to play in is no doubt the ideal that all parents strive for. The reality for most, though, is that it can be quite difficult to achieve. Toys have a habit of spreading across a house and mums and dads are often…
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Getting ready for Christmas
Read moreImage courtesy of Feelart/Freedigitalphotos.net You may have noticed that I have written quite a lot lately about Christmas and it’s only September! I am a stickler for being organised and I am already planning what Christmas presents I will be buying everyone. This will be our twins second Christmas and unlike their first Christmas I…
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We're all going on a summer holiday!
Read moreOh my god! Yes, it is true! We are all going on holiday! Twin Daddy, our twins, Twin Daddy’s 3 children and Twin Daddy’s mum, who has very generously paid for everything. I’m excited but also nervous. Twin Daddy and I did book a holiday last year to Haven, but we ended up cancelling it…
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Our Favourite Toddler Toys
Read moreAs I’m always on the lookout for toys to entertain and educate our twins, I thought I would write a post about their favourite toys. I would like to stress that this is not a sponsored post. I haven’t been asked to write this by anyone nor have I been paid or accepted anything for…
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Girls Toys – Sexist?
Read moreI have a question for parents of girls. How do you feel about what I consider to be sexist toys? By this I mean toy washing machines, irons, hoovers, kettles, kitchens etc etc, the list is endless. I did on a rather spur of the moment occasion buy the girls a toy washing machine for…
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What do you buy 1 year old Twins for their birthday?
Read moreI thought I would share with you what I have bought our twins for their first birthday, without recommending specific brands or products. Here goes: * Blocks. Our girls have blocks already but the ones I have bought for them are a little different to ones I have seen before. They have these blocks at…
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Sensory Play
Read moreAre you forever thinking up new games to entertain your little ones? I am! They love playing with their toys on their play mat or wandering around in their walkers. They also love bouncing up and down in their Jumperoo, but I do wonder if they get a little bored sometimes. This got me thinking…
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Back To Baby Group – Get it out of your mouth!
Read moreIt’s probably been a good month since I have been to baby group. The main reason I haven’t taken the girls for a while is because they were ill. The first time I took our girls to baby group was Thursday, September 27th. Read more about our first time here. Just over a week after…