Before you know it, Christmas has arrived. Shopping in the holiday season can be very stressful and expensive, which is why careful planning and consideration is required. Instead of opting to buy presents in the last moments leading up to Christmas, it’s much wiser to buy your gifts early. There are several reasons why. You won’t have to buy everything at once One of…
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Experiences vs Materialistic Things: Is there room for both?
Read moreWith Christmas looming, I’ve started to see an increase of people posting the same question over and over again in money saving and parenting groups on Facebook. Do you think I’ve bought my children enough presents? Does it look like my son has more presents than my daughter? I don’t understand why people post these…
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How much should I buy the kids for Christmas?
Read moreThis post was inspired by an email conversation I had with my sister a few weeks ago. We were talking about Christmas and what we were buying our kids etc., when my sister asked how much I was buying our twins for Christmas. Up until that point I hadn’t really thought about it. I replied…
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Fourth birthday presents for our girls
Read moreOur twin girls turned four years old at the end of February and they had their first proper birthday party where they invited their friends and some of their nursery class. I knew that this meant they would receive a fair amount of presents so I didn’t want to overboard and buy too much for…
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Christmas Traditions – Are your children’s presents from Santa or a mixture of Santa and Mummy & Daddy?
Read moreOver the past three years my husband and I have created some of our own Christmas traditions. Every year I buy our twins one new Christmas decoration for the Christmas tree so that when they’re older they’ll have enough to decorate a tree of their own for their own family. We’ve also started giving our…
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Two-by-Two Noahs Ark Review
Read moreWhen buying a gift for twins, there’s actually quite a lot to think about. Do you buy them one gift each or one to share? If you do buy them one gift each, should you buy them the same thing so there’s not arguments over who gets what, or should you buy them something different?…
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Today you are two!
Read moreToday you are 2 Where has the time gone? It seems like only yesterday You were sleeping in my arms You’ve come such a long way Since the day you were born You’re funny and cheeky You’re wonderfully cute From small angels To little girls You’ve grown so much A full head of hair A…
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Valentines Gift Ideas for Her
Read moreFebruary is the month of love To shows those close That you do love Them the most I’ve put together a Pinterest Board of a few Valentines gift ideas for the lady in your life! To see the full board on Pinterest please click below Follow Twinmumanddad’s board Valentines Gift Ideas for Her on Pinterest.
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The Twins Christmas Wishlist
Read moreImage courtesy of Gualberto007/Freedigitalphotos.net With Christmas fast approaching I thought I would share with you what we are planning on buying our girls for their second Christmas. They will be 22 months old. Little Tikes Double Up Play Kitchen I’ve always wanted to buy a play kitchen for our girls. When I first took them…