I’ve been lucky enough not to have to plan a birthday party for our three year old twins yet. Of course they’ve had ‘parties’, but they’ve been in our own home with just family invited. Now that the girls have their own toddler friends and will be starting nursery in September I have a feeling…
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Are you the parent you thought you'd be?
Read moreGrowing up I knew that I always wanted to be a mum. I didn’t know how many children I wanted though, nor did I have a preference for a boy over a girl or vice versa. One thing I did know though was that I wanted to be the best mum I could be. Of…
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The girls first day at nursery school! Part 2
Read moreFollowing on from this morning’s post I thought I would write an update about how the girls found their first day at nursery school. I think we’re lucky that they have morning sessions as they’re up early enough and it means that when they start full time school, they’ll be used to getting up in the…
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The girls first day at nursery school! Part 1
Read moreI’m sitting at my desk as I write this. The house is quiet and I’m not quite sure what to do with myself! Today is the day that our girls start nursery. My husband and I have been preparing them for weeks for this day. We’ve read them books about starting school, told them their teachers…
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Mummy, you be the Beast and I’ll be Beauty!
Read moreChildren have the best imaginations ever. The games that they make up, the ways that they keep themselves entertained and watching them play can be so enchanting. Our twins have very good imaginations. They’re always making up games to play with one another and with mummy and daddy too! M’s favourite game at the moment…
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Girls Night Out
Read moreI wrote a post not long ago which was a little update on the play dates I’ve been having. If you haven’t read that post you can find it here. In short the play dates have been going well. I’m so glad that we ditched play group in favour of them and I think R…
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Don't wish your baby's life away
Read moreAll 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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A swimming trip on my own with our girls
Read moreI was so excited to be able to take our girls swimming on my own last week! Not because I didn’t want my husband to come with us, but because as a mum of twins I’ve never been able to taken them on my own before. All of my friends who have one baby enjoy…