(This post contains some affiliate links to things that I love). I love being a mum. It's a job that I wouldn't trade in for anything in the world. But it is hard too. Fitting in school, homework and activities, cooking healthy dinners, working, refereeing fights, making everyone share - I constantly feel like I'm battling to stay balanced and, like all parents, it's easy to wonder whether I'm doing enough. Whether I'm making the right decisions. Whether I'm teaching my kids everything they . . . Keep Reading
New directions for Tales of a Twin Mum by Karen Bleakley
I've been blogging for a REALLY long time. My first blog was a travel blog that I wrote in 2008/09 while on our world trip. And I started writing my Tales of a Twin Mum blog back in 2011 when my boys were tiny and squishy. That's six years ago now!! . . . Keep Reading
Review: GIGI Bloks – the perfect gift for twins or siblings
I don't very often do reviews on my blog anymore. They take a lot of time to put together and often the things I'm asked to review don't fill me with enough joy (yes, you can apply the Marie Kondo decluttering technique to blogging just as easily as you can to your home!). To tempt me to agree to a review, the item has to be pretty amazing.Then along came GIGI Bloks... . . . Keep Reading
Do you lead an inspiring life?
Recently I’ve had three different people say something to me that I wasn’t expecting. They told me that I was inspiring. I laughed it off each time and couldn’t take the compliment seriously. But it did get me thinking. . . . Keep Reading
Top ten bloggers: Twin and triplet parent bloggers
I thought I'd start a new series of posts to share some of my favourite blogs with you. I've always got articles saved on my phone (if you follow my Facebook page you'll see I regularly share posts that I love). I read constantly - a mix of family, lifestyle, travel, blogging and entrepreneurial blogs - so I figured I'd group them together into top ten lists and share some blog-love.It seemed appropriate to kick off my first top ten bloggers post with my top ten favourite twin and . . . Keep Reading