I created this blog to put an end to people telling me I had my hands full. Having twins isn't a punishment, it really is a blessing. I may joke sometimes about the challenges we face (like my recent post about taking multiple children out solo), but I know that I'm super lucky to be a twin mum.In honour of my gorgeous twin boys, who are growing up to be cheekier every day, here's my list of the cutest things about my 4.5yo twins. . . . Keep Reading
Five reasons to attend a blogging conference like Britmums Live or Blogtacular
A few weeks ago I went along to Blogtacular - a new blogging conference. I was worried I’d be slightly out of my depth. It was more about creativity than words, and although I’m a creative thinker, I’m not always the best designer, photographer or crafter. I’ve been to many blogging events before but they’ve either been blogging for business or parent blogging conferences. What I loved about this one was it was open for bloggers of all genres and the sessions could be applied to any blog.By . . . Keep Reading
How will I survive long haul travel with pre-school twins and a toddler?!
As regular readers will know, later this year we're going to be making the move from the UK to Australia. This means long haul travel with twins who will be four and a baby just coming up to two. I'm pretty terrified, mostly because my boys can be terrors when they want to be. When they decide to act up, trying to control them is so tricky (did you read about our trip to the dentists last year?) . . . Keep Reading
Thinking of emigrating? Read my new column in Australia and New Zealand magazine!
I'm so excited to announce that I'm writing a regular column for the fabulous Australia and New Zealand magazine! I've been an avid reader of the mag for many years, and have been lucky enough to write for them about our grown up gap year travels in Australia. My new monthly column will be about family migration and all it involves, from making the difficult decision to emigrate through all of the phases that follow such as visas, shipping, selling your home, finance and preparing your children . . . Keep Reading
Going out with multiple young children: My top five challenges
If you have multiple young children close together in age - or twins or triplets - then you'll understand how challenging it is to take them all out on your own. After having a chat about it on Twitter recently, I realised that people who don't have children, or who only have one child, often can't comprehend the challenges we face on a daily basis. I thought I'd write a little post about the subject to explain some of fun and games that having three children under five brings with it.In . . . Keep Reading