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
Welcome to the relaunch of Tales of a Twin Mum: A family, travel and lifestyle blog!
With our imminent move to Australia, I thought it was the perfect time to overhaul my blog design and think about where I’m going to take the content over the coming months and years. There's still plenty of work to be done on the site, so please bear with me as I get it all finished off with my designer as not all of the links and boxes work just yet and many of the images need realigning. I picked up the best ever quote at Blogtacular recently (courtesy of the fabulous Isa Seminegea) which . . . Keep Reading
Why we’re emigrating: A letter to my children
Dear kids,I thought I should write to explain why we're taking you to the other side of the world. I know you're looking forward to escaping this rain and seeing the dazzling-white beaches we've shown you in the pictures, but I know you don't really understand what it all means yet. To be honest, many of the grown ups around us are struggling to get their head around our decision. I just want to make sure you to grow up knowing why we did it.You see, before any of you arrived, your daddy and . . . Keep Reading
We’ve received an invitation to apply for our Australian visa!
We've received an invitation to apply for our Australian visa, at last! . . . Keep Reading