Eviction notice served – it’s twin time

At 19 weeks pregnant and already the size of a pensioners bungalow I waited excitedly in the hospital for my first scan. I was tired of hearing comments on my size from everyone with an opinion, and was terrified that the sonographer would reveal what everyone was guessing, that tucked up inside my alarmingly sized bump was not one baby but two. With a squirt of jelly (the non edible kind I … [Read more...]

help my blog has been hijacked

My name is Owen; mummy writes about me sometimes, this is my blog debut.  I have had to hijack mummy’s blog as I don’t know how to set one up myself – I am only four. I woke up this morning it must have been wakey up time as the sun was up but my Spiderman clock said six zero zero.  I was wide awake and bored so I wandered into mummy’s room stood really close to her nose and said in … [Read more...]

Who needs an alarm clock when…~ Northernmum

I remember when we decided to have a baby, the batteries on the alarm clock had ran out and rather than buying some new ones, myself and he who helped create them thought it would make good financial sense to have a baby which would guarantee we would never sleep past 7am again (ever). How we smiled when we found out we were having two babies, so if one new baby alarm clock failed we could … [Read more...]

Press the button, a tale of one woman, three kids and a lift

Sweet lord, it has been a long time since I have ventured anywhere near a shopping centre with the bambinos in tow.  However today proved unavoidable so beautiful baby was tucked into the buggy and twin one and two were issued with several rules and regulations about behaviour, running off and inappropriate bogey licking and off we went. First issue, lifts.......  sounds innocent doesn’t … [Read more...]

Movie Magic

No feeling like it... You know how life is never like the movies and sometimes well wouldn't it be nice if life just bore some resemblance to a disney film.  Well I have found my slice of the cinematic pie. Try this exercise at home and see if you can also get a bit of movie magic.   Take child or children outside for a walk. Walk for a while, hopefully the cries of 'my legs hurt' or 'carry … [Read more...]