We had a visitor to our house on New year's day. He was expected by the twins but they were not too happy to hear that he had indeed arrived and fulfilled his exchange. The exchange was they give up their dodees ( soothers ) after he (Santa) had left them big bicycles as an... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion.
Friday is here ! and we are one week closer to Christmas so I imagine alot of you are out and about getting the last few bits. Like everyone it has been a manic week for me with no time to go anywhere bar a few quick food shopping trips on snatched short lunch breaks... Continue Reading →
Pre-school life lessons and heartbreaks
Mammy, "Mary" wouldn't talk to me today in playschool, I wanted to play with her and she wouldn't play with me. My heart broke a little when I saw my beautiful pre-schooler daughter's little face, lip turned down with sadness in her eyes as she explained to me how her day went that day. I... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion.
Happy Friday everyone, I have to say the excitement is building here for Christmas and will be even more so once the tree goes up tonight as tradition with it being Little Christmas. I have a mixed bag to show you this week as I had a good opportunity to visit a few shops in... Continue Reading →
Free Irish language support pack,introducing our language at a young age.
When it came to naming our twin boy and girl we felt strongly that we should have a link to our heritage and decided to give them Irish names. Whilst we do encounter problems from time to time, primarily systems not recognising the fada leading to mispronunciation. I think it is important to now introduce... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Friday fashion.
Am I allowed to say it and not feel ashamed for doing so? Today is the 1st of December after all and since the Late Late Toy show is on tonight, half the nations' trees are about to go up and the Santa season has begun I want to wish you all a Happy Christmas.... Continue Reading →
Me time or the dishes?
It has been a few months since I wrote this post about Me time or the lack thereof in which parents do not get much of and I have been reflecting recently on how busy life really is. I am laughing to myself as I read back on my ramblings in this post as I... Continue Reading →
One for him, one for her and one for Mammy. Competition time.
So with Black Friday domineering everything here in Ireland the last week I reckon everyone has had their fill of browsing online for clothing and bargains! So I decided to do a little competition and as always there is something for him, for her and for Mammy. I am passionate about reading, from a young... Continue Reading →
Understanding threenager twins
I first wrote about the realities of being a multiple parent in this piece when my twins were two and a half and my experiences so far of being a twin Mam. I then went onto add to this piece, with the rules according to toddler twins here.Well since then the year of the threenager has arrived... Continue Reading →



