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033/365 Daddy Cool!

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Daddy Cool!

I love Bank Holiday weekend!!

We have David (Daddy) all to ourselves and we have been having a wonderful time!!

I am so lucky to have such a hands on father for my children. David and I do everything we can together for our babies. We make every decision together and we share every idea and emotion. I could not be the mother I am without him. I think that our dynamic us quite rare, from what I have seen first hand anyway. Most couples I know the mother takes the lead and the father does what she decides. It is not like that with David and I. It could never work like that. We are both too strong headed, we like our own way which is exactly why every thing that we is debated, thoroughly debated. But it works for us, it makes us, it is why we work, it is why we love each other. We are a team! I love that we are equal in the eyes of our children and that we make the most of the time we have available to share.

Esther and William’s faces light up when David enters a room. They love playing with him and the funny noises that he makes. He is so good at feeding them and changing them. Bath time is his domain! He takes them running every morning and he soothes them to sleep every night.

On top of all that he looks after me too. I really am a lucky lady and I hope that every day I am learning to be more like him, enough to deserve him, to marry him! As I will do, 10th September 2011 and I can’t wait!!

Before that I am looking forward to Father’s Day when Esther, William and I will spoil their Daddy rotten and until then we will remind him every day how much we love him, appreciate him and need him.

He is our Daddy Cool!!

Happy Mothers’ Day

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Today has been a good day though not the wonderful day that I had planned with my Mothers’ Day Wishes post.

Sadly I woke up with a swollen face and a horrible pain in my mouth. My wisdom tooth has a horrible infection and so we had to swap church for the emergency dentist. I was seen very quickly and an infection was confirmed. I headed out the door laden with antibiotics.

We then headed for Port Lympne where we had a lovely afternoon. Port Lympne is a great day out for all the family. Today we went on the safari and were able to see the giraffes. Esther and William were very well behaved the whole time though it was really rather cold on the truck. We had lunch at the zoo and I fed Esther and Willam whilst watching two lions feed and play. A lovely day.

For Mothers’ Day I was given some lovely presents from Esther and William (and David!) I have a lovely tin of cakes, biscuits and sweets. Yummy! And a gift voucer for a spa day at Eastwell Manor. A whole day to myself with breakfast, lunch, swimming, massage, facial, pedicure and much more. I am so so excited. I am going to take a good book and just indulge myself for one whole day!

I had planned to write so much about this special day but my face is throbbing with the pain of my infected, impacted tooth. I hope that these photos will give you some idea of our day and why I feel so lucky to have such a wonderful fiance and the most beautiful beautiful children.

Happy Mothers’ Day x

A Day in the Life …

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A Day in the Life of Esther and William

As a first time Mummy of twins I am beginning to wonder if I am doing enough for my little ones.

Here is a typical day at home for Esther and William, how does your little ones typical day at home compare?

6.00 Esther and William get up and have breakfast and a play with Daddy

7.15 Daddy takes Esther and William out for a 4/5 mile run in their pram

8.30 Mummy welcomes Esther and William home. We go in to the playroom for time under the gym and on the Jumperoo. During this time both babies will also have some milk.

10.30 Nap time

11.30 Both babies up and playing on a circuit of activities in the lounge. We have a chill out zone, the gym and a sitting up area also space to practise crawling.

12.30 Lunch and milk

1.30 Nap

2.30 Playtime with Mummy and story time. I try to change the toys and activities whenever they have a nap so that they do not get bored and can find something slightly different when they wake up.

4.00 Mummy takes Esther and William for a walk in their pram or nap time if raining

4.30 Play and dinner

5.30 TV Time

5.40 Bath time – this includes an all over wash before the bath and any medications / supplements needed

6.15 Bed time

I encourage Esther and William to play independently but they are not very good at it. I worry that I do not spend enough time talking to them. I wonder should I try to have some individual time with each of them?

I often think that with one baby I would put them in a sling and go out to town for coffee, read magazines in a cafe, meet friends, go shopping. We don’t do any of that because it is just impossible on my own.

What does a day in your little ones life look like?

Here are some pictures to illustrate our days x

Active under the gym

Gym, Mirror Talk, Bouncy Chair, Sit Up Play, Cosy Snooze Corner

Playing together, learning to crawl

Gym, Sit Up Play, Chill Out Corner

Sitting and Chilling

Concentrating

On the Move!

Getting to Know You

Independent Play

Jumperoo or Jump A Poo more accurate in our house x

Story Time