It Takes Two

Two kids can be a handful. It's pretty much an unwritten rule that both with need you at the exact same, regardless of whether it's a good time or not! Even now though, I'm seeing snippets of a time when these kids won't need me any more. It's bitter sweet, craving a moment on my own and yet gripping onto the times when only their Mummy will do.

Having two 'babies' that can walk is a relief. Tasks like getting up & down the stairs, the nursery run and going to the park are much less stressful when you're accompanied by two pairs of feet, minus an additional pair of hands. The whole stairs thing is perhaps he best part, since we live in a first floor flat! And Iain is quite pleased that the nursery run is a bit less stressful than it used to be. John though, he's over the moon that his little brother can finally walk outside, taking his hand to walk along he Prom & showing him the ropes at the park. Bless him though, he does worry when David heads off in the other direction (being the independent little bugger that he is!) and can't quite relax into playing in case David comes into trouble.

I'll tell you what though, it's so much easier having two boys that can totter about, crawling up the climbing frame, throwing themselves down the slide and in David's case, giving this Mummy a complete heart attack whilst doing the things beyond his age! (John a bit more like said Mummy and needs a helping hand & extra encouragement in such situations).

The only downside to having two independent park-goers is that the exit is near impossible without tears. With one in the buggy, half of the problem was already solved and bribing the second was easy with a, "David's tried, let's go home." Not now! Now it's round them up, brace yourself for the screams and silence them with sweeties from the nearest shop. What? No judging until you have two or more too!

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P.S. The nominations for the Brilliance In Blogging awards are open! I still can't quite believe that we made it as a finalist last year and would love the opportunity to be in the finals again his year, with hopefully more chance of actually being able to attend! If you love Diddle Diddle Dumpling, we'd all be very thankful if you could spare a minute and nominate us in the Family category. Just fill in the form, with our URL (http://www.amylorimer.com) and Twitter handle (@amylorimer). You don't even have to fill in any other categories but as there are some fab blogs out there, who would also love your nominations and because you can only vote once, why not nominate them too?

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