Another week, another Mamma Guilt Monday, courtesy of Cop Mama.

Mamma Guilt Part 1

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Another week, another Mamma Guilt Monday, courtesy of Cop Mama.

I’m taking my girls to see the X Factor Live in Glasgow this evening.  (For my Non-UK readers, X Factor is a TV program akin to American Idol.  In fact, Mr Compliments (AKA Simon Cowell) is giving up his spot on American Idol to take X Factor to the USA.)  This will be the girls’ first pop concert, and I am hoping that they are not too young to enjoy it!  (They are only 5 1/2 years old!  *blushes*)

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 A Future of Choices

In celebration of International Women’s Day, I thought I’d write about my hopes and aspirations for my twin daughters’ future, while reflecting on my own life and that of my mother.

 At just five years old, my daughters are growing up in a world different to that of my childhood, and significantly different to that of my own mother’s childhood.  They are growing up in a fast-paced world of technology, with computers and gadgets controlling almost every aspect of our lives.  They are growing up in a world of consumerism, where we have a multitude of choices for food, clothing, household goods, toys, gadgets, and luxury items.  It is a throw-away culture, with people opting to replace items that are still in working order, just so they can upgrade to the latest model or keep up with fashion.  It is a world of celebrity, with reality stars and WAGS, who are famous without having any discernable talent. It is a world of terrorism, where travel is an ever-increasing risk.

I want my girls to enjoy their school days, and will encourage them to progress to further or higher education.  As an advocate of lifelong learning, I am teaching my girls that education is an important privilege.  They should take advantage of the educational resources available to them, because there are many girls in other countries who cannot access even the most basic education.  I firmly believe that education is never wasted.  Therefore, if they change their mind halfway through their studies, or go on to do something completely different after graduating, their time spent learning will still be a positive contribution to their lives.

My own mother reluctantly left school at fifteen to start a job.  A talented artist, she really wanted to go to Glasgow School of Art.  Unfortunately, this wasn’t an option for her.  She was expected to start earning and contribute to the household.  Although she had been a good scholar at school, my mother was never encouraged to pursue her education, simply because she was a girl.  She had no choice.  This was in 1960.  Her brother, a few years younger, went on to study at university.

My parents always offered support and encouragement to my sister and I, throughout our educational years.  I hope to offer the same level of encouragement to my daughters.  I will support them with their educational choices, such as choosing their subjects for third year, choosing which course to study after school, and what college or university to go to.  (more…)

Come walk with us!

This way!

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Another week, another Mamma Guilt Monday.

Today, Mamma Kerr is eating humble pie.

Yesterday, I turned the house upside down looking for my daughter’s shoe. The girls were getting ready to go to a Birthday Party and they needed to put on their shoes. My heart sank when I realised that there were just three shiny black shoes lying in the corner of the livingroom.

On closer inspection, I found that we had 2 size 9′s and only one size 8, so it was Rachel’s shoe that was missing. (Yes, my twin girls have different sized feet!)

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I’ve decided to start a new meme – Thankful Thursday - where participants blog about what they are thankful for in the current day / week.

First thing this morning, I wasn’t feeling very thankful. I was feeling very tired and in desperate need of a long lie. When I eventually dragged myself out of my bed and peered outside, all I could see was a swirling white blizzard!

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The MckLinky Blog Hop theme for this Monday is “Snow Pics and Stories“. With many places getting their “once every hundred years snow”, MckLinky thought it would be fun to see our snow pics and hear about the snow in our areas.

I live in Scotland, UK, and we have experienced our coldest winter in more than a generation.  The British media has dubbed this winter as “The Big Freeze“.

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I’ve just seen the most amazing photos of newborns on the Daily Mail Website, which I needed to share with you.

Sisters Tracy Raver and Kelley Ryden, took most of the photographs at their studio in Nebraska when the babies were fewer than 10 days old. 

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Life is About Two Questions
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It’s Twin Tuesday again, and I’m posting on TUESDAY this week!  Yay!!

The Twin Tuesday QOTW, courtesy of Jennifer Miller of Twin Happy,  is:

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Yes, I know it’s THURSDAY not TUESDAY!!  The proper meme is TWIN TUESDAY, but it seemed like the Gods were conspiring against me this week! Sorry! 

Firstly, my source of inspiration for this meme, Jennifer Miller of Twin Happy was a little late in posting her Twin Tuesday post.  In fact, she actually published her post mid-afternoon, so I suppose it wasn’t late at all.  Trouble is, she lives in Maryland, Mid-Atlantic, USA, and I live in Scotland, UK.  Therefore, it was almost my bedtime by then!  Still, as a Twin Tuesday devotee, I started drafting my response to the Twin Tuesday Question of the Week straight away.

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It’s Tuesday, and round here that means it’s Twin Tuesday!  I like to participate in the Twin Tuesday meme by responding to TwinHappy Jen’s QOTW on her Twin Happy blog. 

I’d like to apologise for not participating in this meme last month.  A combination of being extremely busy with my corporate job, and feeling really run down with a very bad head cold (yes, the second reason is definitely because of the first!!) meant that I really didn’t have the energy to do any blogging throughout January.

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It’s Twin Tuesday again, and that means it’s time for me to answer the TwinTuesday Question of the Week:

“As a parent of twins, all I really want for the holidays is…”

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10 TOP INTERNET SAFETY TIPS FOR PARENTS 

The tips below come from the Thinkuknow website.  

Thinkuknow is the education programme delivered by the Child Exploitation and Online Protection Centre (www.ceop.police.uk) which is a national law enforcement agency dedicated to tackling child sexual abuse. 

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Yesterday, just as every week, was Twin Tuesday, and I like to participate in the Twin Tuesday meme on my blog and on Twitter.  However, when I checked on the Twin Tuesday page of www.twinhappy.com yesterday, Twin Happy Jen had not yet updated the page with this week’s post.  (This is what happens when you live in a different time zone on different sides of ‘The Pond’!)  Not wanting to miss out on all the fun, I decided to post my answer to Jen’s Question of the Week today, even though it is now Wednesday!

Now, here’s the Question of the Week:

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This week’s Twin Tuesday question at www.twinhappy.com is:

“What kind of experiences have you had, that could only happen to a parent of twins?

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