The next couple of days we really ramped up the activities and stress levels. We were going to be taking them out all day and we had been given some suggestions and foolishly we thought they were good ideas - how naive we were :-). So taking them to a large aquarium and busy public … Continue reading Water water everywhere (part 1)

So after the success of day 3 (no lost children and only one dent), we were eager to get to day 4, where we would be taking them out to a country park..... on our own........ We were excited and terrified in equal measures, as we would in affect be 'proper parents' taking two kids … Continue reading Day 4 – we were on our own…

So we were now rushing to day 3. This was a special day (aren't they all...) as we were going to be taking the children out into the wild for the first time...well the local play park.

So we stepped over the threshold and followed the kids into the lounge. I can not tell you how nervous I was just taking these steps. We were following 2 sets of little feet, but it felt we were following the strides of giants into a whole new world.

So there we were, with an introduction plan to finally meet our children confirmed (ish) and the final steps to start our real journey (everything before now seems so unimportant - although at the time it feels the world). We had a few weeks between the panel and the introduction, which was filled with the … Continue reading The final preparation for kids….

So after our second 'successful' panel, we were ushered into a tiny airless (and windowless) room to discuss the introduction plan.