Stop, Look, Listen, Think - Road Safety Awareness

The girl's school had a road safety awareness showcase last week which we went along to. Each class had a different slot through the day, ours was at 9:45.

Being published

Exciting times this week as Lizzie got a letter saying one of her stories was being included in a Young Writers Anthology and my first article appeared in MADE magazine.

Triplets on film and TV

This week sees the news that Hollywood has officially run out of new ideas as Arnold Schwarzenegger and Danny DeVito are reportedly in talks to reprise their roles in the 1980's hit comedy Twins, this time with Eddie Murphy poised to join them as a long lost triplet.

I thought it would be fun to look at a few of the better known examples of how triplets have been portrayed on television and film over the years.

Counting to Ten With Triplets

From last winter. It's amazing what you can find to entertain three children on a cold weekend morning!

I'm planning an attempt on the alphabet for this winter....

"One Born Every Minute" programme review

I need to preface this post by saying that programmes about childbirth are not normally my preferred viewing, but I'd heard so much pre-broadcast chat amongst our friends in the multiple families community about last night's "One Born Every Minute" special on twins and triplets on Channel 4 that I had to watch, and I'm glad I did as it was a very heart-warming programme that dealt skilfully with the realities of a multiple birth and had Tess and I reliving our own experiences of when our three were born 7 years ago.

2012 Summer Reading Challenge

Over the summer the girls took part in the 2012 Summer Reading Challenge at our local library in Moredun.

Triplets news round up

Lots of triplets school news at the moment at both ends of the education spectrum as some triplets start school for the first time and others complete their secondary school studies and look forward to life afterwards.

A new school year - P3 is here

It's hard to believe the summer holidays are over already and the girls are back at school. It only seems like yesterday that I was putting all their school bags and back and forth folders away thinking it would be ages before I'd need to dig them out again.

What’s in a (Triplet) name?

The popularity of baby names has been much mentioned in the press this week as The Office for National Statistics released a list of the most popular first names given to babies whose births were registered in England and Wales in 2011. In Scotland the data is independently gathered and released by The National Records of Scotland.