The Lincoln-Shaw’s

As you may have seen on Instagram we decdied to change our name from @twopoofsandapudding to @the_lincolnshaws. When we started

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LEGOLAND

We were invited to a press event to showcase the new Duplo Valley which opened at Legoland this month. We weren’t asked to put this on Instagram or the blog but to come along and experience the new zone.

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Nickelodeon Adventures

Disclaimer: This blog review wasn’t part of the press event requirements We were invited to the press event of Nickelodeon

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What a Year

And what a year it was! 2019 was a mental year, a year we made many memories we will treasure

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Three Today

Never did we think we would be arranging a party for our child, never did we think we would be

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Winter Days Out

There is nothing worse than waking up on a Saturday or Sunday morning looking out the window and just seeing

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8th Jan 2020

This week we received some very exciting news. We received the court date, the date we find out whether we

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#WorldAdoptionDay

#WorldAdoptionDay is held on the 9th of November every year to celebrate blended families. It’s a day to raise awareness

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Party Prep

The little dude’s party prep is well underway. Pudding turns 3 on December 12th and we’re having his party on

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First Party Invite

On Saturday, we were invited to celebrate Xander’s (Madlads) third birthday at ‘Party Pod’ in Kent. This was the first

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Pumpkin Picking

Today we took a trip to Cammas Hall Farm to meet up with B (Pudding’s half brother) and his grandparents

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Gruffalo Trail

Today pudding spent a few hours at Thordon Park exploring the Gruffalo Trail with Bampa and YaiYai before they headed

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Two Brothers

Yesterday was the day that pudding re-connected with his brother since moving in with us, and boy was it an

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Our First Contact

Throughout our adoption journey, we knew that we would have to have some sort of contact with Pudding’s family.

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My Final Week

As I sit here, writing this blog post on a Monday evening and after having a great day. Knowing that

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Meeting Schedule

As we’re full steam ahead with meeting Pudding we thought it would be a good idea to give more information

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A Unanimous Yes

So since the last time we blogged, Christmas and New Year have been and gone. January 7th came along and

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Congratulations!

Phone Rings… I’m looking at my phone screen and there’s our social worker’s name, flashing like Christmas lights on a dark

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Tick Tock

So… I know the clocks went back on Sunday but I’m pretty sure they only go back an hour, not

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Autumn Crafts

Darran, as usual, wasn’t ready at all which meant him leaving the house with curly hair (shock). We were asked to arrive promptly at 9.30 but arrive at 9.33. I’m panicking (I hate being late) but as we drive up to the place we see other adopters we know strolling down the road which made me chill! We walk to the entrance and give our names to a social worker which was a man – never see one of these before

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What A Week!!!

Firstly, I want to dedicate this blog to my Aunt Wendy and Uncle Steve. Yesterday, they laid to rest their

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None The Wiser

We have many different stages coming up, so I suppose we should fill you in…Having a conversation with Ann about the ‘next steps’ and ‘the boys’ we have so much to take in. Ann discussed how the next steps could pan out after panel (literally 4 sleeps 😬). It could all start happening quite quickly once we start the proceedings with our forever child.

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“I’m Gay”

Back in 2002 living with my Aunt and Uncle, who I now class as my parents. I felt it was time to come out to them. Being 18 it was so hard to tell them the real me. I decided to write it down in a letter and ‘move out’. When my parents called me on my Nokia 3210 (so cool back then). It was so scary the thought of answering the phone, but I did and they asked me to come home to discuss ‘the letter’. I’m literally freaking out!!!

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Profiling Event

On Saturday, September 29th 2018 we attended a Profiling Event in London at Barnardos. We went to this not knowing what to expect but knowing that we will be looking at many children’s profiles that are needing a ‘Forever Home’.

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Meeting Ann

Its June 20th 2018 and we have received an email from Ann our Social Worker that has been assigned to us to complete our Stage 2 Assessment.

Its June 20th 2018 and we have received an email from Ann our Social Worker that has been assigned to us to complete our Stage 2 Assessment.

She wants to meet us on Friday 22nd…….yes you are reading right that’s a 2-day notice to meet our Social worker. we are going to meet every week for the next 9 weeks.

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Adoption: Stage Two

Still buzzing about our acceptance onto Stage Two, we have the option to take a 6-month gap before we start the next step. However, we don’t want to waste any time. We email Caroline like a pair of excited gays front row at a Lady Gaga concert. We ask for her to email us some dates for the 3 Day Preparation Training Day, which we have to attend. Its the morning of June 6th 2018 and the next 3 days are intense!

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Adoption: Stage One

Stage One Starts………… And boy does it flow thick and fast from now on.

On the 18th of January, Essex County Council posted us out a letter saying our “Acceptance of Registration of Interest” 

which brought such excitement and nerves of what is to happen next.

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Why We Decided To Adopt

I suppose the title of this should be ” Why We Decided To Document Everything”.

The reason being is because we are currently at the end of stage two waiting for the panel to happen (more to follow on this) and having finished our 9 weeks of visits from our social worker, we decided it would be a great way of documenting our journey into finding our Forever Family

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