SLOW BURN

Rubbing my eyes, I checked on the clock. ‘We better get a wriggle on,’ I said to my partner, Kirk, 40, who was clutching a cup of coffee.

It was 5am and the kids were still asleep.

I knew they wouldn’t love this early wake up call, but once they found out why I knew it would all be worth it.

‘Come on kids, get up, get up,’ I shouted up the stairs.

Minutes later, one of my twin boys, Joshua, 11, dozily emerged from his bedroom.

‘Mum, it’s too early for school, why did you wake us up?’ he mumbled to me.

‘Come in the