Motivational Monday

Good morning everyone :) As predicted, the weekend was epic and exhausting. I am completely shattered this morning and am counting down until E-man has his nap so I too can drift off to the land of zzzzzz's. One good thing coming out of feeling so tired is that I am taking things nice and slow today. I am "stopping to smell the roses" I guess you could say. That brings me to the message I want to share with you all. It is short and simple but very effective and worth genuine consideration and thought...

So undeniably true! I really love this saying and I want to print it off and pin it all over the house just to remind me to love the moment I am in. Life really is what happens while we are busy making other plans. 

Happy Monday guys and while I am going away on my mini break with Mum this week, hopefully the hotel has Wi-Fi so I can still put up a post or two. If not, I will chat to you Friday afternoon. Have a good one and remember, this moment is your life xox

Turbo charged Tuesday

Let the chaos begin...or perhaps continue is a better way of looking at it. Today is my only day this week with just one child so I have to rush around like a chicken with my head cut off to fit in as much as humanly possible. You see, this weekend is a busy one because it is Hubby's birthday and also I have a wedding cake to do. Thankfully the wedding cake is super simple so it shouldn't be much of a headache at all, just time consuming. As for Hubby's birthday, that is where the business is at. It shall be a whole weekend affair of people dropping in randomly because it is of course the weekend of the Bathurst 1000 V8 Supercar race. Some people get excited about football grand finals or even cricket matches...not in this household. In this household, the world stops when Bathurst V8 car racing is on. I'm not that into it but seeing as hubby has petrol in his veins, it is just simply something that we have to embrace as a family. 

So with our house being headquarters this weekend, I am in full swing with getting it tidied up and also preparing all the food to feed the rev heads. Again, not anything particularly difficult, just remarkably time consuming when you couple it with the usual chores to run this household and looking after the kids. I swear, if they could make a pill that let Mum's run efficiently off no sleep, they would be rich people!! 

Anyway, this is only a short post today because I have to hang out some washing and head to the supermarket before Elliott's nap time (there is no way I am missing that!!) I wanted to share a photo with you this morning of something super cute...  

I was packing the kids lunch boxes this morning and decided I would fill it with a little love. I used an icing cutter and cut their cheese into love heart shapes. I know Elliott wont notice at all but I can't wait to hear what Sophie has to say about it when I pick her up this afternoon. I hope it reminds her that she is loved.

I also made a quiche for dinner a few weeks ago and thought I would make it with love too. So I cut a love heart out of pastry and put it on top. I was feeling so happy with it and really looked forward to sharing it with my family...then Hubby rang and said he would be home late from work, and then when I dished it up to the kids, they both turned their noses up at it and carried on like utter pork chops. Oh well, at least I enjoyed my quiche filled with love!

So I guess the takeaway from today's post is that it is always possible to show your family that you love them and never assume you are too busy to do so xox

The grass isn't always greener...

This rainy Monday morning has a distinct Sunday morning feel to it...probably because it is a public holiday!!! Perhaps my enthusiasm is unwarranted seeing as public holidays make no difference to me, the only impact being that Kindy is closed. Even hubby is at work today. Oh well, I shall embrace the slow pace of this gorgeous rainy day because starting tomorrow, things are going to get busy!! More on that later in the week though, today I shall fill you in on my time without the kids...

H.E.A.V.E.N. Oh my goodness, it was delightful. Don't get me wrong, I love my kids more than anything in this world (sorry hubby, but I promise you are right up there) and having this break from them has made me love them and appreciate their presence in my life even more. The highlights of their absence had to be cleanliness and order of everything in the house and the fact that I didn't have to consider the needs of another human being for four days! Then, to top it off, the kids came home on Friday but we had a child free wedding to go to on Saturday so we had to ship them off to Mat's parents house for a sleepover and collected them at lunch time on Sunday. In light of all that, I nearly forget how to parent! lol, but with the tantrums, the nappy changing and the sibling competitiveness in full swing, it is all flooding back to me at a rapid rate. 

I mean what I said though, having the break from them has made me realise how much I love having them in my life. And the feedback I have had from the Grandparents on how well behaved and delightful the kids were has made me reflect and consider that perhaps I am doing a good job of this mothering business. I am bringing up kind, considerate, well mannered and "delightful" children...well they are like that when they are away from home anyway. lol. Seriously though, I am blessed to have two healthy, happy children who not only brighten my life, but they are my life. Every decision I make and choice I forgoe is done so with them in mind. They mean everything to me and I wouldn't change it for the World.   

So I guess the message to takeaway from today is to appreciate what you have right in front of you. So much of our thoughts and energy are wasted wishing for things we don't have or wishing we had made different choices in the years gone by. What we really need to do is embrace the life we are living, cherish the things that are going right for us and learn from those things that challenge us. Trust that our lives are exactly where they are meant to be and simply love the life you are living. There is only one you, be the best version of yourself that there ever was or ever will be xox