This has been a good week.
We are still in the long 6 weeks of summer holidays. I have been out and about with the kids, to the beach, riding bikes, running alongside with kids on their bikes, licking icypoles in the evening after a long hot summer day…
Making 2 minutes playdough in the microwave but many hours of fun.
Hanging out together at a park, and amazed at the instatenous happiness that comes so easily to children. I am blessed to be bringing up my children at a place where open space, blue sky, clear water are an iconic part of this country.
I started my quarterly decluttering again. I do this every quarter and even more appropriate to get the kids organised before their school year begin in a month or so.
I made this yummy dish one night, so delicious when wrapped between lettuce leaves, topped with some corriander. Worth a try and probably a really good dish to have for winter too.
My study desk is looking all neat and clean again. For a while I have many bills, receipts, letters, forms..way too much for my desk and it was driving me nuts. Now all is well again.
I have been doing good this week. I said to my kids one of my goals this year is to remain calm and speak to them with love and firmness when required. They understood. My reason for telling them is so they can help me to achieve my goal of becoming a much better parent. It allows them to see that mummy can make mistakes, and we can work toegther as a family unit! That I need their encouragement too and it matters to me.
One evening as I caught myself getting slightly flustered by the dinner, kitchen cleap up, kids bath time…my eldest reminded me “mummy, is ok, take a breath”. Thank you son for reminding me. I took a breath, looked at them and realised they are just kids, doing what kids do…that when you tell them to get in the bath, there is always one of them that will be running around in their birthday suit : )
“Kids are the way they are because that’s the way they are” -
( Quote from Little book for Parents.)
