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5 years and beyond

A Happy Mother’s Day

How was your Mother’s Day? Mine was lovely. The twins created cards at school and were very secretive about them. I was told not to touch their bags on Friday and that they will organize, well that is a first. It was only due to the cards being in the bags and the kids needing to find a place to put them so I will not see till Mother’s Day.

The twins secured a place for their secret surprise for me and I was told to stay away from the oven. The kids have a set of draws they call the oven and it is in their room. Not an actual oven. The surprises were put in the draws and I was told to stay away!  I did explain that when you hide things you don’t tell the person you are hiding the secret from where your hiding spot is. They did not get this and were more than happy to tell me where it was. Very funny!

The twins Mother's Day cards they made at school
The twins Mother’s Day cards they made at school

Yesterday morning I got woken by Julia excited about the cards and telling me to get up and go into their room so I can get the surprise. I went to their room with two very excited girls to be presented lovely sparkly cards that they decorated and wrote in themselves. I loved it and it is wonderful to have cards written in their own hand writing. They did a picture of something they like doing with mummy and underneath the teacher wrote what it was.

Lillian's card for Mother's Day
Lillian’s card for Mother’s Day

Each child’s picture and activity was different and very them. Lillian loves swimming with mummy and Julia loves reading stories and books. I thanked the girls for their excellent cards and told them how proud I was of them and keeping the secrets.   My clever girls are doing very well with their art and writing.  Did you get some great cards that were created by the kids? Did they have a lot of glitter on them? Mine did.

Julia's card for Mother's Day
Julia’s card for Mother’s Day

I then opened my presents to discover I have bright pink slippers and speakers for the computer. I have not had speakers for ages so finally getting some will be nice.

My stylish and warm pink slippers!
My stylish and warm pink slippers!

Yesterday we also visited family and had a lovely lunch with my nana, aunties, sister, mum and cousins.  It was a great day but a long one.

How was your Mother’s Day? Did you have a good day? Was it relaxing? Let us know.

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Wednesday Wisdom

Don’t Quit Your Dreams

How true is this! Keep believing and keep the dream! Image from Pinterest.
How true is this! Keep believing and keep the dream! Image from Pinterest.

Do you have wonderful day dreams? I do and I have some that are playing non stop and that I am working to achieve. Lately I have felt like quitting the blog, but I have stuck with it. I am sure that you have had moments where you doubt yourself. Having these thoughts are all normal and something I know others have gone through as well.

So I’m dusting myself off from the negative talk and doubts and soldiering on to build my dream.

I don’t want to think of something that might be, rather I would like to give it a go and see what will happen.

 

I love dreaming and dreams help build the future. Image found on PInterest.
I love dreaming and dreams help build the future. Image found on Pinterest.

Have you been close to quitting something? Did you hang in there? Is your dream now a success?

Let us know what happened? Did your dreams become a reality? Are you happy about your decision to continue with your dream or did you decide to move on and do something else? Send in your comments.

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4 years and beyond

100 Years of Motherhood

This great graphic shows the changes over the last 100 years in relation to motherhood. We were obviously on track with picking a popular name for one of our girls, however that was not the plan. We picked family names and wanted to make sure that they were the only one in the class with the name. When I went to school there were five Maria’s in the class.

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4 years and beyond

What if I was paid?

I wish mums would get paid for all that they do. Alas this is not so. So what would the amount look like like if we were paid a wage? What do you think you would earn if you were paid a wage/salary?  Check out this great infographic below:

What if Mom Got Paid for Being Mom?

Click image to see a larger version. What if Mom Got Paid for Being Mom? [INFOGRAPHIC] via H&R Block