Wonder Mum

Life as a Mum can be hard at times.  Very enjoyable at other times too, but on the tough days, there's nothing like it. And I only have one to look after! If I'm honest, I don't think I was able to take to motherhood as well as I had hoped.  Or maybe I didn't really think about it until it was here because I knew I would struggle - albeit I knew I would get through it in the end. Either way, it wasn't an easy transition for me.  I was filled with much conflict around my role and who I was.  Let's not forget, Baby A was a honeymoon baby.  So all of a sudden was I a wife?  Mother?  Career woman?  Property re-furber?  Landlord? Home-maker? I wasn't sure.  All I was sure of is I didn't feel able to give myself properly to anything.  So I didn't feel very good at anything.  And that's not a fun place to be. But it's not all bad.  Here we are, a few months on, and the world feels like an entirely different place....

What can I say? She takes after her Mum! I think you'll particularly like the fairy wand 'pointer' :) WM x

This was just a little tale I thought I'd share. Baby A takes things very literally, as all children her age do. So when her Daddy asked her to 'say when' when he was pouring a drink for her the other day, she understandably seemed a little confused. 'Say When', he said again, still pouring into her little cup. She still looked confused but clearly wanted to say the 'right' thing. Daddy still hadn't twigged that she didn't have a clue what that meant so insisted one final time, 'Come on, say when'. She gave the best reply a 2 year old could give. 'Tuesday?' she said? With a look that said 'hopefully this is what you meant?' I think she thought if she didn't get it right, Daddy was just going to pour water until it spilled. So she said the best thing she could think of to answer his rather odd test. To all intents and purposes, it worked. Both Mr Big & I collapsed with laughter so he did stop pouring. ...

We woke up to find the weather people were right and snow had fallen! It's so much more exciting when you have kiddies! Outside we went, while it continued snowing, and built a total of 4 snow people! We even had to pop to the shop to get more carrots for noses! Baby A loved all the excitement. It was fun. We even had a snow ball fight across the street with 2 neighbouring families. I'm not sure who was having more fun - the adults or the children! Here are some pics of the day :) WM x

I popped home between appointments today to find baby A and her nanny making 'gingerbread girls'. The shop had only 'girl' cutters left apparently. They get my vote every time :) WM x