Your Children's Drawings I'm a little excited over the moon and happy to announce that my first book is nearly ready. I've decided to go with an e-Book of 365 daily insights into child behaviour. The book will consist of all my daily tips and further observations of why children behave the way they do and the techniques I have found help improve their behaviour and sometimes even yours ;) It … [Read more...]
Do You Need to Be a Little More Selfish…Without the Guilt?
23/11/2011 By 11 Comments
Do You Need to Be a Little More Selfish…Without the Guilt? Someone once told me that I need to be more selfish. That I care too much about others and about what others think. Reality bites. I think most Mothers are good mothers. Most mothers put their families first. I know I do. But I am trying to put a little more “me time” into my daily life so that I don’t harbor resentment or have that … [Read more...]
Making Time for Family Time
31/10/2011 By 12 Comments
Making Time for Family Time When HB and I were first married weekends were the best! We would laze around all day and just do nothing.. Oh how I look back on those ~sleep in all day~ days, I should of appreciated them more! Then the kiddos came along and we got busy.. HB was working a lot and I was just trying to survive the week with my sanity intact (obviously I didn't know back then sanity is … [Read more...]
I Heart My Body – It’s ME
30/10/2011 By 45 Comments
I Heart My Body Working with behaviour I understand that the image we have of our own bodies and the pressures we face to conform to some kind of perfection can play havoc with our minds and how this in turn effects our behaviour. I spend a lot of time with mothers and teenage girls reassuring them that they are beautiful just as they are. I tell my Miss 15 everyday, a few times day how … [Read more...]
Love Bites
08/10/2011 By 21 Comments
Love Bites - At the Supermarket Today Mr 6 accompanied me on the thrilling and exciting trip to the supermarket for our weekly grocery shop. I say thrilling and exciting because with children you just never know what could happen in any moment of any regular day. Mr 6 had helped with the writing of the shopping list so that it spanned across 3 pages of A4 paper with his BIG writing and the … [Read more...]
Mummy’s Words
04/10/2011 By 16 Comments
Mummy's Words I am linking up with the ever so lovely Louisa from Everything is Edible in thinking and writing out the words that define the way I parent. In Louisa's words; "Words I can use to form a mission statement for myself as a mum" Unconditional Love I want my children to feel how much I love them and I tell them often. I'm pretty sure they know I love them all the way to the moon and … [Read more...]
Redefining Me
17/09/2011 By 29 Comments
Redefining Me It’s funny how you can categorize your life into different segments. I had: My Youthful Era My Singleton Era My Married but Fancy Free Era My Becoming Mum Era And then there is now............ Redefining Mum What is now? I’m having trouble defining who I am right now, what segment of my life am I currently living? When I was single, how I look played a big part of my … [Read more...]
