'Quote of the Week'

I love the written word. I love the way it can arouse a whole manner of different emotions. It can make you laugh or make you cry. Unlike the spoken word it is there forever, for you to re read whenever you feel like so you never forget what the original words were.

One of my favourite types of writing is quotes, they are short and to the point and can some up a situation perfectly in only a few words.

Because of my love for quotes and the written word I have decided to start 'Quote of the Week'.

This is how it works...

• Every Friday I will give you a theme for the week
• You go away and find a quote that relates to the theme
• You then write a post about your choice
• Finally come back here and join in with the linky

The rules...

• You must include a link to the original source of the quote
• You must state who the original author was
• Try to visit as many other entries as you can and leave some blog love
• Have fun x  

So the theme for this week (drum roll please) is... MOTHER. 

 'A mother is a person who seeing there are only four pieces of pie for five people, promptly announces she never did care for pie'.  ~Tenneva Jordan

I love this quote because for me it just somes up what being a mother is all about. You have to become selfless and suddenly it's not all about you any more but it's not a problem because the satisfaction you get from making sure everyone else has got what they want far out ways you having a bit of that pie.

So now it's your turn to join in x

The black cloud

I can always feel it's presence, it's always there somewhere looming in the background. I'm talking about the Black Cloud, the Black Cloud of depression. The cloud that I seem to spend my life fighting against for no real reason. It never really leaves you.

Photo by Jonny Hughes

It is always made worse for me by bad weather, which results in me being stuck inside all day with two lively little-uns.

So today instead of giving in to it, I'm making a list of reason of why I should be happy and thankful for what I've got...

• My children are happy and healthy
• I have a man that loves me unconditionally
• We have a beautiful home in a beautiful part of the world
• We have enough money to feed, clothe and enjoy ourselves
• We live in a part of the world that is safe and not surrounded by violence
• I have recently made some lovely new mummy friends
• This day will end and hopefully the sun will come out tomorrow

Photo by gr33n3gg

A Mother's Intuition

'The moment a child is born, the mother is also born.  She never existed before.  The woman existed, but the mother, never.  A mother is something absolutely new.'  ~Rajneesh

Today while I was doing the ironing I got a sudden feeling that I had to go into the garden where H was playing. I didn't know why I was going into the garden I just knew that I should, so I did.
When I got out there I saw that I hadn't locked the gate after I had put out the rubbish earlier that morning and H was no where to be seen! Now I don't know if you have ever lost your child for a moment but it is the worst feeling in the world. The panic sets in immediately and all of the worst possible scenarios flash through your mind.

Photo by sasastro

I flew threw the gate and luckly he was only on the other side so I got him back in and locked the gate. It took me ages to calm down and then the relief set in. After that I didn't let him out of my sight for the rest of the day. 

Later on I thought about it again and wondered what had made me go into the garden in the first place? He quite often plays out there while I'm inside, ironing, washing or cleaning. So why today did I just know that I had to get out there?

I say it's Mother's Intuition - ('The ability to acquire knowledge without inference or the use of reason'). 

I had a similar experience when H was younger, he was playing in him room while I was tidying in our bedroom next door. Again I had a sudden urge to go into his room because something felt wrong. 

I flew into his room to find that he had climbed on top of his shelving unit and was leaning out of the OPEN window!

Photo by Amanda Tipton

  I have never been so scared in all my life. He was so young at the time and could barely walk let alone climb on top of something, therefore I hadn't worried about the open window, I just persumed he'd never get up there. Bad judgement on my part, lesson one in parenting... never underestimate your child.

So again what had made me go into his room?

Either I have a guardian angel sitting on my shoulder helping me to protect my children or I have learnt to listen to my inner voice and in doing that I have become a proper mummy.

Pinterest Party - Jubilee Celebrations

This weeks theme for Moors Mummy's Pinterest Party is ... 

Jubilee Celebrations.

I have chosen a picture of Kate Middleton for this weeks theme. 

I don't care what any of the papers say I think she looked amazing and always does for that matter. As for the comment about her upstaging the Queen, I mean really where do they find these journalist. (The Daily Mail & here)

You keep doing what you are doing Kate and don't listen to them.

Picture from Pinterest

So your turn now, go on to Pinterest and find your Jubilee Celebration photo and join in the fun at Moors Mummy's blog .

10 Things My Kids Do That Makes Me Smile

1) When they get into our bed in the morning and fight over who gets to cuddle me first.

2) The way my daughter now thinks that horses are called 'see saws' because she has a rocking horse at home and when she sits on it we sing 'see saw, see saw'.

3) Hearing them both belly laughing together in the garden while they are playing.

4) The way my 19 month old tries to talk her way out of trouble in her toddler babble when you tell her off.

5) When we drop Daddy off at the pub and my son says "Daddy has gone to have some juice and do some colouring" because that is what he does when he goes to the pub with us.

6) The way my daughter farts and then looks around as if to say 'where the hell did that come from?'

7)  The way my son talks from the minute he gets up to the minute he goes to bed and then sometimes even in his sleep.

8) How it makes their day when I do a simple thing like get a tube of bubbles out.

9) When I watch my 3 year old running round the garden with a rolled up magazine trying to swat every bug that flies by.

10) When I secretly catch them having cuddles together.

So what about you, what things do your little ones do that's guaranteed to put a smile on your face?

Joe Browns School Run Challenge

I have just come across the Joe Browns School Run Competition and I just had to enter. 

I lovvveee Joe Browns clothes, they are by far my favourite brand. Their clothes just some up my style and I would literally wear everything in the catalogue. The OH laughs at me because I get all excited when the latest catalogue comes through the door, like a child on christmas morning. I sit there with it and start to circle all of the things that I want, subtle hints for the OH again, the trouble is I end up circling everything.

So back to the competition. You have to create an outfit from the products on the website (something I do all the time anyway) that you would wear on the school run and then blog about it and why you have chosen it.

So here is my entry...

 Lovely Lace Trim Vest £12.95

Aviator Sunglasses £9.95

 Wacky Wooden Necklace £17.95    

                                                     

 Worn in Trousers £37.95

 

Antique Rose Floral Lace Up £9.95

So I love this outfit and think it would be perfect for the school run because it's not to dressy but it is still really stylish and it's all of my favourite colours, Bonus! The top is perfect because it covers up any unsightly wobbly bits and the glasses are great to hide a face free of make up (there's just no time in the morning).

That is just one of the outfits I would chose, the other products I really love include...

 Your turn now, what would you chose to wear? http://www.joebrowns.co.uk

Potty Fever - Day 7

Well we have done a whole week of potty training and it was all going so well until today! 

H seems to have now gone backwards and I've lost count of the amount of clean shorts and pants that he's got through today. 

I don't know whether it was the heat getting to him or the fact that he was a bit distracted today but it was by far the worst day yet.

I almost gave in a put a nappy on him when it got to the point where I ran out of clean clothes for him. That and the fact that I swear I can smell wee everywhere I go. Think I've got potty fever but I've come this far I must persevere!

I now just feel totally deflated because he was doing so well and surely it's meant to get easier not harder?

Oh well hopefully tomorrow will be a better day, well here's hoping x