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Month: July 2014

July: a month of firsts

…a month of firsts, for us all…

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Half-term kicked off in spectacular form yesterday, with no childcare, a smorgasbords of tummy bugs and a 4:45am start. Mega. I met the day head on - Richard and I decided to divide and survive (no conquering here) - and I proceeded to essentially go speed-dating with my children. First the twins and I discussed the merits of food throwing in the Waitrose cafe, over some humous and blueberries, accompanied by a lot of geriatric staring and muttering; before Elsa and I negotiated the specifics of having rainbows and unicorns on a pizza, and then went swimming. Then it was home to full on sibling scrapping and the delights of dinnertime. Then, when the war was over, everyone was in bed by 9pm. Today will be better. Today, my heroic mother gets to try her hand at all juggling three offspring all day, while I do the washing and have a bath. It’s all about balance. #twins #halfterm #bigsisters #twinboys #twinstagram #waitrosecafe #houmous #babiesloveblueberries #swimmingwithkids #pizza #pizzaexpress #soloparenting #toddlers #motherhood #motherofthree

I found him like this while he was waiting to go to the park. Inquisitive, curious, resourceful, fascinated by everything - I have to remind myself how special he is, how much he wants to get things right, find things out, to understand his world. It must be hard to do that without language yet, having questions you can’t vocalise and answers you can’t yet fully understand. But communication is so, so much more than words - it’s in gestures, eye contact, a hand held, a finger pointed; and it’s in patience and quietness and understanding. Slowly, day by day, we start to unravel the story of Felix, to know him better, to understand him more, and those little glimpses of who he is are very precious. #babyboy #muddypuddles #puddles #toddlers #toddlersofinstagram #motherhood #winterdays #childhoodunplugged #wildandfree

Apparently there is literally nowhere else to sit in this house. #twins #twinboys #twinsofinstagram #twinstagram #boys #boysthatclimb #kitchentablelife #mykitchentable #onmykitchentable #kitchen #heartofthehome #siblings #bigsister #babybrothers

Supermodel snow bunny anyone? How is she only four years old? I realised the other day, that I am going to be one of THOSE mums for sure. You know the ones. The mums in photos, with their giant kids towering over them, and them looking like some tiny wizened tortoise who has just accidentally sidled up to a giant human. #tinymummy #giantkids #biggirl #tallchildren #tallgirls #daughter #motherhood

“But still, you know, I’m really, really grateful not to be doing this alone. And really, really grateful that I get to do all this life stuff with the one person I’m doing it with. And, after the past year that we have gone through – I am more grateful than ever that I still have someone there, in my corner, cheering me on, picking me up, helping me out…and taking out the bins. Of course you shouldn’t have to say all this on a specific day with a thousand forced, out-of-season red roses; and of course you don’t need to be told what to do by the establishment/capitalism/social media/Clinton’s Cards/Moonpig – pick your poison – but maybe, sometimes, we all just need a bit of reminding; and it strikes me that today is as good a day as any.” A (vague) defence of Valentine’s Day, which is not all about presents, on the blog today. Case in point, you should know, that I bought these flowers in this pot for myself. And doing that made me feel happy and fulfilled. Which basically makes them the perfect present. Richard also got a card. I went all out. Swipe left. (Link to blog on biog) @hurrahforgin #valentinesday2019 #valentines #love #notredroses #thankyoufortakingoutthebins #romance #marriedromance

Yeah sure. That’s right. I’m just on the kitchen table. Where you found me. It only took me 12 seconds to get up here (see stories for proof). And my curls are somewhat epic today. And I got photobombed by my Nordic twin brother. And I’m rocking my sister’s butterfly hand me downs. Because thats just how I roll. Whatcha gonna do about it? #twins #climbingtwins #twinboys #babyboys #boyswhoclimb #everupwards #toddler #todddlers #toddlertwins #toddlerboys #toddlersofinstagram #twinsofinstagram

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