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The thing about Mother's day that I love the most...

Yesterday was mother's day.

When I was a child I used to whinge and complain that "it's not fair!! Why isn't there a children's day? I want to get presents too"... then my mother assured me that I do get a day! It's called christmas! Well I couldn't argue with that.

But now that I am all grown up and a mother myself I have truly grown to love mother's day.
See when I was growing up, we didn't make a huge deal about this special day for mum's. But we did celebrate mum! We would buy her a small present and do the washing up for her after lunch.
Swift Jim's family however made a much bigger deal... There were presents, croissants for breaky, lunch with family and an afternoon nap for his mum. Lovely!
So after I became a mum I embraced the traditions of Swift Jim's family...

So here are my favourite things about mothers day 2011...
* Croissants and tea in my fine china teapot and tea cup for breaky. (I don't do breakfast in bed, too messy)
* Lots of presents from my little family. This year from Swift Jim and Libby I got a new black cardigan. I can finally retire my ten year old one! And some chockies. The kids took some money to school to buy me gifts from the mother's day stall. Ella got me a pen that says "super mum" on the side and a keyring. Connor bought me a rock witha face painted on it and spent the rest of the money on an ice-block. HAH! They also made me lovely cards at school.
* Pooey nappy changes were not my responsibilty! YAY!
* A chocolate was given to all the mum's at church.
* Swift Jim made lunch.
* Fresh roses cut from my rose bush to decorate the lunch table.
* And an afternoon spent with precious family.

Who could ask for anything more special than that? The only thing missing was a nap. Never mind...

I hope all my other mummy readers had a lovely day too!

A little girl instead.....

It seems my littlest critter loves her new big girl bed!! We will see how she goes tonight at bed time!!

Baby no longer...

My baby is sleeping in her cot for the last time. Her beloved bed.....
Tomorrow it will find use in another baby's home. It's sad to be at this stage. But I am also glad to be moving on.....

Climbing Mt Everest....

Well virtually anyway!

I have signed up to do the Royal Children's Hospital Foundation's, Everest Virtual Challenge!


Which means that on the 30 May I will start a 2 week challenge to walk 10,000 steps each day until the 12 June. By doing this I will be raising money to help sick children!! (plus it might help me shed a few more kilos)

How can you be involved? Well you can sponsor me! Or you can join our team! We need 15 people to reach the [virtual] summit, our team is called "Doin it for the kids"
Check out my sponsor page here
I would love your support :)

Becky xo

The bain of my existance.....

You get to the end of the folding and washing pile only to find the dirty washing basket full.

You wash all the dishes only to need to dirty them again to make a meal.

You clean the toilet only to have someone use it again.

You make the beds only to mess them up again later that night.

You sweep the floors only to find crumbs after breakfast.

You take the rubbish out only to have a full kitchen bin by afternoon tea time.

You make dinner to only have the children whinge about it.

You wipe the table down to only have geckos poo all over it during the night.

You fold/iron their clothes neatly only to have them shove them into their drawers in a way which wrinkles them again.