I was a pretty boring mum during the Easter school holidays. I was sick the whole time and we stayed at home or went to the local park. I wanted these holidays to be different. Not because I was feeling guilty that I hadn’t done my best. I had, even if my best was not that exciting. It was more of a feeling that I had missed out on precious moments that could have happened.
This time I put my work on hold, turned off my computer and we did so much! We saw whales and snow. We went to plays and art galleries. We took the tram to a national park. We stayed at home and did craft. We read books. We cooked. We took mystery walks in unfamiliar areas.
I’ve realised (not surprisingly) that my life is a lot easier when I’m not trying to do everything at the same time. Once I’ve stopped worrying how to squeeze in 10 hours a week to do my contract work, I’ve been a lot more present, curious and connected to the people around me. Work needs to have its own time slot and parenting – its own, something I need to work on going forward.
I’m grateful for the two weeks just past and that I still have three days of school holidays. What are you grateful for this week?
Linking to 52 Weeks of Grateful and The Outdoor Play Link-up.
Hi, I'm Tat. I believe that through motherhood we're given another chance to find ourselves, grow and shine. I have three beautiful children and I learn a lot from them every day. This year I'm searching for ease in everything I do.
That sounds like a perfect time with your children Tat. I love those times more than anything, where you have opportunities to explore and just be together. But like you, I also find it can be a challenge to balance those times with all the other life stuff, it’s hard to completely switch off. I have this weekend at home with my daughter, so this was a good reminder to commit to some time when she is my only focus!
I hope you make the most of it!
Tat, this is a lovely post shows that sometimes it’s the act of just spending time together that is the most important. I wonder would you considet adding this to the outdoor play link up I have going with 4 other bloggers? it is perfect for this.
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All done! I’ve linked to the Outdoor Play linky a few times before, but I usually only think of it when my post is all about outdoor play. This one has a bit of everything.
Sounds wonderful. We had a similar holiday this time as your Easter ones – feel like we really missed out but had sick kids and then bad weather so we did very little.
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I love the holidays and spending time with the kids, before I know it they won’t relish the time so much, so I’m enjoying it now.
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The holidays are the perfect time to spend time with kids and I always make sure that I maximize on that. It is fun being around my kids and I will savor any chance to be with them.
It really is a blessing to be able to spend precious time with the kids, isn’t it? It seems you’ve done so much with them in that span of time. When we know what’s more important, everything else seems to fall into place.
What a great reminder! I spend too much time not present (mentally) with my child, and now she’s almost 2 I feel time just slipping through my fingers! Must remedy this ASAP!
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It’s not easy! We all tend to overschedule ourselves and as much as I know I need to cut down on something… I still want it all.