‘Mummy, sit…down!’

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Bea is developing and growing at a startling pace these days. She’s moving more. She’s faster. She’s louder. She’s talking more and more. She’s expanding her comfort zone and testing her boundaries…and mine.

And there’s me trying to keep up with her and everything else. The other day, while we were out in the garden – I was hanging the washing on the line, and she was just running around and exploring things as usual – she plopped down on the grass with the flowers she picked. She looked up at me and said, ‘Mummy, sit…down!’ and proceeded to pat the bit of grass next to her. She makes this demand request of me a lot more these days.

There are times I’ll stop and sit with her (I am hoping I do this more often than not); there are times when I say ‘Hang on a minute…’ and there are times when I say, ‘Sorry, darling, Mummy has to do this, and this, and this first…’

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It was a day when I decided to sit. And I’m glad I did. We both truly enjoyed ourselves. We sat in the sunshine and ‘chatted’. We gave each other lots of hugs. We read stories. We horsed around and Bea climbed all over me while shrieking and squealing. We laughed a whole lot and we laughed loudly. It was one of those moments I’d like to remember always.  I’d like to bottle these memories so that I can take a sniff and savour them when I need reminding that life is good. That it’s all okay. That I am blessed. That I should be grateful. And I am.

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As I can’t bottle these moments, I guess the next best thing is to write them down and share them. So I can always remember them and all these simple, valuable lessons this very special little person is teaching me. Stop rushing around so much, Mummy. Pause. Just. Sit. Down.

Weekending

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This weekend was a combination of productivity, simplicity and slowness. And…

~ sunshine and winds
~ time at my favourite yarn shop
~ lovely family walks
~ some singing and uke-ing, with bea adding her own sweet vocals to songs
~ knitting – yes!
~ really appreciating crayoning and colouring – might have to do this more often…so therapeutic!
~ some time to organize my projects and yarn stash
~ a wee bit of time to draft a blog post for next week
~ catching up with all the grandparents

Happy week ahead!

* playing along with Amanda

Making and listening along

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In spite of all the busy-ness, there is always time for some making and listening, no matter how small.

This week saw us making lots of smoothies for some reason…warmer sunnier temps, perhaps? We think smoothies are for all seasons, anyhow.

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I managed to squeeze in some rows for my long-forgotten and abandoned Wingspan scarf   (I find this always happens to projects that are for yourself).

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I also made some play dough for Bea; however, I don’t think she was that keen on it. At least not yet. I think she’s not quite sure about the texture. Will try it again soon.

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The Fab Four are always a hit with us Hilltoppers, and this week we’ve been listening to this. And while working and needing to concentrate (and drown out sounds of creepy ghost films being watched in the living room), I listened to this. Lovely, lovely.

Hope you are all having a fun week of making and listening.

* Playing along with Dawn

Weekending

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Weekending_02June13 This weekend was about…

~ doing yoga here – in a yurt set in beautiful and tranquil surroundings…horses grazing in the fields…green everywhere; it was wonderful! bea had a look inside the yurt and didn’t want to leave!
~ picking and eating veggies with bea in the garden
~ freelance work – grateful work is coming in – i like being self-employed :)
~ catching up with family
~ sunshine
~ rolling with toddler changes and developments
~ watching bea run around the garden, laughing and rolling in the grass
~ rediscovering music from the past (thank you youtube and itunes!)

Hope you all had a happy and sunshiny one, too. Enjoy the week ahead.

* Playing along with Amanda