Just before he slips over in the mud!
I didn’t manage to get a picture of him in his friends ‘pink’ trousers that he had to change in to as I had forgotten a change of clothes. He wasn’t too impressed!
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It’s open day at the gym James goes to on Sunday so we all go for a swim. My Mum and Dad meet us there and the boys are so excited to be able to swim with Ava. I’ve got her a baby snug wetsuit and she didn’t seem to get cold. After the swim the boys have dinner in the cafe and we manage to get a rare photo of us all.
I decide to take the boys to the Space Centre on Monday. They love it. It’s really busy so we will definitely go back later in the year as we didn’t get round it all. Ava screams the whole way home in the car. I’m surprised that she has any voice left by the end!
I’m absolutely loving the sun on Tuesday. Its a beautiful day. We go to one of my favourite places, Stanwick lakes and meet friends. Its so nice to be able to catch up and let the kids play together. I have to take Finlay to see the asthma nurse at the Doctors as he still has his cough. He gets a brown inhalor to take morning and night and we have to go back in a couple of weeks if it’s still no better.
Wednesday is another beautiful day. I have to take Ava for her injections first thing. The nurse is lovely and she doesn’t cry quite as much as last time. We attempt to go to a Frozen event, queue for ages to get anywhere near only to be told it’s been closed. So we head back to another country park, Irchester this time. The boys go to my Mum and Dads for a sleep over and I take a grumpy Ava home.
We spend the day at home Thursday as we had a bad night with Ava being sick and having a temperature. She really isn’t very well and spends the day being sick, cryng and sleeping. We can’t even get the Calpol to stay down Luckily the boys are having a nice day with my Mum and Dad and go to the cinema.
Friday James picks up his little boy and they all play together in the garden. Still loving the sunny weather. Later we go swimming. Ava is better than she has been but we decide to not take her in the pool so I get to sit in the cafe with her and have a bit of girly time. After swimming the boys go off to their Dads for the weekend.
I get a present on Saturday. A beautiful white Chromebook, which I am using now, thanks James! I get to go for lunch with my old School friends. They haven’t met Ava yet and it was lovely to see them. I decide to treat James to a takeout as a thanks for my present and we watch a film.
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Every week I write a list of things that have made me happy, that I am grateful for. It helps me to appreciate the small things.
Sun. Getting outside in the sun for two days was great. I can’t wait for the summer.
My Kindle. I’ve Finally got back into reading. The current book I’m reading I don’t want to put down.
Being able to go to the friends and family day at the gym James is a member of. We got to all go swimming together with Ava for the first time.
Baby wetsuits. Meaning we could take Ava swimming and not have to worry so much about her getting cold.
My Mum and Dad for spending time with us in the half term and having the boys for a sleepover.
Friends. Being able to meet up for the day with all the kids. We need to do it more often.
Cuddles with my boys and Ava. I’m sure this one features every week!
Spending the morning in bed with James and a poorly Ava watching the TV series ‘Suits’. We used to do it on child free weekends and it was nice to get the chance to do it again.
Seeing Snowdrops appearing and the evenings getting lighter.
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I recently stumbled upon a video through Twitter. A video promoting a book and a company by making working Mums feel bad. It angered me as working Mums and Mums in general feel guilty enough without people trying to capitalise off the back of your guilt. Not cool! I would link it, but I don’t want to get them more attention.
I’ve worked part time since I had my first child as a Primary teacher and I know how hard it is to juggle everything. The guilt that you feel. The firsts that you miss. The events that you can’t attend. The nights that you cry yourself to sleep with having to leave your baby/child.
I had to work when we had Kyle, I was 23 and we couldn’t afford for me not to work. With Finlay I was able to do less hours. Then I became a single Mum and I had to up my hours. I had a difficult decision to make at this point as my babies needed me. But they also needed me to keep a roof over their heads. To be able to buy food, clothes and have money to do things with them. I wasn’t getting any maintenance and so I had to do it all myself. Should I feel guilty for doing that? No, but I did!
I would love to be able to be a stay at home Mum. To not miss the first steps and maybe first words. To be able to go to every School assembly and Sports event. To be able to take and pick up my boys from Pre School and School. To be the one that Ava will wake up to from a nap and have sleepy cuddles with.
In an ideal world I would do a job that fitted around my family, my children more. Enabling me to do these things and still exercise my brain and bring in money. However I’ve yet to come across one.
Most families in current times need more than one salary to pay the increasing costs of living. Sometimes working just for the extra couple of hundred pounds a month after paying the ridiculous cost of childcare because they can’t do without. Then there are the Mums who want to work, who enjoy their jobs, their career. Who are better Mums as a result of being happy. As women we have been brought up to believe we can have it all, but in reality it’s so hard.
It’s not so black and white. Being a working Mum does not make you a bad Mum. It does not automatically mean your kids are missing out. It means you are doing the best for you, your family and therefore your child.
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