On Monday, instead of doing my weekly dust, vacuum and organising, I threw caution to the wind and spent the morning JOINING the kids to watch their favourite ABC kids programs and then I took them to the park to enjoy the glorious sunshine. We shared many beautiful giggles and smiles as we played on the park equipement, explored the rotunda, walked around the gardens and closely inspected a council tractor.
Whilst I dont think I could completely give up my neatness obsessions, I figure the world wont fall apart if I share such days with my kids more often. Yes I do things with them all the time....between work etc....but it's not often that I give them the gift of mummy being totally focussed upon them all day. I had been thinking about my husbands days when he looks after the kids while I work from home. He takes them on fun adventures that the 4yo raves about....even if its just sharing a milkshake between the 3 of them at the beach.
I decided to stop being resentful about disneyland daddy, and to trial giving my kids a mummy wonderland....even for just a day. We all enjoyed it so much that it will just have to happen again on a more regular basis. I am a self confessed diary demon and I always manage to set time aside for work and commitments. Now I plan to diarise mummy wonderland days too.
Whilst I dont think I could completely give up my neatness obsessions, I figure the world wont fall apart if I share such days with my kids more often. Yes I do things with them all the time....between work etc....but it's not often that I give them the gift of mummy being totally focussed upon them all day. I had been thinking about my husbands days when he looks after the kids while I work from home. He takes them on fun adventures that the 4yo raves about....even if its just sharing a milkshake between the 3 of them at the beach.
I decided to stop being resentful about disneyland daddy, and to trial giving my kids a mummy wonderland....even for just a day. We all enjoyed it so much that it will just have to happen again on a more regular basis. I am a self confessed diary demon and I always manage to set time aside for work and commitments. Now I plan to diarise mummy wonderland days too.
2 comments:
You are a wonderful Mum who is completely focused 100% on your children. Everything you do you do for them. Having said that - I do agree that sometimes its better to ignore the vaccuming and get down in the dirt with them. Something I'm working on too.
What a great idea! I have already noticed how easy it is to get bogged down with the details of parenting, and forget about the big picture. I had a great day today - I had two shifts of helpers come in to play with the child while I caught up with housework, and I feel so refreshed and eager to play with him after my little holiday.
Maybe next time we can take a holiday together :)
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