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25.01.2022 Welcome to the weekend
25.01.2022 Motherhood. Its exhausting, relentless, full on, all consuming. But at the end of the day, when they choose you to curl up on. When they chose you to soothe them during the night. When they chose you to dry their tears. What a privilege. #feelingsentimental #obvs #motherhood #mumlife #verylucky
25.01.2022 Today Im celebrating this lot. This home learning gig has been tough Im not going to lie, but for the most part theyve been extremely willing and motivated to get it done. Im so proud of their resilience and attitude. Theyre missing their friends, theyre missing their sport and theyre missing life as they knew it. But through all of it theyve barely complained. The one thing Ill take out of this time, is that I have loved watching the way their brains work. All of th...em are so different, but their dedication to doing their best is what they have in common. And lastly, my dear Olivia who has been mostly left to her own devices, youve been such a trooper and I know youre going to deeply miss the noisy, chaotic days as your brothers return to school. Truth be told, I think I will too but for now goodbye home learning. Thank you for everything youve taught me about my kids and myself. Ill never forget this time. #homelearning #homeschoolsout #overandout #thankyoukids #thankyouteachers #proud See more
25.01.2022 Flashing back to my very first Mothers Day! Seems like a lifetime ago. This Mothers Day is going to look a little different for all of us so on Saturday Ill be chatting all things iso Mothers Day over at @epworthbabies . Id love it if you could join me! #mothersday #epworthbabies #mumof4
22.01.2022 Facts; the sun will rise each day, giving us a chance to start anew. It might be messy. It wont be perfect. But were all in this together, and were all doing the best we can. #alwaysgrateful #freshday #farfromperfect
21.01.2022 https://10play.com.au//2/remote-learning-20/tpv200805kwvqi
21.01.2022 Already missing the park! What are you missing this time in isolation? #lockdown2 #victoria #mumlife #mumof4 #energytoburn
20.01.2022 So it turns out that the entire time I was fretting about her being left to her own devices through home learning, she was living her best life. Since the boys have returned to school, she spends the day counting down the minutes until we can collect them, and yesterday she asked if she could please go and live with Bluey and never come home! Its a good lesson for me to learn, that often the things we worry about the most, actually dont even bother our kids. She was never neglected, she was actually relishing the house full of chaos and noise. And now its so damn quiet and were both a bit sad about it. #cantwin #quiethouse #mumlife #mumof4
20.01.2022 This is spot on in so many ways.
20.01.2022 I know at least one of mine is nervous about heading back. Its going to be a tricky transition for many little ones.
19.01.2022 On Mens Health Week, as the mother of 3 boys, I think its vitally important we embrace emotion in our sons. I want them to grow up in a world where theyre not told to man up if they show their softer side. I wrote this post a long way back but I still stand by every single word. http://themumsgroup.com.au/sensitive-and-proud-of-it/
17.01.2022 Not entirely incorrect
17.01.2022 I mean I can kind of see why teachers dont want us calling it homeschooling... what school room has half eaten cake, a puzzle that is on day 2 and remains undone, a puddle of glue disguised as toddler art, a mismatch of blunt pencils and dry textas and a teacher who has today given up and let them learn from Minecraft? #remotelearningcanbiteme #overit #neverbeenmoretiredinmylife
16.01.2022 This is such an important message.
16.01.2022 If you feel theres nothing you can do, you could always start here. With your kids. Its overwhelming and hard to know how we can help. But we can, by educating ourselves and those who look up to us the most.
15.01.2022 Maggie is such a wonderful resource for parenting advice. This video gives some practical tips on dealing with backchatting.
13.01.2022 Some clarification on support for birthing and postpartum mothers in Victoria.
11.01.2022 What a beautiful piece on how you can look after yourself during these strange times xx
10.01.2022 Im a work in progress when it comes to this...how about you? X
09.01.2022 Happy Mothers Day to you all. May you know how special you are today and always. And sending so much love to those missing their own beautiful mums. Big hugs beautiful ladies. #mothersday #mumlife
09.01.2022 Thinking of my Victorian mummas tonight. Stage 3 restrictions will kick back in from midnight tomorrow. Extended school holidays and then the possibility of home learning beyond that. Youre allowed to feel overwhelmed and over it. But I promise you, you have got this. Take it day by day and spring will be here before we know it. Big hugs beautiful xxxx
09.01.2022 Heres to you, the mumma about to school her kids from home. Were all terrified, youre not alone in that. Were all wondering how this juggle is actually going to work. Were all trying to keep our kids spirits up while madly paddling under the surface with our own. Pour yourself a coffee, put on some loud 90s music and take yourself outside for 5 minutes. Today might be a circus, or it might not, but its just one day and we will all be ok. The kids will too. #wevegotthis #isolation #lockdown #remotelearning
09.01.2022 What would you add to the list?
08.01.2022 https://www.abc.net.au//what-to-say-and-not-say-/12339874
07.01.2022 Hey mumma, just dropping in to give you this good work sticker. Good work on stacking that dishwasher again. Good work on surviving another sleepless night. Good work on breaking up the fifty-millionth sibling fight. Good work on being the worlds greatest snack slave. Good work on not losing your cool, multiple times, even though it was pretty justified. Good work on the fact youre up and showered with a smile on your face, ready to start another day. Youre doing an amazing job, and I thought you should know it, cos lets face it, we dont hear it enough. Big hugs beautiful lady xxxx p.s Billy stuck this on me last night, so I must be doing something right in their eyes #mumlife #mumof4 #lifewithkids
07.01.2022 So we finally have our light at the end of the tunnel. Victorian primary schools will go back on May 26 for prep/1/2 and June 9 for 3/4/5/6. This has been such an all consuming time, learning from home, juggling 3 different curriculums, managing 4 very different personalities under one roof. But call me crazy, call me fickle, I will miss these beautiful lunatics when normality returns. Its #mumlife at its best. #mumof4 #schoolsback #justabout
06.01.2022 Can you die from stretching out words a million times a day? Yes teachers are phenomenal and have done an amazing job getting this remote learning thing up and running but today Im singing the praises of the parents who are running multiple curriculums at home. Who need to sit with their preppies because if they get up for one minute theyre distracted and it takes half an hour to re-focus them again. Who have to repeatedly shush toddlers who keep screaming through class zoo...m meetings. Who, themselves get pushed out of older childrens rooms while theyre on a group call, for fear of embarrassment. Who also, amongst it all have to consistently keep their cool, make food, fold washing, walk the dog, and stay sane. Its ok if youre finding this tough. Its ok if the millions of memes saying your kids wont fall behind, dont ease your worries. Its ok if you have to YouTube year 3 maths The fact youre doing the best you can is all that really matters, and just know Im right here with you, stretching out the word net for the millionth time today. Big hugs xxx #lockdown #isolation #remotelearningcanbiteme #mumof4 #mumlife See more
06.01.2022 Its been a bit of a hard slog the last few days, were all feeling it. Getting fresh air, early nights, exercise, cutting back on my sugar intake (bye bye Easter eggs) upping my magnesium and journaling can all help. But sometimes nothing does and you just have to ride it out. No happy ending here, just another mumma, saying youre not alone if youre struggling at the moment. This too shall pass my friends xxxx #isolation #overit #anxiety #health #mumlife #mumof4
05.01.2022 This is so important to remember. Nobody is a perfect parent. Xx
04.01.2022 Life in lockdown 2.0 #coronacoaster #onlineshopping #mumlife #mumof4
03.01.2022 Happy Easter friends! I hope youve eaten your body weight in chocolate and loved every minute xxx
02.01.2022 Its ok if your kids are on screens. Its ok if your house resembles a lego factory. Its ok if your loungewear isnt insta-worthy. Its ok if youre not using this time productively. Its ok if youre just taking it day by day. Were all doing the best we can. And some moments are easier than others. Stay safe and be kind to yourself, youre doing an amazing job mumma xxx #lockdown #isolation #coffeeislife #soisscreentime
01.01.2022 I was very honoured to be interviewed for this piece on the effect home/remote learning 2.0 is having on parents. The overall message, do the best you can, and near enough is good enough! https://www.theage.com.au//don-t-lose-your-marbles-parents
