an imperfect mother

my Facebook and instagram accounts are full of mothers who own businesses, who buy everything organic, who make everything there child eats from scratch, who can create amazing things whether it be sewing or graphic designing or who blog daily and still have time to give their kids the best lives.

 i just think to myself, wow how do they do it all?

and then my best friend said to me one day - as i was having a conversation with her about this - she said "they can't be doing all of it, somethings gotta give" and another friend also said "they always put up the good things that are going on in their lives never the bad days or the melt downs."

this is so true.

to all those mothers out their that have a stash of frozen meals in the freezer,

just incase something goes wrong or you have the most ridiculously long day and are just so exhausted you couldn't even think about dinner,

*FIST PUMP*.

i'm not a perfect mother.

i have a stash of chicken nugget boxes, frozen pizza, fish fingers for those just in case moments.

i make my kids dinner form scratch 80% of the time but for that 20% at least their getting fed, right?!

sometimes my kids go to school with cookies and sugary treats because i was too tired the night before to make something.

my interest board is full of diy's that i'll eventually getting around to, right?!

but it's good to have goals.
i try my best to get chemical free body wash for my kids,
but sometimes when i have 3 little one's playing tip up the isle in the shops, if it says no parabens on the front of the bottle, well that's good enough for me

i blog whenever i get the chance, really it's whenever my kids give me the chance.

my kids are the most important people in my life,

and i think they'll forgive me if they get a donut instead of a raw clean treat when we go out because their mother is exhausted.

to all those mothers out there that can do all this,
i think you are amazing.

maybe you should let me in on your little secrets as to how you have the energy to do this all.

i am knackered by 6:30, that last half an hour bed time routine can be really slow and painful for me some nights.

but to all you mothers out there that give everything a good go and sometimes want to pull those nuggets out of the dinner,
don't feel bad - i think you are even more amazing.

be kind to yourself, your doing the best you can. 

Zayden's Favourites

i love how babies are so easily entertained from the simplest and cheapest items they have around them.

zayden has a collection to choose from being the third child.

fisher and price, little tikes, lamaze you name it we've probably got it.

but his three absolute FAVOURITE things right now - that can entertain him for hours - are…

1. an empty wipe packet

2. the wire basket that we put all his toys in

3. my keys

these things cost probably $9 altogether. 

i'm not even joking.

forget the colourful dog that sings him songs,

this boys would rather sit and play with the basket that holds it.

so future mothers to be,

invest in $3 wipe packets, $6 wire basket throw in your house keys

and not only will you save yourself a BUCKET load of money but you will bring yourself minutes and minutes worth of quiet.

Reason #268

This is reason #268 why I know I am a mother of boys.

today while the boys were having their nightly bath,

makai was kneeling forward on his knees playing with his toys,

meanwhile our wild braxton boy gave me his "I'm about to do something cheeky" smirk and attempted to out his finger up his brothers backside.

i could not stop laughing.

i then had to come in and stop it because they were trying to turn it into a game with eachother.

I don't think I'll ever be able to relate to this boy sense of humour thing they have got going on.

i guess boys will be boys.

Spring Season

happy spring season.

i love LOVE this time of year.

the blossoms come out, the sunshine, the beginning of beach trips, (my birthday), outdoor play all day.

how can you not love spring?

tuesday has become an braxton, zayden and my adventure day.

yesterday i thought we would try the splash park at nurragingy reserve,

i've heard off a couple of people last summer that it was really good.

there are two fantastic things about this place, it's 15 mins from our house and it's FREE.

if you have kids this place is a must.

we stayed there for 2 hours and the boys LOVED it.

 i have to get a close up of this boys rolls