Family Archives - My Amazing Ordinary World

Making our own Christmas Wrapping Paper

Master 6 and I decided to make our own Christmas Wrapping Paper today. With the Christmas songs playing we wanted to get into the Christmas spirit! And have lots of fun and be creative at the same time!

Back to School

So today, after 6 weeks, after 42 days my children have returned to school.

5 Pregnancy Must Haves

I am currently pregnant with my fifth baby and wanted to share a few must haves I have learnt along the way. Please find my top 5 pregnancy must haves.

Week One: Six Weeks of Summer 2019

I cannot believe we have been on the summer holidays for a week already! It’s been a crazy but happy week.

February Half Term 2019

Half term this year has been a bit of a strange one. I have been with the children all week yet I don’t feel I spent time with them. The goal of the week was to get through to Friday. My precious Nans funeral.

Ten years of being a Mummy

Miss 9 has become Miss 10. Having a ten year old means I now have been a Mummy for a decade! Ten years of being a Mummy! The things I have learnt in this time, the things I never imagined to have happened and how my little family are my world.

How I encourage my children to open up about their day

Do you find it hard to get your children to talk about their day? Find out how I have got my children to open up about their day at school.

“What have you been up to today?”

“Nothing”

Does this sound familiar to you? It’s the usual reply I get from my children at the school gate. That or “it was boring”, “not a lot” the list of non committal answers is endless! I, as you do, know that these answers aren’t true. You also know yourself how you feel when you’ve finished a day at work, you don’t want to be bombarded with questions.

Mummy and Me Diary

Miss 8 can bottle things up. I always know when she’s worried about something as she gets stroppy, short tempered and she’s very hard to live with. It breaks my heart as I just want her to talk to me. Yet often I’m sure she doesn’t always realise something is wrong herself. So I came up with the idea of a ‘Mummy and Me Diary’.

To My Angel Baby

I never got to hold you, to smell your beautiful baby smell. I never got to hear your heartbeat or feel you move around inside of me. I never got to tell your sister and two brothers all about you or see you wriggle on a scan. I never got to give birth to you, hear your first cries and feel that overwhelming feeling of love.

Why are you so mean?

Miss 8 asked me today “Why are you so mean?”. A question which stopped me in my tracks and tore at my heart. Massively. I walked out of the room wanting to calm down and gather my thoughts before responding.