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Showing posts with label Mom Blogging For Dummies. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mom Blogging For Dummies. Show all posts

Wednesday, 14 December 2011

Crashed

Well on the drive home from picking Marley up from school I had a great topic idea and thought out dialogue for tonight's post... Hoses and Hormones.... I was going to explain the frustration of running out of water mid-shower to have to then in your towel and soapy hair run up the companion way onto the dock to turn the hose on and fill up the tanks when living on a boat.  I was also going to discuss the fact that my baby is ONLY 4 months old.... sometimes it feels like he has been here forever already.  Its hard to remember what life was like before him but then I recall as my body is still recovering from 9 months of creating him and then 6 hours of labour.  I think with your second especially it is very easy to forget that not long ago the latest bundle of joy just arrived! The signs are there though, my hair is still falling out, my body is still stretched and misshaped, overall I still feel and look like I had a baby!
However, tonight is going to be an early one; Jacob has not continued sleeping through the night and with the holidays approaching we are all exhausted!  I promise to revise this site soon; was rejected from Adspace so I need to really examine what is required out of blogging.... night time reading "Mom Blogging for Dummies" however tonight I don't think i'll make it past the introduction!

Thursday, 8 December 2011

Play at home mom

Learned this phrase while reading other blogs.... totally me!
Yesterday Marley had a fever so we stayed home and oh boy was it ever a PAHM day! I don't know if she's like Mark or what it is but when my girl is sick you wouldn't really know it.  She has moments of wimpery sickness but other than that she is bouncing off the walls! Poor Jacob is still a little sniffly too so I'm not sure he appreciated his "in your face" sister running around all day but still it was great to have them both home.  If only I could be a full time SAHM and home school them... maybe one day.

We made wrapping paper.  Really easy to do.  We get the old newspaper rolls from the Royal Gazette and then we just make a mess with acrylic paint.  We tried out a foot painting idea I got from my new fav. website! Using foot prints to make Christmas trees.  SO cute.
Today Marley is back at school and Jacob and I had a little Christmas photo shoot of our own.  Cost saving ideas; using the duvet and bed chair to prop him up.  Dressed him in Marley's old santa costume add a lil favorite teddy and wham! Move over Anne Geddes!

I am really enjoying being home and finding creative ways to cut costs but still being creative and fun with my kids.
Favorite websites for this;
http://www.pinterest.com
http://www.emoo.com
http://www.shutterfly.com

Got a resource book from my brother for my birthday; "Mom Blogging for Dummies" so hopefully will be updating and improving this space soon. Stay tuned!