It’s time for mommy kudo’s again as my lovely co-blogger Meg called it last week. At the end of the week I’m sharing things that I’ve been
doing well as a mother to encourage myself as a mum and I hope that you want to
join in too. We all need some encouragement as mums and it’s good to give
yourself a pat on the back from time to time.
So here is my contribution for this week.
This week my oldest kids went back to school so I tried to
work on their bedtimes and bedtime routines. Someone had been messing with the
toothbrushes -read this post- so we got a couple of new kiddie toothbrushes at
DEALZ and new kiddie toothpaste. I didn’t manage to get their bedtimes the way I wanted but
I’m glad that I got them to listen and participate in the bedtime routine when
it comes to tooth brushing. Nevaeh has had a lot of trouble with it but she’s doing
great now. She never liked it if I helped her brush but yesterday she asked:
‘will you help me?’ and that was so great to hear. Such a major improvement
from the time that she kept running away when I wanted to brush her teeth and I
had to hold her under my arm to keep her in place so I could brush her teeth. She
stands still now and waits patiently until I finish brushing her teeth. I’m so
glad with that. God is good ! It’s also great to see them all together at the
sink, brushing their teeth. Yay !
This week I’m going to get back to using the charts we got
from the dentist and make sure that they get stickers every night which will
keep them motivated. I will continue to work on their bedtime routine and
hopefully they will able to fall asleep quicker this week. They will be getting
in a routine to wake up earlier so hopefully will get tired earlier as well.
I’m also happy with the fact (and a bit proud of myself)
that I’ve now survived four weeks of single parenting.-read here- It hasn’t always been easy but I managed by
the grace of God and I managed to take care of my kids on my own and to get
them to school on time and collect them on time this week. Yay ! It’s all by
the grace of God and I will continue looking up to Him for help and He has
promised to take care of us so I know that He will. Thank You Lord !
Finally, if you read the ‘We’re back to school’ post you
have read that I didn’t really count on spending so much on books this week. I
am very astonished when I hear that some schools have book rental schemes or
only need 15 euro for books. Well, when Ixora started school she didn’t need to buy any books
but that was another school where they also provided lunch and there was no
school fee. It really depends on the school. I guess our contribution fee is
maybe lower than some other schools. Anyway, so we had less to spend this week.
And I thank the Lord for giving me flexibility and keeping me in peace. I just
tried to make things to eat from the things that we have in the house and today
we decided to bake something with the flour in the cupboard that had been
sitting there for awhile. I’m not really a baker so we just did something.
Ixora decided she wanted to use some chocolate powder with the flour and we
made balls and some went in a pan with oil and most in the oven and I made some
kind of scones with the rest of the flour. I loved the scones and ate them with
a bit of jam. Yummy ! I think that we really have to bake more often and then
use a real recipe next time. Because I really loved doing this. I loved
making something good and tasty for the kids and I from scratch. (and I loved doing this with Ixora as well) So I’m glad and feel good about it that I‘ve not really been worrying
but have been making it work. And I will do so until the next payment comes in
next week.- by the grace of God-
Now it’s your turn again…
Here are a few questions to give you an idea on what you can
share. (You don’t have to answer all the questions)
What have you done this (past) week that you are proud of ?
Which changes are you working on in your household ?
What can you encourage yourself with about this week?
What can you share to pat yourself on the back ?
Write a blog post and leave the link in the comments. Or
just write in the comments something that you want to share.
Thanks for all who commented last week. I hope you will join
in again this week.
Read last weeks post here.
Let’s do this
together. Let’s work together on -little by little- becoming more of the mums
that we would like to be. Let’s rejoice in our small (or big) victories
together.
After all, we're all
'super mummies in the making'.
Love and blessings,
Comments
Off to make one now!!