You know you’re a Mum when…

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you turn up at the doctor’s surgery covered in glitter and don’t blink an eye when both the receptionist and the doctor make a very obvious statement about it.  ‘No,’ I replied (in a very matter of fact, this is perfectly normal tone), ‘I am not heading out for an extravagant night on the tiles (certainly NOT with this dreadlocked hair and chipped toe tail polish), it’s just that crazy Christmas time of year.’

Over the weekend we made beautiful Pohutukawa decorations and heart woven gift tags and decorations (must do separate ‘craft’ post when I get a moment).  The house is covered in glitter and it sits on the skin with the determination of a blood sucking leech. I don’t have time for all over detailed body brushing in the shower so the glitter tends to stick around for a while… especially in this muggy weather!

Charlotte set up a glitter trap for Alice – sprinkling a whole tube of glitter on a mini Christmas tree just at Alice’s standing height. Naturally Alice was keen to reach up and grab at a baubel and consequently brought the tree down on her head… showering herself in glitter.

Reaching for a baubel

I took this photograph after the glitter had caught her out – and Charlotte had spiked up her hair!

Alice with spikey, glitter hair!

Alice is really enjoying the sparkle and glitter of the season! She holds her hands up in the air and says, ‘Oooooooooo’ in awe of the light dancing off the glitter baubels.  She has so many thoughts in her little head, and it’s beautiful to watch her communicate with her eyes, hands, smiles and experimental noises.

Reflections

I know I’m a Mum alright (would seriously doubt my sanity if I doubted it for a moment!) and I am so over super polished tables with no dents and ingrained glitter (though the sight of smeary, sticky hand-prints on the polished wood of the piano does irk me somewhat!).

ooooooooo!

But I would never allow my obsessiveness over the state of the ‘shine’ to interfere with the children’s music making… as this short video clip shows (though I do walk past the piano several times a day with a pink duster and give it a slightly manic rub – which I am sure doesn’t go completely unnoticed!).

Glitter on (and I know I can’t sing and I am very brave to put this on YouTube – but in the spirit of the season and all that…!):

You know you’re a Mum when you don’t mind posting video clips on YouTube of yourself singing very badly!

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9 thoughts on “You know you’re a Mum when…”

  3. So cute to watch Sarah. How lovely to be able to play the piano for your girls. Tonight my you know you’re a mum when I’m up at 10pm baking Afghan biscuits because I promised my nearly 4 year old he could take them as a plate to a Christmas party, and I ran out of time during the day. But worth all the smiles I’ll get in the morning.

  4. Awww, Julie you are such a great Mum x I can just imagine the smile you’ll get in the morning and an adoring look of, ‘You’re magic Mum!’. x

  5. Feeling very much in the Christmas mode listening to that beautiful singing and the pianist too!! You remembered all those words too Charlotte and mummy didn’t miss a note!! Alice certainly in the thick of things too….just lovely!!

  6. Wonderful. Self glittering is so economical too, The Body Shop charges $50 for a little spray bottle which glitters you 😉

  8. Love the photos of your wee one with the spiked hair and glitter – cute!!!
    And your singing is fine! Love your daughters singing too. Well done to her 🙂

  9. How cute is the spikey hair and glitter! Loving this post. It made my heart smile to see your family having such a fun time. From one glitter covered ornament making mama to another. xx

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