I sometimes look at my personal facebook page which is full of smiling children painting, playing outside or making cakes and wonder what people think? Sometimes friends say things like ‘I don’t know how you do it?’ and I have to clarify that each photo is just a snapshot, each cake probably resulted in an argument over who got to stir or lick the bowl, trips to the park start with discussions over who is wearing what coat, shoes or wellies, it can take me 10 minutes to get everyone out of the house.
I’m not complaining, I know how lucky I am, but that doesn’t mean that some days aren’t frustrating and difficult. No family nearby means everything is down to us and sometimes we struggle a little bit.
Hopefully this video explains it better than I can.
What a lovely video Emma- your little family is just gorgeous. You look like you have some really fun, yet hectic I am sure, times! X
We do have fun…most of the time 😉
I know exactly where you are coming from – I’m assumed to be supermum, people don’t realise I struggle, I have bad moments I shout we watch TV “ALOT” the pictures, the posts are snap shots in our life. My first blog the title says it all “Toddling into Madness” cause that’s what my life really is crazy, mad. I have days where I want to go back to bed at 7:30am!!!!!!!!! Our family live quite far away and we are new in the area it’s a struggle and not what people think it’s really like
Yes, its so easy to paint a false view for other people isn’t it? x
aaaahhh thats brilliant. We need the lows to appreciate the highs, and we cant all see eye to eye especially when they are trying to become individuals in their own right. And Im sure they will still want hugs when they are big, just NOT when they are teenagers. Daughter No2 still visits (at 32 yr old) when feeling ill and comes for a cuddle with mummy, No3 always gives a kiss and a hug when she leaves, and even drive me up the wall son No1 had a hug the other week after I ranted at him and he went off to sulk in his room and I went to apologies and he is 28!! your doing a great job
Thanks Elaine, and so very lovely to hear that your children still come to you when they need you xxx
What an utterly gorgeous video and lovely kids too. I am not sure that mine will want hugs when they grow up; my daughter is seven and refused to kiss or cuddle me at the school drop off for the first time today *sniff* :-;
Thank you Helen. I’m hoping the hugs come back at some point? xx
Lovely video!
That is one of the most beautiful videos and posts I’ve ever viewed. Thank you. I know where it’s coming from and it’s so heartfelt I can empathise with it.
Really lovely. Made me shed a little tear. Being a parent really can be bitter sweet. xxx
What a lovely video. Even the pictures of them grumpy are beautiful 🙂
Ahhh, this video is just beautiful Emma. It arrived in my inbox while I was up feeding a little lady and because the hubby is away I could watch it, it brought a tear to my eye. Being a mummy is definitely a rough and smooth kind of thing, but completely worth it. X
That is so fab, they will love to see that when they are older too and look back on their childhood I am sure.
*Goosebumps* Beautiful video. And it’s bound to be hard sometimes, but it looks to me like the good times make it more than worth it. xx
Aw what a lovely video Emma. It made me feel all glowy and warm inside!
I love that video Emma…your kids are ace, you are ace…oh here I go again! xx
Emma, that is gorgeous. And a great way to describe Motherhood.
M x
I’m in tears! That is so lovely and so true!
I know just this morning someone was saying to me how lucky I am to have a lovely life and always doing exciting things etc…and I’m home here drowning under the dirty washing etc!
We’re all human, we all work hard and try to play hard too!
Thanks for sharing!
love
Claire
xxx
Hi
Wow that video stops you in your tracks.
Very very very beautiful. Wish I had a better vocabularly to put words to how I am feeling having watched it.
Lots of the comments above say it better than me, so I will just say WOW!!!
You have an adorable family right there.
Liska xx
Wow what a fab video! People around always assume its all fun and happy times but each day is a struggle. My boys are now 12 and 14 and I still struggle on some days………..tantrums never go away LOL However, I would not be without them for anything, the boys and my OH are all that matters.
Your pics on there are beautiful, brilliant idea 🙂
Gorgeous! My heartfelt prayer is the one at the end too….I feel a blog post coming on (quoting you, obviously!) Have no idea how to make a beautiful video like this but I ‘get” the sentiment 🙂
Love this! Exactly how I feel too!
Gorgeous and heartfelt x
This is such a lovely video and I get the same comments as people assume that I blog about EVERYTHING 😀 The photo with the stickers made me laugh and I filled up at the last one. I too really hope that when my boys are hairy, grumpy men that they still come to me for cuddles.
Just beautiful. We all need to take stock more often. Totally with you on portraying the ups and downs too, I think we have a duty to do that! Can I put it in the Britmums Video round up? xx
I love this em, love it – cant wait to see you and your brood x x x
This is so beautiful, I loved watching it. Which program do you use, I’d love to put ‘writing’ on mine too
Well how beautiful are your family! I’m sending you a whole lot of love x
Ohh that is fabulous and what a handsome hubbie! Mich x
Beautiful – I love putting together clips like this they remind me what all the difficult times are for. I did laugh when you said it could take you 10mins to get out the door – it often takes me much longer but I was a bit of a scatter brain even before the 4 children came along! xx
Love this post, well done!
Aaaaaahh love it. What a lovely video, it really made me smile xx