tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-68701330645193324442024-03-13T12:49:41.309+00:00Learning Lessons in MummyographyCharlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.comBlogger422125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-78054146391241497022014-10-13T12:49:00.003+01:002014-10-13T12:49:29.144+01:00I Guess I'm Moving On...<div style="text-align: center;">
I've been back and forward... I'm moving on from this space here. I want t keep it going for sentiments sake, but life's just too full for that. Plus I think if you're going to do something, then do it well, throw yourself in. All in. Go all in or go home. </div>
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So my blogging efforts are moving... Calling myself something of a photographer and a new business woman. This is where it's all going to...</div>
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Please please please follow me over there! Learning Lessons in Mummyography really has been all about learning lessons. It has been an amazing creative outlet that has truly assisted me in enjoying being a Mum, expressing myself, learning a lot about blogging, writing and (obviously) photography. I could talk forever about him much I believe in blogging as essential tool in developing yourself, letting your interests thrive, solidifying your experiences and this new blog and venture is all a testament to that!<br />
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So now it's time for this... See you on the other side of that click where you'll see some of this...<br />
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Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-80305103807337769742014-10-07T15:31:00.001+01:002014-10-07T15:31:28.867+01:00MY NEW WEBSITE!!! WWW.FARLIEPHOTOGRAPHY.CO.UK IS LIVE!!!!!<div style="text-align: center;">
Sorry for the blogging hiatus but the post title says it all... THE WEBSITE IS LIVE!!!!</div>
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I can't tell you how funny it's felt publishing it... I went from feeling so proud and confident to telling Joe (<a href="http://www.featherswebdesign.co.uk/" target="_blank">Feather's Web Design</a>) to publish it and all of a sudden I felt so exposed and nervous and got all those twitchy scary feelings you get when you feel totally out of your depth and you worry someone popular from school might see it and think you're a total idiot. You know when things make you feel like that? Like you still might be a spotty teenager with your skirt tucked in your knickers? </div>
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Anyway after a day or so I'm back to exciiiiiiited so here it is! And I'm still going back and forward about what to do about the blog side... So much of me wants to just transfer Mummyography over... This is what started all the photography stuff... Thoughts?! </div>
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<i>And to some much less than "professional" photography... Here's some of Euna in the woods with her pal Oscar... Straight off the camera just for a change... :D</i></div>
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Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-20768045813888522962014-09-28T16:14:00.001+01:002014-10-08T13:51:10.337+01:00Scotland Photies Part 2<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Busy busy busy! Busy and having a blog wobble = not a lot of blogging!</div>
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I'm in the process of developing a website for my photography and thinking about a blog for there and the future of LLM... New blog to incorporate both? Keep separate? Take LLM over to my new website? Everytime I think about I change my mind ten times! So whilst I procrastinate what's new?</div>
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Lots! Bow's started crawling this week and I can't tell you how excited we all are. It's just magic to start to see a real brother-sister relationship start to bloom. Seeing them really play together for the first time. See how much patience they have for each other. How they watch each other. How they know they're just supposed to be together. </div>
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I'm excited too! Feeling really ready to come out of the babe-in-arms time and have fun with a crawler! New play, new games, new phase. For the first time I'm not mourning the end of an era with one of my babies! That's new...</div>
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<i>Some more pictures from our week in Scotland... </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-45659158335040920862014-09-21T21:55:00.003+01:002014-09-21T21:55:30.420+01:00Dear Scotland<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
If it's any consolation I'm so happy you stayed. I'm an eighth Scot. Married to a Scot. Have fond memories of visiting my Great Grandma in Scotland. More good times were had shopping in Edinburgh. And just in general when I say "I'm British" a whole part of me is referring to you. I'm not thinking economically. I'm not thinking politically. I'm not thinking historically past my own timeline. </div>
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I'm just thinking about me. I am British. You are Britain. Therefore I am a bit of you. So thanks for staying. </div>
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<i>Rather topically, here are a few of my snaps from Loch Lomond last week... Beautiful BEAUTIFUL Scotland...</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-68717216107060182912014-09-19T20:37:00.000+01:002014-09-19T20:37:44.102+01:00I'M ALIVE!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I think that was my biggest blogging gap ever! HELLO! HOW ARE YOU?!</div>
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Apologies for the absence, we escaped up to a Scottish Loch for a wee break and were entirely logged off for the entire time on account of it being soooo remote we didn't even have a phone signal! But I'm BACK! About 2 stone heavier from too much good eating and drinking, totally pumped about to restart work on my new photography website, inspired after reading Caitlin Moran's "How to be a Woman" and totally buzzing to blog... Maybe even thinking some bigger blog changing ideas to tie in with my new website... Thinking about a Wordpress move... Experiences? Good links with tips? Throw them at me please! :D</div>
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<i>Be back in a day or two with a MILLION pictures of moody Lochs under cloudy skies... :) </i></div>
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Happy back to school everyone! Did you survive? Celebrate? Weep?</div>
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On my first trip back to preschool with Euna I passed the school and all the parents coming out from drop off. Storming out ahead were a few suited up parents, marching, smart phones in hand, checking emails, on a mission to get to work because they'd already pushed their luck to see theirs off on the first day back. Then there were the groups of work-from-home and stay-at-home and part time worker mums who had a little more time to kill at that time of the morning. Huddled in groups. Somedays they scare me, because I have a few friends who struggle with the school-mum politics and I think how much I'm not looking forward to that drama. This week though they amused me... Walking past a spectrum of conversations...</div>
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"...and he just screamed 'YOU'RE NOT CUTTING MY HAIR!!! IT'S MIIIINE!!' and I just wanted to die. He's two? Since when does he care..."</div>
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"The things that man can do with a person sat on a chair!!"</div>
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<i>Hilarious</i>.<i> Happy new year pupils and educators! Enjoy some butterflies a la <a href="http://jimmysfarm.com/" target="_blank">Jimmy's Farm</a> on me...</i> </div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-51409352578686495962014-08-31T11:00:00.001+01:002014-08-31T11:00:23.889+01:00Sunday Strolling...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
These are from last Sunday... Our local church allowed access to their tower. For a suggested donation of £2 you could grab a cup of tea, peruse some hand knits and climb a fairly hairy series of ladders up past the bells and on to the tower! You could see from Clacton to Mersea Island to Bradwell power station!</div>
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<i>Funny the little gems that sit on your doorstep...</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-45640814954695318772014-08-28T21:48:00.000+01:002014-08-28T21:48:05.275+01:00Love, Enjoyment & Appreciation<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Do you know what's <i>really</i> hard about parenting (for me)? Specifically the part of parenting that relates to the fact that there are no part time parenting roles... What's really hard is getting love, enjoyment and appreciated jumbled up in your head. When they wee all over your new top and now you have to change yourself and them, sponge the carpet, anti-bac the changing mat and keep your s&*$ at that crucial moment when you've got all three hands full and your toddler is about to pick up their own poo out of the potty to show you they're a BIG GIRL NOW... When those things happen and it feels like the planets are aligning to destroy your plans to get to the supermarket (which you didn't even want to go to ANYWAY!) and you think <i>"right now... I bloody hate this..." </i></div>
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That is you not enjoying parenting. You're not enjoying it because it's hard and it got on top of you and maybe you wanted to be better than overwhelmed in that scenario... Because ya know... So many of us are unhealthily unrealistic in our expectations of our parenting.</div>
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What it is <b>not</b>?<b> </b>It is not you not loving your baby. And it is not you being unappreciative of the miracle that is your child. </div>
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It's you being a human being in a rubbish situation and thinking "this is rubbish". So often I don't allow myself that logic. So often I think how I'm a terrible mother because I don't like parenting right now and maybe that's the same as me not loving them right or maybe it's the same as me not getting that I am so divinely lucky to be so blessed with two beautiful children. </div>
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And "terrible mother"! What's the overuse of that phrase all about? I'd like a pound for every time I hear at a coffee morning. "You're going to think I'm a terrible mother when you see what snack he's got..." "I was a terrible mother the other day..." "... so I just wiped the poo with my sleeve and carried on eating, I'm such a terrible mother!" etc. Have we got so desensitised to the concept of being a "terrible mother" with all our self-preservation speak that we really are so ready to think we can be terrible mothers?</div>
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Maybe it's more second time mum confidence speaking? But I'm doing one reflecting on Bow's babyhood at the moment and I realise he's had some hard phases. Most notably the 6 week period when he was 5-6 months old where he wouldn't be put down. At all. And that was hard. It was not an enjoyable time in my parenting "career". Did I love him less? No. Not for a second. Did I appreciate my son any less? No. Not for a second.</div>
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<i>So keep them separate. My lesson this week. Which I'll have to learn again next week... </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com3tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-13828708832840289772014-08-25T20:11:00.000+01:002014-08-25T20:11:16.689+01:00Beach Maternity Shoot Part 2<div style="text-align: center;">
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I must admit I think about being pregnant at least once a day and it's only a happy thought because I know we will try again at least one more (all being well)... But I'm not quite sure how I'll feel when I know I won't be doing it again! I really really hope that this feeling of being "done" comes to me, I can't imagine it as I am now.</div>
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Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-30240907012342553802014-08-23T09:28:00.000+01:002014-08-23T09:29:48.163+01:00Feeling Some Work Confidence...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Work is busy and I think I'm coming out of that really vulnerable phase you have whenever you start something new. I can feel myself much more comfortable in my skin on shoots. I've slowed down, I stop, assess what I'm doing and actually <i>say</i> if something's not working. Most surprisingly I don't feel like a complete farce when I turn up to a shoot and tell someone "I'm the photographer". Still not calling myself "a photographer" which feels different and still rather ludicrous but this time next year maybe...</div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-23064664607496362062014-08-19T21:53:00.003+01:002014-08-19T21:53:43.949+01:00Nature. But I'll Book a Swim Class Just in Case...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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And I have to say this time it really got me. Mummy-guilt of the <i>omg-I-haven't-done-nearly-as-many -things-with-my-second-born</i> variety. Because I haven't. Because some days I feel like I could literally just do all the essential childcare-y tasks, you know the stuff that keeps them alive like feeding, watering and clothing, and have almost ZERO time left over. I have to make time all the time. Time never just happens. If I allowed it I would never come to a point in my day where I thought "hey, now I've got some time". If I ever get close to that point there's always a dishwasher to unload or a wash load to hang up. </div>
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Not that I think there's a baby group on earth that would have my boy crawling by now. But it would be nice to know I had done my bit. Nice to know we're putting in some Bow time. So we've booked Sunday swimming lessons and making plans for Euna's preschool mornings come September. </div>
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Also the health visitor popped by of this 9-12 month check and reassured my quivering bottom lip that was out in full force whilst I asked her if he was "too late" in a few things... Grip = got. This week I'm taking some pressure off myself and siding with nature over nurture on the great child development debate. </div>
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<i>Some MORE Mersea snaps... We are practically LIVING here this summer! </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-70592983260708492532014-08-13T22:13:00.001+01:002014-08-13T22:13:38.924+01:00A Sneaky Wedding Snap!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-17817975028273683232014-08-11T13:19:00.000+01:002014-08-11T13:19:53.920+01:00Bow @ 9 Months...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Our little Bow-Bow seems to be blooming right now. We've come out of a fairly lengthy and very testing clingy phase and all of a sudden this little person is emerging. He loves the Tomy eggs, a cheap yellow maraca and a purple ball. He's moving by means of rolling, pivoting on his tummy and some very slow clumsy army crawling. </div>
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<i>Being his Mummy is a very rewarding job right now... So I thought I'd share a couple of recent snaps of him... :D</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-75605770226609514832014-08-05T22:17:00.002+01:002014-08-05T22:17:33.483+01:00Learning Lessons & Feeding Ducks<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
When I started this blog I used to put a mini list of lessons learnt at the bottom of every post... I just remembered the other day and thought I'd revisit it because I feel like life has had me on one of those little hamster training wheels recently and I'm firing out lessons learnt (and remembered) all the time. </div>
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Toddlers are little mirrors. She's showing me all about how I talk, gesture, socialise and parent by copying me back to myself. I start a though like "where have you got <i>that</i> frooo... OH! <i>I</i> do that!"</div>
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Sleep deprivation can creep up on you slowly. Months of broken sleep, even if you're getting a good 6-7 hours a night, can accumulate and all of a sudden you realise you're exhausted, stupid and demotivated. That's happened. Steve's taking over the night shifts for a few nights. Two in and I feel like a new woman. Sleep is good.</div>
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Birthdays are brilliant and I am going to indulge in celebrating mine more each year. Why not? I'm always all about an excuse for a celebration, but seem to always forget my own birthday... Surely there's more to celebrate as you get older?</div>
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Babyhoods are shorter than I ever knew. Bow is 9 months. Countdown to 1st birthday. How tragic. I know I bore on about it all the time but seriously... Babyhoods are SHORT.</div>
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<i>Some snaps from a day trip to Finchingfield... Little less known fact... I grew up around here... How beautiful?! How lucky that I get to be nostalgic in a place with such fab tea rooms?!</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-91701222645655161822014-08-01T22:06:00.004+01:002014-08-01T22:06:45.535+01:00A Family on the Farm...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
<i>Just thought I'd share some recent work of some lovely people who very kindly have allowed me to share with you... What a bundle of energy this little boy was and an absolute testament to what a wonderful influence fresh air and muddy puddles have on a childhood! What a life to have such a platform for adventure on tap! </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-61507445982756832812014-07-29T20:18:00.002+01:002014-07-29T20:18:30.148+01:00Turning 30...<div style="text-align: center;">
So I turn 30 tomorrow. And about 5 people to day have asked me if I'm ok... And I am. Not because I'm too-cool-for-the-freaking-out-about-getting-old-school, but because I reserve those freaks out for when I think about the babies growing up. Not often. Just when they go through the major milestones... Like when Euna got her first pair of two piece pyjamas or when Bow grew out of his bouncy chair or when Euna had the last day of her first term or preschool or today when Bow picked up his sippy cup of his own for the first time... You know, really pivotal stuff.</div>
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And because I'm feeling philosophical in the last few hours of my 20's I will share that whenever I do have a freak out of this variety I remember the wise words of my wise friend's very wise mum who said, when my friend had a freak out that one day (talking obscure one day in the future terms) her mum will die, "but if I didn't die you wouldn't be able to have your children". So there. That's my little anchor. If I didn't get old then I wouldn't of been able to have my babies, who are the absolute joy of my life. It's just gotta work like that. And I want my children to get their chance at this parenting lark... So I've gotta grow up and grow old. Thanks Sue. </div>
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20's then. They were good. They were also a little bit hard. A little bit uncertain. As 20's are supposed to be. And as I've now had a last-night-of-my-20s-beer and still feeling philosophical here's what I'd take away from my 20's about being in my 20's...</div>
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3. Keep making friends. Actively. After college/uni. All the time. Even outside of work. Don't ever think "right I've got my friends".</div>
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4. If you're thinking about getting married or having babies and you're thinking when you do it'll be the end of your life... It's not. Do it like it's the start of your life and it will be. </div>
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4 will do. 4's a good number of "big" things to of learnt in a decade. Certain I'll unlearn them for periods to come.</div>
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<i>Happy Birthday me! ;D</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-4707529320092795232014-07-25T16:11:00.001+01:002014-07-25T16:12:44.704+01:00Nose in the Books...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Probably my favourite thing Euna does at the moment is "read books"... She plonks herself down and recites in her own gobbledegook language... Every ten seconds or so from the "oblidadada funner munner rahblah soololodeeee" pipes up a recognisable and topical word like "doggie" or "pooh bear".</div>
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Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-36391901720306839352014-07-21T14:01:00.002+01:002014-07-21T14:01:42.846+01:00Summer's Swinging...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
Living a bit hard and fast here. It's a good hard and fast. Not overwhelming. Just quick paced, ticking through the days from meal times to nap times to fun times. Screeching in to the evening sticky with jam and sand summer-hands and with a general sweaty glaze all over... Grateful for a shower and a sit down. </div>
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Euna has the paddling pool out everyday. Bow is fiiiiinally coming out of a desperately clingy phase and is happy to play on a blanket in the shade. The windows and doors are open permanently. We're spontaneously eating outside. And as one neighbour finishes their lawn I can hear another mower starting up. </div>
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<i>Here's a few randoms from our week enjoying the summer... I am absolutely loving the usability of my new zoom lens, it literally can not take a bad picture, total tog-porn <3... </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-76853639860828558662014-07-16T09:19:00.002+01:002014-07-16T09:19:13.102+01:00Back At Ya...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
The other week Euna tried to get past me in our bathroom and demanded "MOVE MUMMY!" At first I started to tell her off that that's not the way you speak to Mummy... But the inflection of how she said it was so familiar I knew <i>exactly</i> where she'd got it from... ME! It's tempting to take an old-school line on it and think <i>she's the child and I'm the adult</i> so therefore she should <i>do as I say not as I do... </i>Just because it seems justified that I tell her to "MOVE!" when Bow's crying and dinner's about to burn and my brain's melting from her tired moaning. But to her that's no less urgent than her needing to rush past me to get her toy Tigger of for his nap in her big girl pram. So I think I'm just going to go ahead admit dropping a parenting ball here. That's not how I want her to speak to me because it's abrupt and kinda cold. So why am I talking to her like that? </div>
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Ergo I need to think about how I'm talking to her and when I do talk to her am I ok with her talking to back me like that? THAT is the question. </div>
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So it's all about kind words, loving tones even when I need to be firm and trying my very very best not to vent frustration through how I talk to her... <i>Even</i> in my eyes. Let's face it, a "excuse me please darling, Mummy needs to come through" mean naff all if I team it with a "FFS-Euna-glare"...</div>
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So on Sarurday we gathered friends, family, cakes, champagne and some sentimental words to officially welcome our son to the world. No church involved but certainly a thank you to God. Our own brand of a blessing and a fantastic excuse for a new frock and a family photo!</div>
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And I thought I'd share the words we shared taken from a little game played at my baby shower... Our hopes for our Bowen... (AND CHECK THE CUTE HOT BALLOON THEME!!) </div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-74386067998410387172014-07-09T16:31:00.005+01:002014-07-09T16:31:49.070+01:00BUZZING BEACH HUTS BATMAN! I'm working hard and buzzing through the weeks here! Bow's blessing is this Saturday and MY 30TH BIRTHDAY is just a couple of weeks after that... Between photoshoots, editing, party planning and having a veeeery fussy teething 8 month old I'm finding I barely have a second for myself. My nails are in a dreadful state and I'd do anything for a day to myself to get on top of everything... So please excuse the pretty negligent blogging! My brain feels full to the brim and I find it hard to think of anything to say with these pics these days...<br />
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What I will say though is... The best thing about being at home with the babies in the summer is being able to catch the (unreliable) hot weather when it hits... AND to be able to catch it mid-week during school term times so all the best places are quiet! For this reason I'm almost certain I want to relaunch the persuasion assault on my husband for a beach hut... I'm pretty sure we absolutely, positively, 100% NEED one.<br />
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com4tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-77301529170010253942014-07-03T12:09:00.002+01:002014-07-03T12:09:50.702+01:00Slow to Stress Cycle<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I don't really want to admit it but I keep losing my cool with them at the moment. Generally at the same time of day everyday. 6-ish. Bow's probably been grizzling since before dinner. Euna's in that slightly manic, tired phase of the day when she seems to want to be loud and make mess and just being a bit destructive around the place. Plus I'm trying to clean up after dinner, get pyjamas out, do baths, tidy... etc.</div>
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I can feel myself get totally overwhelmed and it feel like I crawl right up inside my own head and then it' just like a pressure cooker until I pop and I'm shouting stuff like "WILL EVERYONE JUST STOOOOOOOP CRYYYYYYINGGGGGG!"</div>
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Then thanks to the sharing power of the internet and far more articulate people than I, I found this via a friend on Facebook... "<a href="http://familyshare.com/the-important-thing-about-yelling" target="_blank">The important thing about yelling</a>". You when things make you go "this is SO true!"? I got that. And I'm realising I need to slow down a little, that actually the yelling isn't about frustration with the babies. The yelling is about my frustration at not being able to do an unrealistic amount around the babies. </div>
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<i>So here's to the slow down chapter! And in the spirit of slowing down, here's a chilling Bow-Bow...</i></div>
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<i>And here's a chilling Bow-Bow sporting two spanking new toothy pegs! :D</i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-33015782135012828282014-06-27T08:07:00.000+01:002014-06-27T08:07:03.295+01:00Riding Waves...<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
I feel like I got my parenting mojo back this week. After weeks of a fractious, teething Bow. The ups and downs of Euna transitioning from nappies to the potty. And I have finally banished the holiday blues and become one with the idea that no one will bring me frozen cocktails at 11am at home. I feel back in love with it this parenting lark.</div>
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It goes in waves like that and I'm learning not to take the lulls so seriously. A boring week's just a boring week. A stressful day's just a stressful day. Feeling like that for a couple of days isn't a comment on my parenting or my appreciation of having these kiddos. </div>
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<i>Here we are on Mersea Island with friends. Enjoying fresh air, whispy clouds and naming pet stones... </i></div>
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-31217408124112401122014-06-24T21:23:00.000+01:002014-06-24T21:23:13.138+01:00I'm a Rockstar! Honest...This is the best part of summer. Mainly because it's not July or August so there's no big expectation of good weather but it's so gratefully received. Everything's really green, no sun scorching yet. Plus you have that nice feeling knowing the best portion of the summer is yet to come. That's a nice feeling.<br />
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And the first big event of the summer happened this weekend in the form of some old girlfriends with whom I lived with in Uganda coming over for a reunion! We opened some bubbles to toast two recent engagements, talked weddings, new jobs, new men in their lives and I got asked questions about babies... Carrying babies, having babies, being a Mum... And I was surprised at how out of water I felt being the only Mum in the group! I had more than a few waves of "oh God I sound boring" and "please think of something else to talk about Charlie". And so whilst we had a <i>brilliant</i> time catching up and laughing at old photos, part of me felt a little flat whilst I wondered if I was a boring Mum...<br />
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I'm not. I know I'm not. I don't want to write profound things about having bigger fish to fry than hitting bars and festivals, as if those aren't things I wouldn't really enjoy doing... Because some days it is just about making sandwiches, trying to sound enthusiastic doing the same puzzle you've done 3,752 times before, wearing vest-cardi combos and checking you got all the poo from under your fingernails. Infact most days it's about that stuff. But that's ok! It's not to be belitted. It's important. And all I have to do is draw an owl in a tree or offer up a dramatised rendition of wind-a-bobbin-up and I'm a friggin' rockstar in this house!<br />
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It's not "bigger", there is no universal "better" but my life is soulfully streamlined and simplified now. And that's very cool. For me. For now. I'm exactly where I'm supposed to be.<br />
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<br />Charlie Farliehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/17201539637335154918noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-6870133064519332444.post-60479391414067366882014-06-19T23:15:00.003+01:002014-06-19T23:15:49.689+01:00Toddler Talk...Words I can't quite bring myself to correct Euna on... Because it's really cute...<br />
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4. Duddle aka "cuddle" Cutest. Thing. Ever. Also "lubbly duddle" :D<br />
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5. Goilet aka "toliet" particularly topical at the moment as we're potty training<br />
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6. Tubbytup/buppycup/buttymup/tummypup (every attempt is a new version) aka "buttercup"<br />
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You won't find a "top tips for speech development" post here... (insert that monkey hiding it's eyes emoji that I seem to be using on everything recently)<br />
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