MishMash Monday - Springtime

Todays MishMash play session was Spring themed. Im posting this photo as i rather enjoyed my spring field scene. Lambs frolicking! Obviously it only looked like this for a matter of moments before the little MishMash messers got their hands on it!

Today was VERY messy! To see photos visit our facebook page "Mishmash Play". There you can see our mishmash master in all his messy wonder. He went all out today!!
We decide on a mishmash master each week. Its usually the most messy child, although sometimes it's for other reasons. For example trying the mess when they were nervous about it. Today however, it was down to mess. This little boy's Mummy is really up for it and really gets what we are trying to achieve and how it benefits him. She has been coming from the very beginning and it's been amazing to see how he has grown and developed over the months. And mummy too! Shes utterly  blossomed in her mummydom, its lovely to witness.

It's one of the reasons we started MishMash. To give the children wonderful fun learning experiences. And to hopefully give mums a friendly, supportive group to come to, where you get to drink your tea while its still hot, eat cake and chat. Or just have a little rant or hug if you're tired or frazzled. I hope that's what we are achieving.

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Tantrums and toddlers

Phew!! Totally frazzled tonight. Sitting on the kitchen floor contemplating tidying up. #messymummying is all well and good but mess obviously means tidying and right now i could just lie down here and fall asleep.

Attempting to do a million things at once and keep my grumbledore from being grumpy, i decided to let her help make tomorrow's mess for MishMash.  So now my kitchen is covered in flour and slime and E is in bed and i need to deal with it.

I was supposed to also be tackling the washing monster tonight as well but I think I'll kick ol guilt fairy out of the window, tidy the kitchen and hit the pillows!! Self care and all that!

We are reaching a new stage, tantrums. Today mummy couldn't stop the rain so we had a tantrum, wouldn't let her stand on chairs, tantrum etc etc. Discipline is a whole new phase for us and we are learning the ropes together. This #parenting learning curve stays pretty steep doesnt it!! Phew!!!

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Rock and roll Saturday night!

What a rock and roll Saturday night I had! Was I out on the proseco? Dancing the night away?

Nope. I can't remember the last time I did that, probably someone's hen party. I don't mind, i actually can't stand nightclubs these days. I've left that back in my uni days.
This Saturday night was happily spent on the living room floor painting a cardboard box!! Waaahooo!!
We have recently decorated our bedroom and had quite a lot of paint left. Plus we had new bedside cabinets delivered in a perfect sized cardboard box.

So, I painted the box, sealed up the top and bottom, cut a hole and drew on all the buttons, knobs and the drawer. I'm really not the greatest artist but I'm pretty proud of my efforts!

I showed E her new washing machine this morning and she was over the moon. It must look alright because she instantly knew what it was and we had to find some washing to put in.

Now I need to work out how to fashion a dishwasher!! Trickier! Any ideas anyone??

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