I am waaaaaay behind on sharing these #projecthappy updates, though I have still been capturing the moments as the days have sped past. We’re entering into the crazy-busy season of multiple birthdays and Christmas; my therapy work ramping up in intensity in advance of the holidays; and all the school commitments to squeeze in too. I love it, I really do. It just means that certain things I’m usually capable of balancing at the same time have to be put down temporarily.
I used to berate myself for not being able to keep up with it all, for not being ‘good enough’ at doing everything all at once. Not any more. I know my edges, know when I can push myself beyond them and when it’s better to take a step back. I know that I’m doing the best I can with what I’ve got and that’s all that matters – that will always be ‘enough’.
So here are my happy moments from a few weeks ago. I survived solo parenting for a week (and, more importantly, so did the girls!). I had a couple of really lovely days with Ella, giving her my undivided attention. And we were happily reunited with the husband after his adventures on the other side of the pond.
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Day 261: Waving the husband off on his trip to Las Vegas. We’ll miss him heaps and know he’ll have the most fantastic time.
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Day 262: Ella was off school poorly with a tummy ache today and once she perked up a bit in the afternoon we had fun playing Harry Potter Scrabble together
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Day 263: The first frost
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Day 264: This one had an inset day today so we turned it into a lovebombing/’yes’ day and had the loveliest time together! Tea and cake, shopping and snuggling on the sofa – it was perfect.
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Day 265: My Mum came to visit for the weekend and after we’d been chatting for a while I realised the girls were a bit too quiet. Popped upstairs to check on them and found this 🙂
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Day 266: Capturing some spontaneous portraits of my littlest one that I’m really pleased with
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Day 267: Sunset
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Day 268: The girls stayed up late so we could meet the husband as he got home from his trip to Las Vegas. They made him a ‘Welcome home’ sign and everything
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Day 269: After school snuggles with this one
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Day 270: I found them all watching TV in a row together like this and it made my heart happy