Are you the 'mean' parent

I wrote a post a few days ago about Jesse and how he is going trough the terrible twos and through this I have seen how I have become the mean parent in the parenting relationship between my hubby and I.

I saw this most today whilst I was labeling my older sons stationary at our kitchen table I allowed Jesse to run around and play in their water shell outside where I could see him, but he of course had other ideas and proceeded to not only spill water all over the laminate in their play room but also distribute all the craft/ pencil boxes over the floor space, when I went in to see what he was doing I told him he had mad mommy sad and that he needed to pick up his reply was no mommy I want booba.

So I responded that he could have booba once he had cleaned up with mommy, by this time he started getting whiney and irritable because he was tired ( I don't know how stay at home moms do it all) but I persisted he got more and more irate and as we were finishing up he smacked my leg and said naughty mommy I gonna tell daddy, you naughty....

So it goes I have become the mean parent the parent I am a 'bad' mommy.... and strangely I'm ok with that... guess that is what my mom meant when I was a child and she would wag her finger and go you will understand one day why I do these things, I have become the very being my childhood self swore they would never be... and I'm ok with that as well.  I guess its all part of being a parent.

Bits and Bobs

I know I’ve been a bit quiet the last 2 weeks it just come to that time of the year and it has been a bit manic at home.

Last week Friday we had Gabriel’s Graduation/ Fashion show which was too cute for words and the kids were just amazing I was so incredibly proud to see Gabriel up on that stage and he enjoyed it so much, I cried buckets and buckets to see how much my boy has grown especially in the last year and how far he has come since starting grade R, to be honest with the issues we were having at the beginning of the year we thought that he may have to repeat grade R which we had no issue with at all, sometimes a child isn’t ready and it is always best to then let them repeat especially at an earlier age, but he blossomed tremendously and I am so excited for him to go on to Grade 1 next year.

Essence My Skin- Skincare Range

So over the past 2 or so months I have been on a search, a search for a better skin regime and a solution to the various skin issues I have been experiencing lately.

Whilst I love LUSH and I loved the Aqua Marina facial cleanser I was using I just couldn’t afford it at the time on a monthly basis and the soap version of it Fresh Pharmacy seemed to be aggravating my skin to the point where my skin was physically sore and brought me to tears.

So after doing a bit of research I went on a search I looked at various options and eventually my mom spotted the Essence skin care range and I am so grateful that she did because not only is it extremely affordable but it has worked miracles to the point where my skin has now COMPLETELY cleared up, it feels soft moisturised and looks healthy with no more breakouts!!!!!!

My Weekend in Pictures

Good evening everyone from a cold and wet Cape Town.

We have a very sick monkey at home right now so its been a tough 2 days but the past weekend was really lovely so I decided to share a few pictures....apologies I am no photographer.

First off I woke up on Saturday to find out our Stickee collection had taken over the bathroom,,

Currently in the land of CrazyMommaofThree

So I feel terrible about my lack of blog posts at the moment, I wish I could full explain or go into what all has been going on in my life right now but I can’t, so I decided to just do a small currently post and give you a small insight as to what is going on my crazy life and head right now.