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I never wanna forget exactly how she is right now. Chubby knees scraped because she insists on spinning until she falls down from dizziness. Flushed cheeks from a day in the sunshine running laps in our front yard calling “Mum! Da! Football!” Mischievously picking mama’s poppies after I asked her not to for the tenth time. Ever-so-slightly cross eyed with her glasses off. So obsessed with horses that every morning she tries to ride her baby brother across the play room. Pulls his high chair over to her at dinner and giggles when he steals the food off her plate. Watches us to make sure we’re watching her when she knows she’s doing something nice. Wants to go for “ice eem” every single day. Wakes up with the sweatiest little curls. Two and a half is no cakewalk, folks, but some days it’s just the sweetest time. #thisistwoandahalf

These sweet little bebes sure gave us hell all through the long weekend! Tonight they’re going to bed early and we’re gonna make pizza and drink wine and actually enjoy our dinner for once 🙌🏽 All hail the Date Night In! Srsly where would any of our marriages be without it? • • • • #siblings #bathtubphotoshoot #pizzanight #siblingsinthebath #datenightin #crankykids #longweekendvibes #shortweek #bathtubinspo #bathtubbabies #clawfoottub

#CurrentlyProcky • Hen: waves and says “dye!!” everytime a plane flies overhead, scared of the chickens in the yard, is in the “helping” (aka sweet but so annoying) stage of toddlerhood. Current meltdown catalysts include water play and any buckles, anywhere. • Wells: giggles when his sister chases him, didn’t cry or even notice when he got his MMR jab in the leg, can legit jump in his crib higher than Hennie. Current meltdown catalysts include not being fed fast enough and seeing mama but not being held by mama. • Tom: enjoys demolition work, misses playing football, built our compost from scratch with leftover wood, is handier than his wife initially expected 😅. • Jess: still worried about cougars, loves the neighbours, misses good takeout, has dirt under her fingernails almost every day. • • • • #ProckyFam #thisisus #twokids #slowparenting #mindfulparenting #dirtyparenting #beginnergardener #9monthold #twoandahalf #toddlerlife #tantrums #meltdowns #familylife #sahmlife #ohheymama

It’s been 2.5 years since I became a mama and the one single night I ever spent away from Hennie was the night I was in the hospital having her brother (and I was back in time for breakfast). While I’m beyond grateful that our family situation allows me to stay home with the kids I feel a little lost sometimes when it comes to my sense of self. I’ve never felt that motherhood is 100% of my identity (does anyone?) but at the moment it sure takes up 100% of my life. • It has been a stark change from working and attending university full time to being a stay at home mom. I had no training for my new role and tbh I’m sorta pissed that it doesn’t come with any sick days or breaks (like not even in the middle of the night!). I mean, my new employers are super cute but they don’t speak very clearly and they’re always demanding food and whining at me (...maybe my years in the service industry prepared me for motherhood more than I thought!). • Don’t get me wrong. I’m privileged to be their mom. I’m privileged that my job is to clean their cracks and make their snacks. To put on their boots when it rains and their suits when it’s sunny. To fill their hideously ugly Paw Patrol water table with water every single morning because it’s their favourite activity and to make triple batches of muffins every weekend because, well, my muffins are just that good. But I miss doing work that holds intellectual value. I’m smart! But you wouldn’t know it from the conversations I have these days. • All this to say: it’s fine to feel whatever. Motherhood is special and it’s the most rewarding job we’ll ever do, but it’s okay if it doesn’t define you. You can work, or not. You can do both. You can miss things and shouldn’t feel guilty about it. And if you find the sweet spot in it all, please let the rest of us know! Also, any cool writing jobs out there? • • • • #honestmotherhood #teammotherly #stayathomemom #sahmlife #twoundertwo #workingmoms #mamaoftwo #ohheymama #girlmama #momswhowrite #boymama #momswithcameras #reclaiminstagram

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