Dear Mum,

We’ve postponed Mother’s Day until next Sunday as you know, you said “that’s ok, don’t worry, I understand” because that’s the type of mum you are, but I do worry because I want you to know how amazingly special you are to me and the girls, so I’ve written this letter to you and you can keep coming back to it every time you miss me (lets face it you will be reading it all the time).

I don’t think I’ve told you enough how much you mean to me and when I do you just tell me to shut up, but you are amazing and I feel incredibly lucky not only to call you my mum but my best friend too. I can tell you pretty much anything without fear of judging and you know the right thing to say to me to make me feel better, even if it’s just a little bit better.

Until I became a mummy I didn’t appreciate how much a mum actually does and what it means, but that love you feel when you look at your children is just unconditional isn’t it, it makes all the battles you face just fade away. I know there were many a time when I made you want to pull your hair out and cry. I’m sorry. I’m sorry for all my vial moods (and there were many of them I know), for breaking you hairbrush against my bedroom wall, funnily enough that was on Mother’s Day and for writing notes calling you a cow and posting them under your door. You didn’t deserve any of that and I dread the day that my girls do that to me, though I reckon you’ll get a kick out of it.

You tell me I’m a good mum whenever I phone you crying usually because the girls are fighting, shouting and generally screaming at each other and I feel like I’m failing as a mum. You reassure me. Thank you. I hope I can live up to be as amazing as you.

I love you for being my mum, for being a selfless mum even now when me and the bro are fully fledged adults and I love you for being a granny to my girls (you silly old lady). I thank you for showing them how to laugh and love the way you showed me.

So thank you mam, I love you more than you will ever know. Happy Mother’s Day and I can’t wait to see you to celebrate a belated Mother’s Day with you next weekend.

Love you always

Katie

X

P.s let’s stop pretending, we both know I’m your favourite child, I mean he’s never written you a blog has he?

The year 2016 is finally here which means we've all made it through the joys of Christmas, hurray I hear you cheer. The Christmas decorations are down and routines are back, no more lounging in pyjamas all day scoffing chocolate. A new year often means a time of reflection, we look back on the year and way up whether or not it's been a good year or one which we would rather forget. It's also a time were we make promises with ourselves to get more fit, to eat more healthy or to spend less money. Well I'm not making any crap promises like these except the saving money one that seems a good idea even if a bit unrealistic. I mean what's the point, we will only do them for a fortnight, a month max then go back to our old ways because it's far more easier. No, I'm not going in for all that twoddle, I do want to make some changes though. We spent most of 2015 on full speed, work hard play hard and boy did we play hard. We headed away most half terms in our trusty caravan making so many magical memories together as a family, my favourite memory being when Eva pooed, yes pooed in her daddies shoe, we've laughed together and learnt together and it really has been wonderful but even though we've done so much I want to spend time together at a slower pace. I want to enjoy watching the girls grow without all the rushing around and stresses busyness brings. In a blink of any eye my girls have grown, if I blink again I fear I will miss something. I want to pause on life's moments and soak up that warm fuzzy feeling when you could burst we pride and happiness that your dearest loves can bring. Our 2016 shall be spent more at home together making memories here instead, spending more time with family and friends something which we didn't do a great deal of last year which meant my children missed out on being with their friends.

Our 2015, a year making memories

Now I'm a big believer in living life to the fullest, even more so since losing my dad, after all you only have one life so why not make the most of it, but it can be hard finding the right balance and you can so easily lose sight of the little things round you. I dare say for most of us this past year has let in the light of such good times and happy moments, but with that comes darkness too, we've had to say goodbye to friends, watch love ones get ill and go through their own struggles, and I doubt 2016 will be any different because after all that's life. Infact I know this year is going to be a tough one for us as a family so its even more so important for us to slow down life. Basically what I'm saying after all this tripe, is enjoy your year no matter what it brings to you, enjoy it, make the most of it and love it, before you know it it'll be 2017 and I will no doubt be re sharing the soppy blog.

Happy new year to you all and all that jazz

love

Mrs KnittyKnotts