pollyanna blogging

I Like having a new shiny blogring, and lots of old friends on it . for the new friends on it, I do have an admission. I am a polyanna blogger. Pollyanna (Wordsworth Children’s Classics) is book about a child who consciously makes a decision to always look for the positive. So this is how i blog. I don’t have time to blog all the in and out moments of our day, i try and blog some of those moments of tenderness and love, the gorgeousness of a child’s hand tucked up in yours, or snuggling on the sofa or getting a fit of the giggles together. These moments of love i wish to remember forever. I don’t want to remember the grumps or fights particularly. SO i just don’t blog them.

We are a normal family. i snap, grit teeth and say things i shouldn’t and wish I hadn’t. particularly when I am tired or migrainous. My SAH DH really isn’t bothered about a tidy house, so it isn’t, and also can stride about wave his arms about dramatically or growl, partic when tired and needing a break. My SB can cut off her nose to spite her face, tease her sister when she shouldn’t, pretend to have done things she hasn’t – or not done things she has! My BB is a child with all her emotions on her sleeve, and trying days ensue when this is frustration or anger. but at least 75% of our time, and often more is spent snuggled, hands tucked, giggling and loving and probably less than 10% grumping, snapping, arguing etc, and most commonly as bedtime approaches… the rest is variable. SO yes, BB doesn’t always want to read and shouts and screams instead [sometimes it can seem like the whole day], SB might have a teenage pout or flounce, and me a tired mum rant and you won’t find it here. Nor the mention that our house looks like it has been ransacked by toddlers. But it happens, so just add that in to your narrative if you read and find this blog a bit rosy! Oh, and the days when absolutely nothing interesting happens or gets done? yep, we have those too!