A cup of tea in bed with the sun streaming through the window. I love a cuddle in bed with my boys, but ideally this Mother’s Day they’d be off amusing themselves – close enough for me to hear them happily pottering around in their room, while I sip my tea in relative peace.
A homemade card. Drawn and glued together by their own sweet, sticky little hands. I’ve had some lovely ones over the years and can’t wait to see this year’s creations.
For time to slow down a little. My children are now aged seven and five and I’m acutely aware that we’re in the golden age of childhood. This time of innocence won’t last forever and I’m trying to make the most of every minute. It would be very nice if time could slow down ever so slightly.
To make life less complicated for my children. Just recently I’m despairing of society’s desire to over-complicate childhood. Homework, tests, expectations, technology… I’d like to free them from that and let them concentrate on doing what childhood should be about – fresh air and no deadlines, mainly.
Time out together in the fresh air. No Lego, no screens, just a simple walk somewhere pretty. Ideally it wouldn’t rain, and no one would fall in a bog. But even if the worst happened, there’d always be some tea and cake to cheer us up at end.
Oh, and if anyone wants to buy me a Lush bath bomb or a bunch of flowers that would be very nice too!
This is a perfect Mothers Day wishlist Lizzie!
I’m struggling with how complicated life already is for M, and he’s only Four. I’m dreading to think what it will be like in the coming years. Why can’t we just let them be children anymore?
I hope you get your cup of tea in bed! Xxx
Thanks Catherine! Home schooling ???!
What a fabulous wish list . My childhood was spent in the 60’s. You went to school to learn, not pass tests or reach standards. We spent as much time being creative as learning our three R’s.. We played outdoors most of the time because that was where we could be at our most imaginative. We didn’t have play dates because we saw our friends every day. Children’s TV lasted an hour and that was it. If we fell, we were told to get up and get on with it. We took risks, we made our own decisions and we had fun. Life is tougher now for children. So many expectations to succeed and conform. I work with year one children. Six months out of Foundation Stage and we are expecting them to use exclamation marks. How mad is that! They have only painted once in all that time. Being creative doesn’t seem to matter anymore. Exclamation marks do! It makes me so sad. Embrace this time with your two lovely children. Go jump in puddles, make dens, get creative, enjoy lots and lots of cuddles, catch minnows, climb trees, dance madly around the living room. Give them your time.
Have a fabulous Mothers Day and enjoy that cuppa. You deserve it! x
I’m staggered by all the grammar they are now expected to learn. It’s just too much. I was never really taught an at primary school and it never did me any harm! x
What a lovely wishlist! The morning cup of tea in bed plus handmade card is the ultimate mum goal, isn’t it? Agree on how complicated life seems for our children these days. I only recently discovered that children are sent home with homework straight away from Year 1 and was shocked! At that age I wasn’t even in school, and for me homework didn’t start until senior school. So much has changed in a pretty short space of time, and it doesn’t seem like it’s for the better in a lot of aspects.
I know! I think homework at primary school should be banned – unless it’s a bit of fun creative writing or colouring! x