A Garden Party | Moments that Matter

She is 4.  My first born, my baby girl, my little love.  The fact that she is now 4 blows my mind.  The years have rushed by and left a stream of fuzzy memories with an aura of happiness, colour and lots of love.  I wish I remembered every tiny detail, but I don't.  I wish at times I was a better mum, but I wasn't.  I did my best every day of the last 4 years to give this little human everything she needs to feel loved and content and to succeed.  

I haven't got it right every day, but I have tried.  I can't change the days I was irritable or yelled nor can I promise they won't happen again.  But, my little love, I promise you in front of the whole wide world that I will continue to try my best every day to be the best mummy for you for the rest of my life.

This was Evie's first little party with her friends from daycare.  She has such a cute little gaggle of girls and I wanted to create a magical space for them.  I had so much fun in the organising and in truth I am a little sad it is all over :)  She helped me for a weeks, shopping for bits and pieces, making flower crowns for all the girls, planning our food and making the tent.  It was fun to have this common task that we could work on together.  She got up early with me on the day of the party and I took her to the flower market for the first time.  She loved it of course, how could you not! And while she was at ballet I made our plans come to life (running like a woman crazed!) so she arrived to find me icing her cake in the middle of the park surrounded by all the prettiness she could imagine!  

She and her friends had a wonderful time and I am so happy to share some images from her special day with you this month for Moments that Matter.  Make sure you head over and check out what matters most to Yana Klein this month

Moments That Matter | A trip down memory lane

So it's that tme of year where we can't believe how quickly the year has passed and try to remember all that took place during the last 12 months.  As a mumma I feel I am so much more aware of the time passing as these little people I love get taller, gain more skills and talk so much more that even the week before.  I try to stop and watch them and take it all in, willing my brain the imprint these moments, the sounds of their voices, the way they say something... I even convince myself I will remember but unfortunately I know I have already forgotten more than I believed I would or even could.  I am so glad I have these images to help me remember.  I hope the memories come back to me just as quickly as more years pass.

These were some of the days I remember this year, all for various reasons. Some are memorable because of what we were doing, some for the feeling they left me with.  This is my family, my family is me.

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