Disclaimer - this post is very late. I could blame the holiday and the excitement of the BiBs but really it is all down to me! I will be more organised from now on. Promise.
Goodbye April,
You were a strange and fickle beast this month.
Firstly, you really flew by. More than ever at the moment the months seem to pass in a blink of an eye and this leaves me feeling slightly panicked and disoriented. I desperately want to slow time down, to savour what we have but instead I spend every day rushing about. Trying to cram too much in. I am dreading the steady approach of September because then Youngest will be starting nursery part-time and therefore she will no longer be my baby. Our mornings at the beach, just us, will be no more. However, the next chapter is an exciting one and I need to embrace it instead of facing it with slight trepidation.
April you seemed confused. One minute glorious sunshine the next torrential rain and shivering cold. Spring is one of my favourite seasons but April you didn’t fulfil your promise of a glorious season and therefore I am already thinking of Summer. Long, lazy days at the beach beckon as we build sand castles in the sun. As a month you have sometimes left me feeling strangely bruised. It has been a month with some lows but then also a month of amazing highs. I didn’t enjoy the blast from the past that suddenly invaded and it left me questioning everything that I do when it comes to my blog. However, the completely unexpected but amazing news that I had been shortlisted for a BiB helped me to move on and gave me a much-needed confidence boost. Thank you again to those of you that voted for me and helped me to get shortlisted.
There has been so much to embrace this month when it comes to my blog:
- Like I mentioned earlier, I was shortlisted for a BiB 2016.
- I was on BBC Radio Jersey. I was interviewed and I like to think that I didn’t make a complete fool of myself!
- I broke into the top 500 for the tots100.
- I secured some exciting work and opportunities through my blog.
- I had articles published in the Huffington Post.
- I went self-hosted.
- I booked my tickets for the Brit Mums.
- I enrolled on a film making course.
In my personal life I have been struggling to juggle everything and at times have felt like I am throwing too many balls up into the air! This month I plan on taking things a little slower. I have been trying to cram too much into the day and I think I need to try to sleep more. Bags under my eyes is not a good look on me 😉 However, saying this I will probably find that I still try and squeeze too much into a day. This is my fault, I just find that I am unable to switch off and relax! I do sometimes need to learn to slow down and take a step back.
What other exciting things happened in April:
- Mr C and I booked to go away for a couple of nights to celebrate our wedding anniversary. WITH NO CHILDREN! Will we find that we have nothing to talk about? Let’s hope not!
- We are all popping back to Yorkshire in the summer to meet up with friends - YAY!
- We enrolled Youngest at nursery ready for September.
- Oldest started trampolining classes and loves it.
- Oldest also played in a piano concert.
- I attended cookery classes.
May holds a lot of promise! I am hoping to continue to improve my photography. I am also hoping to finally take the plunge with vlogging. I have just started the film making course and I am so excited to learn how to make films which I am then hoping will give me the confidence to vlog. I also have some more exciting opportunities lined up (fingers crossed).
How was your April and what are your hopes for the rest of May?
Em xx
You had quite an eventful April! I wouldn’t mind joining a cookery class as I’m getting more into cooking lately. #KCACOLS
The cookery class was amazing and has given me lots more confidence in the kitchen. You should really try a course 🙂
Oh thank you for your lovely comment, that is really kind of you 🙂 xxxx
Busy, busy. You’ve accomplished so much in April.
Now, Imagine, if you will, someone who multitasks and can’t sit still for 5 minutes…they keep trying to slow down but it’s easier said than done…then an envelope comes through the door and to their horror it’s a court summons for 2 weeks jury service! That’s my June….how will I sit still? How will I focus on the case rather than a million jobs to be done…I know it’s my civic duty but it’s a busy persons nightmare!!
Oh gosh - wow! It will be really interesting and rewarding too though. Good luck, I hope it goes ok 🙂
Thanks, You are right, it will be rewarding and interesting..My initial ‘freak out’ because home life will be on hold, has now passed and I realise it will be an important and vital thing to do. 🙂
Hi Emma, exciting times for you and your blog, congratulations on getting shorlisted for the BIBs and for getting published in the Huffington Post. I turn every first page of a new chapter in my children’s / families life with caution, I think it’s only natural until we are few pages in!
I hope you and your hubby enjoy a good couple of days away and I’m sure you’ll find loads to talk about, without interruption too!
April seems like such a long way back now, but May has been an unsettled month as it usually is with the change of the seasons.
xx
Yes May with its moody weather hasn’t been much better has it. Let’s hope that June is a bit of a stunner! Thanks for your lovely comment xx
Sounds busy! Congrats on the nomination and have a lovely time away CHILD FREE!!! #KCACOLS
Thank you. Very excited for trip away 🙂
Erm….wow super busy and loads of achievements. Looks like you have loads coming up too. I think you’d be great vloggng you have a great enthusiasm and I think you’ll be totally watchable. Can’t believe how fast this year is going, we are heading into a weird month ahead with Ramadan and then home whoop whoop
Thank you for your lovely comment and good luck with Ramadan! Mr C was working in Dubai during Ramadan one year and says that it does become a bit mental because at sunset everyone is desperate to get home and eat! But yaaay to coming home. I bet you can’t wait! 🙂
Oh wow - what an April! That famous radio interview - a highlight for me too! And a huge well done on all your achievements - Tots100 top 500 - wowzer! BIBS - wowzer too! and huffpost! seriously,Emma just brilliant! Looking forward to May’s update! And exciting about the vlogging - I’m considering it too - oo exciting! #KCACOLS
Oh thank you for your really kind words and I’m glad you enjoyed the radio interview!! I would love to see you Vlogging. Perhaps we should do a joint vlog at the Brit Mums conference!
Busy April for your, but a fab one! Congrats again on bibs and all your blogging success it’s truely fab! Hope you enjoyed all your April jollies and have an equal fun filled may xx #KCACOLS #Triballove
Thank you lovely xx
Wow a busy April for you wasn’t it! I don’t think mine was so hectic although May is proving to be on the blogging front. I really wish I was going to Brit Mums there are so many people gong I would love to meet, you included! #kcacols
Sounds like a pretty positive month lovely. Congratulations on your BiB shortlist, good luck! t is very much deserved! It definitely sounds like you need to be kinder to yourself and take it a little easier, but that is easier said than done isn’t it?! #KCACOLS xx
Always so busy m’dear! I don’t know how you squeeze it all in. I hope you enjoyed the weekend away with the other half - we usually end up talking about the kids, did that happen to you?? Looking forward to seeing the results of the film making course in the first vlog… #KCACOLS