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Back to School

September 28, 2017 Emily Kelly
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If a three week tardy post about back-to-school doesn't scream "september" I'm not really sure what does. I looked at the calendar by chance this morning and realized it's almost october. Seriously? I should really just change the name of this blog to "time flies" because apparently that's all I talk about lately. That and the weather ( <--- that I'm not begrudging though because it makes me a bonafide Canadian and I'm proud of that ;) ) 

Anyhoo, here I find myself, on the first morning that actually feels like Fall, scrambling to do a million and three things with the time I have while Juney's in nursery school. I'm pretty proud of this little buggy - we've only had tears once and I'm told it was because she didn't want to stop playing. I was talking to a friend online recently, because we both find ourselves in the midst of raising.... shall we say, strong and determined daughters? (and at times stubborn and difficult daughters? ha!) and for all the trials and tribulations it has put me through and will no doubt continue to put me through, I know I am so lucky. I have a strong, confident, brave and willing kid on my hands you guys; she never fails to amaze me with the stuff she takes in and the new things she's willing to try. And I know in my heart that means in this life that she's gonna be ok. I often hear from people guessing her age at 3 (which kills me because really she's just a baby still!!!) because there are times even I'll admit that she seems a bit older than 2. But of course that doesn't mean we've been without our meltdowns (so many meltdowns this summer), or a trembling lips at times.... and I try in those moments to remember she *is* just a baby still, and to just give her a minute to be sad or afraid or frustrated. (I think we're all entitled to those feelings no matter how old we are!) It was important for us to give June a bit of an experience with other kids and adults she can trust, even though I'm staying home with the girls for the next couple years. We found the cutest little nursery school for her to attend a couple mornings a week. So far she has learned the "warning" song and the weekend after I picked her up when she had been told that "playtime was over" she sang that song for four days straight: "Two More Minutes! Two More Minutes" could be heard throughout our house as she sang it at the top of her lungs. You could see the wheels in her head turning and her need to practice so she wasn't caught off guard again at the end of playtime. It was amazing to see her learning and taking in the whole process. My heart!! 

And so of course she may be just my baby, but all of a sudden you put a "back-to-school" outfit on a kid and she looks a million years old. And then I find myself in our time apart just crying into my coffee and looking a pictures of the past two years going: how is it possible that she's singing her ABC's already!?

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loling at that face up there! ^^ and the fact that she had to give Flora her bear for the photo. I'm equal parts excited and torn imagining how this photo is gonna change throughout the years!

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Thursday. The day before Christmas. 40 weeks gestation. My birthday eve. A flower just before it blooms. I’ve always been a sucker for anticipation and tomorrow we get the keys to our forever home and I’m brimming with all of the above. 📦 Flora and I are off to pack a minimum of 25 boxes (I have to give myself benchmarks or we’re never moving... that or the new owners are inheriting a storage room full of baby stuff, “special occasion dishes” and wrapping paper (whhhy did I leave the worst for last?).
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#livefullyalive #underthefloralspell #flowersofinstagram #springblooms #thehappynow #simplepleasures #smallthings #pursuepretty #flashesofdelight #intentionalliving #gritandvirtue #searchwandercollect #hurrayforplay #morningslikethese #kinfolklife #wanderlust #momblogger #seekthesimplicity #clubmomme
I was really excited yesterday because if you saw my stories @BBC_Culture shared my moving book picture and it was a pretty gigantic moment for me. a) because I grew up idolizing everything BBC (did anyone else spend part of their formative years watching the epic and slightly scarring mini series of The Secret Garden, the Lion the Witch and the Wardrobe or Five Children and It? They are amazing and horrifying live action depictions of those classics that I pull up on youtube every now and again when actual real life is too much…) and b) because in the world of Instagram, finding things that encourage you and motivate you to keep being creative and passionate is so so important. I said something similar after I shared that post on my personal Facebook page, but I’ll just say it again here now - I feel like after *years* of trying to refine my creative goals, they are finally starting to become more defined. I know I’ve been talking about that a lot lately in these posts and I promise after this one I’ll put it to bed at least for the next nine 😉 but I’m really renewed and full of hope to be taking my dreams and goals of being “a writer.” So thank you for being here with me 🙂.
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