You never forget how to ride a bike:)

I know, I know, its only been about two years since my last blog update, but what can I say, life just kind of took over!  I really am going to try and be more frequent with my blogs because I do talk to so many of you each day via emails and messengers etc and your issues seem to be my issues and the sisterhood of motherhood can be so supportive.

As many of you know, I have a son with severe learning disabilities and autism.  My son and all his crazy rituals and obsessions really do bring so much joy/headaches/laughter/frustration to my life and I happily share my experiences with customers who whilst shopping for a teepee happen to mention that the purchase is for their own child with special needs. 

I think one of the biggest joy's of my work is hearing about your children and family life, so if some of my blogs tend to talk about my family life I really hope I am not boring you all senseless, its just that first of all I adore being mummy and secondly, having been mummy/mum/mother/taxi driver/I hate you/I love you for 17 years, I do tend to have quite an honest approach to the whole thing now, so you may even enjoy the blogs and even relate to them!

Anyway, as much as I love talking about my son, I am actually going to talk about my daughter, my youngest one Gabriella, who is 7 years old.
Today Gabriella has been trying really hard to ride her bike without her stabilizers and it really is quite incredible watching your child learning a new skill that once mastered, they will never ever forget. 

Unfortunately for Gabriella, her brain still hasn't quite remembered the whole balance keep moving thing today, so no doubt we will be back out tomorrow in full gear ready to give it another go.
At the age of 7 it might seem a little late that she has not yet mastered the art of riding her bicycle and I would tend to agree, but little Gabriella was born 11 weeks early so has always been a little behind and regardless of all this, I think children should meet their milestones when they choose too and not when that little red book (you know the one that you can never find and it is usually jammed in the draw) says they should!

Last summer however, she was really keen to get on her bike and start peddling, but that was before a freak accident caused her to fly off a bouncy castle, fracturing her skull and causing a sub-dural bleed on her brain requiring a 5 hour brain surgery and a good few weeks of rehabilitation that absolutely did not involve getting on a bicycle and attempting to learn to ride it!

There were some shaky moments last summer when she really was critically unwell that I did wonder if she would ever get back on a bike at all , so watching her and daddy outside tonight in the last bit of sunlight laughing and smiling as she got closer and closer to her balance really was overwhelming.  Our children never ever stop surprising us with the things that they overcome and I really am proud of my little one for getting back on her bike:)

I hope you are all having a fantastic holiday with your own little ones and its perfect weather for bike riding, so lets just hope little Gabriella keeps moving and masters it soon!

A mother with a minute to herself.

Every Sunday morning, I try to wake up and come down stairs before anyone else is even awake.  There is nothing as nice to be met by a quiet and clean house with the excited anticipation that you may for one day out of seven actually get to enjoy a cup of tea when its totally hot and to eat breakfast in a sitting position and not stood, taking random spoonfuls in between making lunch boxes and putting children on school buses.
So, imagine the scene, there I was in my moment of bliss ( I am indeed very easily pleased) and I hear footsteps and one by one,  they appear.  4 Starving little faces looking at me, my minute to myself is well and truly over and 30 minutes later, I am left with soggy cereals and a luke warm cup of tea and now the dog brings me her lead!  Oh well, I tried and God loves a trier.  There is always next weekend.
Today,  I am going to be back in the postage and packaging department at teepee towers, wrapping up the lovely little teepee for freddie to arrive in time for his 1st birthday this week.  The theme of his teepee was calm, with moon and stars and it was such a lovely teepee to make.  The fabric we chose was a beautiful Clarke and Clarke Marine Stripe fabric that is timeless and classy and also photgraphed in a roll on the front of the Great British Sewing Bee book;)  You either have taste or your dont;)
This week we have had a beautiful full moon and this, as well as Freddies teepee reminded me of one of my favourite quotes.  I dont know about you, but I love quotes so here is my top five favourites on this day (they vary depending on mood and who has annoyed me)  Enjoy!

I had to add this last one, by way of justifying my big spend this week on some new scents:)

My wee blog:)

So, I must say, I am a very lucky girl.  My husband is not only cute and lovely, but he is the complete nuts when it comes to high tech things.  I wanted a facebook page, I got one, I wanted a website, I got one and today, I mentioned that as I love to write, I might like a blog and now, I have one!    So basically, this is my test blog, so he that does the I.T can check all is working, and I can just notify you all that myweeteepee is now officially a blogger........so do look out for all sorts of nonsense ramblings from me in the not so distance future, you may even enjoy them:)