Ok so its been a little while since I've blogged and I can blame that on my photography addiction which seems to have taken over my life in the past few months. Not that that is a bad thing, it's definitely a good thing as far as I'm concerned as I have a new passion for life and feel like I have finally found the one thing that makes me happy besides my family and animals. You can generally find me driving around the Coast looking for new and exciting things to photograph and then sitting at my computer mucking around with my Facebook page and Instagram accounts and yes I say accounts because I have 3 on the go at the one time! Anyway I'm pretty happy doing this and am in the process of trying to set up a little business to start making money from my hobby so if you are keen to check out my work you can find it here: www.facebook.com/katiemuzphotography or on Instagram @katiemuz.
Ok so changing topics, today I'm here because I want to find out what happens with other people's families on the weekends. I am becoming a little bit frustrated with my kids and want to know if it is the same in other people's houses. The weekends go like this in our house:
Saturday mornings spent chauffeuring the kids to their sporting activities all over the Coast, then home for a bit of a relax and then normally my husband and I suggest going to the beach or for a drive somewhere to get out of the house but my kids are always pretty adamant that they are not interested in these activities. They either want to spend the whole day watching TV/Ipads or want to find someone to have a sleepover with and if this doesn't happen they spend the entire afternoon whinging and bitching about how bored they are even after we have suggested to go and do stuff! It really does get very frustrating because if we ever do manage to get them to the beach or somewhere else they have a great time and don't want to leave so it baffles me that they kick up such a stink when we suggest things to do but they refuse. I know that some readers will be saying: We don't even give our kids a choice, we just force them, but to me there is nothing worse than dragging 2 annoying kids to do something when they are not interested.
Plus I'm not sure about other kids but if my daughter who is 10 doesn't get to have a sleepover at someone's house or for someone to come to our house for a sleepover she gets in the foulest mood and it's quite unbearable. I mean, I'm happy for kids to have sleepovers but to expect one every weekend is just plain silly. I understand that kids need friends to play with but it gets to the stage where I'm sick of having other people's kids here and entertaining them on what should be my weekend too!
I really feel that I have failed in my parenting when it comes to teaching my kids how to entertain themselves and not have to have someone to play with 24/7.
The one other thing that I want to
Sheesh this parenting thing can be such a hard slog on a lot of occasions!
Anyway that is my whine session for the afternoon! I just really needed to get it off my chest so thanks for listening and I would really love to hear from other people how they get their kids motivated to do stuff on the weekends.
Katie xx
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