Getting back to ordinary {The Ordinary Moments 15} #1
After almost 3 weeks in Sri Lanka, Christmas, and Mark being off work for 4 weeks for Christmas holidays (yay for international school term times!). We are starting to get back to ‘ordinary’ day to day life!
We have not been back a week yet, but it’s amazing how you just slip back into things as they were. What has amazed me even more is how well Arthur has dealt with this.
Okay, the first night back home was a bit rough (due to a 3 am then 5am wake up call courtesy of Arthur!) but apart from that he’s just got straight back on with it!
Aside from that first night though, his sleep has been amazing, his little head is probably filled with lovely dreams from all the wonderful things he’s seen!
He’s loved having all of his toys again, being back in his own lovely comfy bed with all his bed time buddies in there (we only took his bestie combo bunny & blanket with us!)
We are so lucky that as a teacher, Mark gets fantastic holiday time. It’s always so lovely to have him home for extended periods of time! He goes back to work on Monday and so it will be just Arthur and I again during the day! It will be nice getting back into a proper routine again but we will definitely miss having him home!!
So my first ordinary moments post of 2015, I guess, is more of a transition of getting back to ordinary, but I think it still counts!!
I absolutely loved joining in with the ordinary moments link up last year. It’s so wonderful to celebrate those beautiful little ordinary moments. They can pass by and change so quickly. I know these are the posts I will enjoy looking back on the most.
So here is to 2015 and all the beautiful ordinary yet magic moments it will contain!
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Aww, sounds like you’ve had a lovely time off together. Glad you’re looking forward to the normal routine. I’m trying to get an idea of what our new ordinary is going to look like… love the idea of Arthur having lovely dreams after all he’s seen in the festive season. Just wonderful xxx
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Thank you, we really did! I always think it’s good to get back into routine after the hectic ness of holidays…especially Christmas and all the indulgences it brings!!! Xx
You must have had such an amazing time off together, I love the idea of Arthur’s dreams being filled with all your adventures, I’m sure it is! We are getting back to the normal routine this week which is nice in some ways but will miss having husband around too! xx
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Firstly how lovely to have so much time off together over Christmas! My husband went back the Monday after and it was a bit of a culture shock! Its always so nice after a holiday to come back to the ordinary.. Lovely post #theordinarymoments xx
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I’m so excited to read of all your Christmas adventures Chantelle – It all sounds amazing! And well done little Arthur for settling back in so quickly. Happy New Year lovely lady xx
Oh wow – three weeks off together sounds amazing! There is something nice about getting back to normal too though, I know there was one day in between Christmas and New Year that we made as mundane as possible for our girls and I think you could almost see them sighing in relief at it all being something they recognised!!
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I think its a great point to get to when Christmas is over. The feeling of getting back to some kind of reality is a must for families with small kids especially!! xx
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That cot is just gorgeous! This is why I’m training to be a nursery teacher…the holidays! LOL. But also because I love working with the children. It’s so nice when you can enjoy the holidays as a family though and not have to worry about working between.
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Ahh thank you Laura, I absolutely love his cot. When we got it, it was in a poor state of repair (it’s around 20 years old!) we put hours and hours into restoring it haha! Xx
No matter how lovely a time you have away, its always nice to come home isn’t it? I know what you mean about getting back to a routine, hubs has had 2 weeks off and is back at work tmw, I am looking forward to it and not at the same time! Xx
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It really is lovely to get back to routine, as hard as it can be sometimes!!!! Hope your first day back to reality is going well lovely xx
Sounds like you had a lovely family Christmas break and how lucky being able to travel to those amazing places. I am sad about Mr E going back to work tomorrow as I have loved our quiet time off, but we are really lucky in the fact he is only back for 2 days then we are off on holiday for a week. Happy New year again to you lovely, and to Arthur and Mark too. X
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Oh how nice to know you have a break away coming up, that’s fab!!
We definitely are so lucky to be able to get to such cool places from here, excited to look back on the photos with Arthur when he’s a bit older 🙂 xx
What a lucky little guy to see such amazing parts of the world 🙂
I always dread the ‘transition’ in case routines are messed up, so glad this one was lovely! xx
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He really is so lucky, I am excited to show him the pics when he’s a bit bigger and showing him the cool places he got to see!!
Know what you mean the fear of that is definitely a real one haha!!! Xx
Hope you had a lovely Christmas on your travels. It is always quite nice getting back to a normal routine but I do wish our holidays were just a little bit longer here!
Sounds like Arthur has coped with it all brilliantly, what a little star xx
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Thanks lovely we really did have a lovely time! We are totally spoiled with holiday time here it’s so nice!!! Arthur was so good bless him!! Happy new year 🙂 xx
How very lucky you are! All that time together and visiting such a wonderful place. Wishing you all the best for 2015 x
Thank you and to you too 🙂 x
Sounds like it was a lot of lovely family time together! This back to reality malarkey is a bit tough this morning. Massive grumpy face xx
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Thanks lovely, yes it really was!!
Haha yes know what you mean! Had to take Arthur to have an injection, cue tears and tantrums and fever for rest of day 🙁
So nice that you get so much family time. I think my husband needs a new job as a teacher! Happy new year hun!
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Oh Arthur’s cot is so beautiful! I know what you mean about getting back to normal. Hubby has had nearly three weeks off over Christmas aside from two night shifts at New Year and he’s back tomorrow. It will definitely take some adjusting! x
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I’m glad to be back to ordinary too! Glad you had some quality time off together xx
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Lovely post my dear, and great to hear that you’ve had a lovely holiday. I’m impressed at how well Arthur’s dealt with it all too – the same can’t be said for my Bean! Still, we’re getting there and before we know it things will be back to normal too.
Look forward to sharing more Ordinary Moments with you in 2015 🙂
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