Celebrate Their Success #PGRaisingOlympians

Wow! Haven't the Olympics been amazing so far?

It's been fantastic to have been able to celebrate our nation's achievements, from the magnificent awe inspiring opening ceremony to the courage and dedication of our athletes.  I've been feeling extremely proud to be British and have been glued to the screen daily - managing to bribe the kids to give me half an hours peace here and there.

I can only imagine what it must be like to be the parents of these athletes - I don't think I'd be able to watch, or if I did it would be through my fingers!  They must be absolutely bursting with pride.

My little ones are only 3 and 4 but already I feel so proud of what they've achieved.

My little girl, despite being very shy and quiet, and not letting me leave the room when she did her ballet class, actually went on stage at the local Town Hall and danced in front of a huge room of people - probably one of my proudest moments so far. 

And Dexter, my 3 year old, astounds me with his vocabularly and his ability to entertain.  I was particularly impressed with his circus skills the other day!

'Successes' are largely celebrated with cuddles and kisses, lots of love and the odd treat - though I'm sure as they get older, they'll become more demanding!

And as my two children start school, I will no doubt be proud of whatever they achieve.  I will instill values and morals, and hope that they continue to be the loving and caring kids that they are now.  I will gently encourage them, applaud all their endeavours and support them in whatever they desire to do.  And if Keani wants to become a world class diver, and Dexter an Olympic gymnast, then so be it!

P&G have made a series of short videos celebrating our Olympic heros, giving the perspective of their mums, and a little insight into how it feels to be the parent of an Olympic athlete.  I particularly enjoyed Pauline Pembleton's video (mum of Victoria) as her line 'you can only really try your best' really resonated with me.  I think my children will be hearing those words for many more years to come!

This is my entry into the #PGRaisingOlympians Celebrate Their Success Linky, sponsored by P&G

#ColourMeInRK – BritMums Competition Entry

Well the school holidays are upon us and trying to keep 2 young children entertained is a bit tricky I have to say!  Keani is going through a stage of wanting to sit and colour in pictures for the majority of the day but sadly Dexter has other ideas.  On Mondays however, he goes to nursery which gives us both a bit of peace and enables Keani to colour in without being bothered by her pesky brother!

I am always on the lookout for new projects for Keani and thankfully Kellogg's have come up with a genius cereal box which allows your little ones to colour in the picture on the front.  With this in mind, and the fantastic BritMums #ColourMeInRK competition sponsored by Kellogg’s, Keani (aged 4) set to work this afternoon and this is her rather brill entry:

Keani's #ColourMeInRK – BritMums Competition Entry

I love the way she's given all the characters stripey hair and stamped her own design on the cereal bowl - now I just need to get her to work another 20 more or so boxes whilst I get to work, um... watching the Olympics ;-)

By the way, if you are in need of half an hours R&R then I highly recommend you go over to the Kellogg's website here where you'll find some colouring templates to download, recipes, and other activities to keep your little ones amused.

Competition

I've been very lucky with competitions this year and a lot of it is down to some lovely people 'liking' my posts and voting for me.  As a thank you to all of you I would like to host a small competition to win a MASSIVE retro sweet hamper.  It was a prize I won recently and I did want to keep it but to be honest I want to lose a bit of timber before I go on hols early next year, so eating sweets all day is not a good idea... (but my, how I love sweets!).

The hamper is a bit like this (only bigger!) and all you need to do is post a comment below (you may need to click on 'read more') telling me about your favourite childhood sweet - what was it and why was it your favourite? Easy!  For an extra entry simply follow my blog on Google Connect.