Words cannot express how excited I am.
Tomorrow morning I will be winging my way to #DPCON12.
If you frequently read Australian blogs, you will have seen mention of the Digital Parents Conference.
I have four fantastic sponsors.
You can read about Little Hero Designs/Hosting, LiveCertifiedOrganic.com, ettitude® and Chux there.
All of them have played a vital role in getting me to Melbourne this week.
I am so grateful, so proud and so freaking excited!
I’d like to say that I’ll be working hard at the conference.
And I will be.
Socialising.
Ahem.
And learning.
But mostly, I will be revelling in the knowledge that for a few days at least, I am only responsible for myself.
Which is no mean feat, mind you.
And I will be looking forward to being reunited with my babies.
Although, somehow I get the feeling that when I return, they will be babies no more.
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The Two are nearly two.
Two months off two.
Roo is three and three months.
I can’t believe how fast time goes when you have three toddlers.
Well, I can believe it.
But I don’t really want to.
What I mostly want to do is bottle their “themness” right now.
I know from Roo that it all changes.
I feel like I lost so much of her oneness and twoness. So much of that time was spent worrying and feeding and worrying and washing.
I don’t want to lose the Two’s twoness as well.
I don’t want to lose Roo’s threeness.
Right now they are so full of personality, so full of what makes them people.
What will be such a big part of them.
But right now, it’s undiluted.
Concentrated personality.
I keep doing my best to burn moments into my memory.
To take photos but not so many I’m living through the camera (or phone) lens.
How do you remember it?
How do you hold these things so tight to your chest?
The snuggling into my neck and holding my hands at wake up time.
The sniffling of a comforted child, almost over the trauma of a stolen toy.
A whispered sweet nothing: “You are best mum ebber”
A new love: The Wiggles.
A much repeated and insistent word: “Toast!”
Mummy’s Echo, calling out as we seek and they hide, while she is laughing maniacally at the anticipation of being found: “Fraya?! Sis-sis?!”
Watching them dance, holding hands. Big Sister and Littlest Brother: “Osky hold hands Mummy!”
Not-So-Little Brother dancing to his own beat, refusing to have his rhythm stifled by a dancing partner: “No-no!”
Unless it is Mummy.
Pick him up, swirl him around, listen to him laugh and feel so loved when he leans his head on my shoulder and encircles my neck with his chubby arms, crooning his own song into my ear.
How do you hold onto it?
You start out all excited to be getting away and just being yourself. The final two thirds of your post is about your children growing up too fast and worrying over how to hold on to these memories.
I hope you have a good time away, but I have a feeling you are going to miss those little ones too much. I hope I am wrong, enjoy a guilt free vaca!!!
Cranky Old Man
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As always, Cranky, you are right on the money. I’m sure to have a fabulous time, and I don’t really feel guilty, but I know I’m going to miss my terrorists a bit too much!!
I feel exactly the same about my little ones too! Have a great time at the convention! I’m a teeny bit envious, but will be following along via the interwebs (when I am not working lol).
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I wish I could pack you in my suitcase!!! When I get back we should organise a Canberra and region catch up!!
I have no idea how you hold onto it – time goes way too fast. I guess the secret is to just enjoy every moment, even the ones that drive us up the wall. Have a fabulous weekend – no doubt you’ll miss your family, but enjoy, enjoy, enjoy! I am disappointed (and perhaps a little jealous) not to be going this year….
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Debbie! I was disappointed not to be able to meet you! Hopefully next time! Yes, I am just doing my best to relax anad enjoy, no matter what!
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I totally agree…. I’ve been trying to find a way to capture my girls like this forever, the time when they want to cuddle and kiss me and are over the moon happy to see me when I pick them up from Daycare, the beautiful smiles I get all day, the totally innocent and the not-so-innocent cheekiness and mischief they get in, the way my 2 year old can sing better than she can talk and the way that something as simple as a Yo Gabba Gabba episode can fix any problem….. it’s all going to have disappeared before I know it and in no time I’ll be telling them “You aren’t going out looking like that!!” LOL. The joys of being a parent I guess (…. and I’m starting to understand why it took so long for my Mum to finally disconnect mine and my sisters umbillical cords, even despite us both moving so far away from home at young ages.)
Have a great time at DPCON12 and enjoy the peace and quiet while you have it!!
Thanks Kristy, I had a fabulous time! Haha, I completely understand why your mum didn’t disconnect her umbilical cords earlier too!
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Oh Daisy, if you can find a way to hang on to it you will be a very wealthy woman! Gretchen Rubin says ‘the days are long but the years are short.’ It’s so true. I find that line between living it with them and desperately wanting to document it really hard… Guess you just have to make as many moments as possible count.
See you tomorrow night!!
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Oh that quote is great! It was FABULOUS to finally meet you Kate!!!!
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hmm. when you find out let me know.
I get the extreme guilts when someone asks about when or how Magoo did such-and-such and I can only recall vaguely .
He’s only three (and a half – agggh – sloooow dooown!!) and already I’m sketchy on a few things.
God help me.
Daily, I have little – “oh I hope I remember this forvever” moments.
Now, you young lady have an absolute blast at the conference.
xxx
Revel in your own Daisy-ness for a bit.
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Oh man, Shar. There was so much Daisy-ness I think I frightened the bejeebus out of some people…
I am a vague recaller too! It’s all such a blur!
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Wow! That conference must be such a great event! You are going to have some really nice experiences and make some new connections! I wish I ever could have the chance to take part in something similar…
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I had a great time thanks Julie
It was fabulous.
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