I was asked
at a Holden Mother's Day event (which I'll talk more on below) What it means to
be a Mum in one word.
For the life
of me I couldn't sum in up and what I wrote down was "everything". It means
absolutely everything to b
PRIORITY From
the moment those two lines show up on your test you move yourself down in the
priorities list and the little one comes first. At the early stages you watch
what you eat, you don't drink and everything you knew and did becomes quite
foreign.
Another word
BEST. You always want to be the best Mum and the biggest mistake as a Mum is
looking to be like "Super Mums" as we're all super mums in our own
ways.
LEARNING.
Being a Mum is all about learning and as much as some Mums might like a manual
there is no manual that comes with baby when you have them. It is what it is
and you don't make mistakes ever as a Mum you just learn.
UNCONDITIONAL
it's the only time you'll ever experience unconditional love when becoming a
parent. They don't judge and the love you share has absolutely no boundaries or
measurement. It's like no other, from the moment they are in your arms for most
Mums its like falling in love.
MULTI-TASKER
There is absolutely never a time that you’re just doing one thing for yourself.
Generally when becoming a parent toilet, showers and even sitting on the couch
is never done alone anymore. And the morning is chaos showering, brushing,
teeth cleaning, dressing and feeding done with multiple kids for me.
I've been a
mum for 8 years now and every single day I look at my kids and just thank
someone for blessing me with these incredible creations. And yup, I still have
my moments of wondering how on earth I was capable of creating to perfect
specimens, but I did.
Now to touch
base on how Holden spoilt this Mummy, along with a selected group of
bloggers.
My morning
started like most, getting the little ones prepped for the day, dropping Hails
off at school and then driving to an event. But with this event there was a
little pit stop.
I pulled into
the Holden Warehouse in Port Melbourne and was shuffled into a boardroom with
staff and other bloggers where we were briefed.
Then we
headed out to the car park where the hardest decision I had to make for the day
took place- what car would I drive for the day. I was tossing up between the
Holden Captiva or the Holden Trax, but seeming’s as I'm on the market for a
Captiva I went with that option.
As soon as I
laid eyes on the Captiva I knew I had made the right decision. It was sleek,
sexy and a real Mummy car- everything I wanted.
Then
when I buckled in, I took five minutes to just sit there and admire. For me
when looking into buying a new car it had to have an impressive dashboard. If
it didn't then it lost my bid. The Holden Captiva was just as stunning on the
inside as it was on the outside.
So once the
fleet was assembled and ready to go we hit the streets in a long line. It
didn't take long at all to get the feel for everything, but this might also be
the fact that I already drive a Holden.
I didn't need
a manual to learn about the car, I just figured it all out. I won't go into too
much detail on the car though as I will be writing an in depth review once I
get more of a feel for the car.
But we were
headed for Oakridge in the Yarra Valley, which I had never been to before. As a
matter of fact I have never in my life been to The Yarra Valley full stop.
It took about
an hour and a half including traffic to get there. And upon driving into the
winery it painted such a pretty picture all these Holden's driving in a dirt
road surrounded by grape vines with the winery sat perfectly on the hill.
We couldn't
have asked for more perfect weather, 25 and sunny with a few clouds floating
around but not many.
So Holden's
first surprise they organised a pickling class with Matt Stone in Oakland’s
barrel storage room, which to be honest was breath taking. Being on the lookout
for venue locations for my own wedding Oakland was my first real taster of the
Yarra Valley.
Chef Matt
Stone, formerly chef of Greenhouse in Perth and Brothl in Melbourne has headed himself
and chef partner up to Oakland Winery to take on a new twist in the Yarra
Valley.
Matt stone
demonstrated and then allowed us to create our own Kim Chi, which is an Asian
inspired pickled vegetable- perfect for salads, side and even on toast.
After getting
our hands dirty we were led into the main building where there was a private
seating area for us. Tables lined with beautiful floral arrangements and
pristine crockery. There was even a cute little table set out for the little
ones and I was lucky to be sat near them so I could keep an eye on my little
one (even though most of the day was spent running around with her newly made
friends).
We all sat
down for a set lunch with the Holden cars lined up outside the window in front
of the grape vines, it made for the perfect photo.
I had the
chicken for lunch, which was absolutely divine and finished every last bit.
Madison ordered
the bangers and mash, but hers was extremely fancy and pretty much an adults
dish as apposed to a kiddies meal (she loved it though).
We were meant
to have dessert but fell quite behind taking photos and getting caught up in
general chat with the other bloggers and Holden staff.
I think it
was around 3pm we left Oakridge, even though this was the scheduled time to
have returned already (whoops). I was ok with it though, although I wasn’t ok
with being stuck in traffic.
It was a
struggle handing the keys back as I honestly didn’t want to give them their
Captiva back :p
Personally I
can’t wait to get working with Holden further and being able to share with all
my beautiful followers. And I also can’t
wait to purchase a new car- still completely sold on the Captiva.
