So according to my new calendar, today was a Runday. A nice 3am wake up call from E who thought she’d be more comfortable in our bed, followed by M wide awake at 5.30am. Why not start the day like this? I made a schoolboy error on my 8.5 mile run, deciding to go a new route and getting lost in a forest half way through. But it’s completed and only 13 more runs to go…. 🥴 Please don’t forget we are trying to raise much needed money for a great cause and if you haven’t already please consider sponsoring us – www.justgiving.com/fundraising/DaveLow
Once I had recovered, I was in charge of #HomeSchooling and to my surprise it actually went quite well. A bit of yoga to get us going and then maths, phonics, English and spelling. Our theme today was Quarantine and E did a lovely poster with the things she likes about it, the things she doesn’t and what she is most looking forward to doing when the lockdown is lifted. Seeing all her grandparents featured highly in that last list!
It’s hard to believe we are onto R tomorrow – time is really flying during lockdown. I’m really hoping we don’t end up going back to the beginning again otherwise Arguments, Bickering, Conflict and Divorce might be the themes!
Anyway, here are my top 5 for today:
1. As you know, Steph and I have been working shifts to try and allow us to juggle work and childcare. It’s had mixed success but whenever we swap over there’s definitely a sense that whoever is moving onto the childcare has the short straw. I noticed something today during the swap overs. When I’m moving onto work I normally say to Steph “this is what we’ve done, the kids have been fed, oh and I’ve just changed M.” Conversely when Steph is going to work she seems to finish the handover with “oh and M might need changing!” I probably should’ve cottoned onto this sooner!! 💩
2. I made a rather disturbing discovery when changing one of M’s many nappies today. Now occasionally the odd crumb falls out of his nappy when I open it but on the whole what is in his dirty nappies is what one would expect. But not today. I opened the nappy to find a picture frame in there. Now, I don’t mean a full size one!! I mean a toy one from E’s Sylvanian Family set. But still, how on earth did he get that in there, and why? I’m not sure which is the more mystifying. 🖼
3. With rain forecast in the afternoon, we took advantage of the dry morning to embark on our first ever tennis lesson in the garden. M was a wonderful ball boy and E actually listened to what I was saying and did much better than I had expected. She has a fearsome forehand and almost injured me with one stroke! I think my highlight however was M trying to plant the tennis balls in the flower bed. I’m not sure what he is trying to grow but he was certainly keen to get them in there. 🎾
4. Back to M and toileting! We lost him at one point today (I say we but apparently it was my responsibility!) when he disappeared off. I found him hiding in the downstairs toilet sat on the potty which we put there in an optimistic hope that he might be trained a bit earlier than E was. Given that he was there I helped him to take his nappy down and sit on it properly. He found this incredibly amusing and then shocked me by getting a piece of toilet roll and then pushed down the flush. He’s clearly been watching and learning! We shall see whether this will be a lockdown success story – personally I doubt it given how lazy my boy can be sometimes. I mean why do it yourself when you have 2 parents who are willing to get their hands dirty and do it for you? 🚽
5. “Are you serious?” is the new favourite phrase of E’s which she trots our multiple times every day whenever we say no to her. There is so much sass in her voice it is difficult to take her seriously, especially when the hand goes on the hip. It does make me think about other places she will go post lockdown (school, sports clubs, drama etc) and how she will deal with not getting her own way there. I mean John McEnroe she isn’t and I worry it will be taken as rudeness. I don’t think she means it like that and genuinely cannot process why anyone would even consider refusing her entirely reasonable requests (demands). I mean an entire chocolate Easter egg for breakfast is reasonable isn’t it? 🙋🏼
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