A wet weekend is underway but lots of excitement in the Low household! Despite a later than usual night last night, including an impromptu midnight visit from E, coupled with an early start from M, we couldn’t ignore the fact that E has had an amazing week doing her schoolwork and we are so proud of her. So we decorated the house last night and declared today “E’s Party Day”. This essentially meant she got to call all the shots and decide what we did, what we ate etc etc.
You will not be surprised to hear that she took to her new role (self declared as being “Boss of the House”) like a duck to water. She ruled with an iron fist!
Given that is was all about her, I’m dedicating today’s top 5 to my gorgeous daughter:
1. After the excitement of finding the decorations downstairs, E set about making decisions about her day. Very early she ordained that Daddy needed to go to the shops and we needed cake and party food. I mean, what’s the point in having a party day named after you if it doesn’t have the key components? I told her she’d need to write a shopping list for me. So this is what she put on it: cake, small spicy sausages (cocktail sausages), milk, hummus and party food. If only Steph’s shopping lists were so to the point! 🛒
2. Off I went to the supermarket, with a sneaky little stop off at Blackberries Patisserie to surprise E with some very tasty cake to celebrate her special day. Wow those are some mighty fine treats! One thing Steph had asked me to pick up whilst out was ingredients for a cocktail. Emma cottoned onto this at lunchtime and wanted to try, so she was made a mocktail. This went down VERY well and soon she was knocking them back. I suppose she was just copying what she sees every evening/afternoon/occasional morning. 🍸
3. Another pretty unsurprising part of the day was the movie-a-thon. I mean if E is getting to choose and it is wet outside, it was always going to be likely. Fortunately for me, she decided she wanted to watch Frozen 2 (for the sixth consecutive day!) whilst I was shopping so I managed to avoid becoming a blubbering wreck on consecutive days. This afternoon featured a rather strange unusual mix of Winnie the Pooh feature films alternated with Julia Donaldson adaptations. Matthew missed most with a mammoth nap and Steph joined in for a short period. Not the most exciting party, I grant you, but it left me to put me feet up and read a book! It’s been a while since I’ve had the opportunity to do that! 📖
4. We’ve established that M is a growing boy and feeds constantly. We’ve also finally realised that he really isn’t a fan of traditional mealtimes and would much rather just snack 20 times a day and skip all meals. Whilst it can get frustrating at points, he’s impossible to be mad at because of his cheeky grin and loving approach to most things. He came for biscuits this afternoon, as usual, and took a spare for E, as usual. Steph followed to just make sure he didn’t sneak it into his mouth on his way through but to his credit he just laid it onto her tummy as she lay watching the end of Stickman. It’s true sibling love and something I’m going to miss a lot very soon when it disappears! 🍪
5. Tonight we had burgers for tea and then I hosted my weekly quiz for the swimming club. Whilst I was busy doing that, and Steph had nipped to the toilet, unbeknownst to both of us E had climbed up onto the windowsill in the living room and was hanging out of the open window chatting to the neighbours. I mean credit to her for her very rigorous compliance with social distancing but you can imagine Steph’s face when she walked in and just saw the legs sticking out! 🦵🦵
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