Well there we have it. Yet another lockdown weekend completed and everyone is tucked up in bed. After the excitement of yesterday, today was a slightly more sedate affair. E had some difficulty letting go of her “I’m the boss of the house” role and ordained this morning that if she couldn’t be in charge then today should be Mammy’s day. In an unexpected turn of events (which happened so fast I suspect it was all pre-planned between them!) Steph immediately replied saying “Sounds good. I choose to do nothing today so I’m off upstairs to read a book and the kids are all yours today Daddy!”
At least the weather stayed dry and we had the chance for some outdoor activity, coupled with the usual mooching around the house. I can’t believe tomorrow is Day 90 of this diary, and of our lockdown experience. Who knows what the new week will bring.
But before then, here’s a quick top 5 to round of this week:
1. The big challenge today was taking E out to try and teach her to ride her bike. We did try once before with limited success but I was feeling positive, motivated and to be honest a little cocky that I could get her going in short order. There was only one problem with my plan… E! Now she does want to learn but has already picked up some pretty impressive debating skills and likes to talk a lot. As you can tell, she’s inherited a lot of attributes from her Mammy! After a bit of running around, catching her, coaxing her, bribing her, kissing her knees, shouting at her and cuddling her we finally gave up and came home to admit defeat. And then in the last 20metres she decided she could do it!!! I’m so proud of her but we need to keep it going to make sure it wasn’t a fluke! She even said tonight after her bath that she wanted to go out on her bike again tomorrow but doesn’t want to be naked – I didn’t know that nude riding was on the cards! 🚲
2. Feeling buoyed by E’s success, and with my leg still hurting and putting me off from running, I decided to dust off my own bike today and went out for a little ride. I only wanted to do a little bit of exercise, but boy it was fun, and without any planning I ended up going 16 miles. Even the sun came out a one point which caught me by surprise. I need to remember for my next one to wear a face mask however. Not to prevent the spread of Covid-19 but to stop all the bugs and insects flying into my mouth. There’s only so many times you can tell yourself that the protein is good for you as you swallow them down! 😷
3. Today saw the arrival of Steph’s latest online purchases which were a set of Russian dolls together with some paints. Weirdly the whole Russia theme seems to have turned from a one day thing into almost a week much to the confusion of some of our neighbours who don’t understand what the Russia thing is all about. They’re going to be even more confused when we move onto Sweden and there are pictures of meatballs, ABBA and IKEA stores stuck in the window! Before then however I think the girls are planning on painting the dolls tomorrow, if they can prise them away from M and he has decided they are his new favourite toy. 🇷🇺
4. It’s the big news you’ve all been waiting for – yes, E decided to watch Frozen 2 yet again to make it a nice round 7 days in a row. Fortunately it timed perfectly into my bike ride to I missed the whole thing. She is delighted with her new Elsa dress and has worn it for 2 days now, only getting out of it for her bike ride and that is only because Daddy insisted it would get stuck in the wheels. The highlight of today’s screen time was however during the adverts. Now those of you with little delights will hopefully relate to the frustration of them wanting absolutely everything that pops up during the adverts. There could be 12 things advertised during one changeover and Emma will want or need every single thing. It’s relentless and very annoying! So imagine our surprise when a new doll came on the screen and E announced “I do NOT want that toy. No way!” It shows our differing parenting styles when Steph said “ok well that’s a change” and I said “I’ll get if for your Christmas then!” (just to wind her up!) 📺
5. Daddy’s supervision was not all plain sailing as there were screams of pain and crying echoing through from the living room as I was making the tea. I went through to find E curling up in a ball on the floor crying and M lying on top of her cuddling her. After calming her down I discovered he had hit her on the head with the iPad and he was sent to sit on the naughty step. Instead he went upstairs to find his Mammy who came down and fixed everything in the way only she can. This included a magic kiss on E’s head which made the pain go away and telling M to say sorry, hug her and kiss her, which he did (twice). I have so much to learn but at least I have a cracking teacher! 🤕
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