Intermittent heavy showers? Why not for the last Sunday in June. Perfect weather for the start of a new running challenge (more below).
After last night’s post, imagine my surprise when I was dispatched to the shop this morning to buy some medicine for Steph. By medicine I do, of course, mean wine. Lots of wine. It was to go with a lovely Sunday roast which she made for us all – Sundays often remind me of the main reason I married her. She makes the most amazing Yorkshire puddings! Now of course there are other reasons too, but between you and me dear reader, the Yorkshire puddings definitely clinched the deal!
So what did the Lows get up to today? Read on for the details of the top 5:
1. After completing my running challenge earlier on in lockdown, I’ve been using my leg injury very much as an excuse to avoid running very much. That is no good at all, especially when Steph is well on with her own C25k challenge. So following the postponement of the Great North Run this year, I have instead signed up for the GNE Solo which requires 40 runs over the next 78 days. This morning was a nice easy start to get the legs warmed up again. I can’t believe both of us were out running before 8.30am on a Sunday morning. How life has changed over the last 103 days! 🏃♂️
2. Today’s matinee at our home cinema was Toy Story 4. Any excuse for Daddy to dress up as Buzz Lightyear and no, definitely no photos available for your delectation! This was quickly followed by the delivery of an extra birthday present for M. He loves his new basketball hoop but particularly loves the cardboard box it came in. Kids are so funny like that. It also came with a set of multicoloured hoops and a football. He’s on cloud 9 – he’s even ignored his jigsaws so he could play with it all. 🏀
3. I am delighted to report that this weekend was finally the weekend we got some jobs ticked off the house task list. We had a bit of a false start last weekend when we started on E’s bedroom but gave up as it was just soul destroying. We summoned up the courage and attacked both the kids’ bedrooms this afternoon and absolutely smashed it! Toys and clothes sorted, rearranged, tidied and bin bags filled. As Steph has just said, “doesn’t it give you a sense of achievement?” I dutifully replied with “yes, it’s so good to get it done” whilst thinking that I couldn’t think of anything worse than to spend my Sunday afternoon tidying bedrooms. Do that make me a bad man, or the same as every other man (or is that the same thing)? 😳
4. E is a big fan of hot chocolate and tries to wangle at least one every day. She isn’t stupid and knows that a proper hot chocolate involves squirty cream and marshmallows. Given that she has been really good today she got to have one tonight before bed. I walked into the kitchen just as Steph was asking “How do you want your hot chocolate?” I assumed E was going to reply with “squirty cream and marshmallows” but instead she trotted out what was quite possibly my favourite answer ever given in this house, “Hot Mammy!” When coupled with a look of expectation and a hand on the hip, I do worry what we have created! ☕️
5. Early to rise, early to bed! The kids still refuse to accept that long lies on a Sunday morning are perfectly acceptable. I don’t mean sleeping until lunchtime, but even until half 7 would be a treat. Instead they were both up even earlier than normal. M refused to nap this afternoon so we ended up with two shattered little ones this evening. Bless M came out of his bath at 6pm and fell asleep on my lap in his towel. I can’t believe I dressed him and he stayed completely flat out. E wasn’t far behind which has meant Steph and I have had the longest evening, just the two of us, in the whole of lockdown. I’m hoping we haven’t set a cycle in motion and it’s another early start tomorrow! 😴
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