And in a flash another week of work is done and we all have a weekend to look forward to. A wet July weekend. The joy! At least we can go the pub tomorrow although personally I couldn’t think of anything less appealing at present. Instead we will be doing our usual of being anti social and avoiding as many people as we can! I guess the weekly trip to the supermarket will continue to be a highlight but only so I can count how many different styles of face masks I spot.
Today was a good day upon reflection as whilst we stayed indoors the kids were pretty good (that counts as a ringing endorsement these days). E actually agreed to do some #HomeSchooling and ate all three of her meals with not a single complaint. M on the other hand decided that plates are no longer relevant in his life and preferred instead to categorise all food items and line them up on the table. Oh how we laughed!
Right a Friday night top 5 for you to sample:
1. What a lovely wake up call. I emerged to my slumber to the sound of E’s voice saying. “Would you like a cuddle Daddy?” I mean what more could a man ask for to get him into a positive frame of mind and ready for the day. I muttered “yes please” but instead of getting a cuddle I got a reply, “Just a minute then. I need to go and wipe my snot away as you don’t want child’s snot on you!” Oh, the joys of children and their disgusting ways (although perhaps not that disgusting since she went to get a tissue rather than using my shoulder or hair.) 😪
2. I heard a lot of noise coming from downstairs as I was finishing off before lunch. I was intrigued as to what was happening so when I came down I asked E who replied with “Do you know what a pillow fight is Daddy?” I mean I was dominating pillow fights well below I reached adulthood let alone had children. So I confidently replied that I certainly did know what a pillow fight was and I was immense at them. And so it was on. We cleared the living room and I took on the kids in a no holds barred grudge match. The only problem was that I hadn’t realised that as a parent you can’t really go all out otherwise you will genuinely hurt your own flesh and blood. I also hadn’t realised quite how fast my kids are and it’s very complicated when there are two of them running rings around you. And so it ended up with me lying on the floor and them jumping up and down on my stomach. I put on a brave face and to E’s credit she was a good winner but secretly I died a little inside! 💪
3. This afternoon’s matinee was Wreck it Ralph (the second one- yes apparently there are two!). Not a film I’ve ever seen and neither has E. M had finally gone down for his nap and Steph managed to convince E that it would be more fun to watch something new rather than Frozen 2 (again!) It didn’t last long however as E then appeared upstairs and asked if she could stay with me. When I asked why she revealed that Mammy was making her watch a movie about a virus and she didn’t like viruses as they stop her going to school and seeing her friends and seeing her Grandmas. I was a tad confused as to what global pandemic movie Steph had put on and why that would have been appropriate for a 5 year old. I quickly learnt the movie was about a computer virus but clearly just the V word has triggered a negative reaction. 💻
4. Steph took on some RE work with E this afternoon and in particular completed some worksheets about God being our shepherd. As ever this prompted some challenging questions from E about shepherds and sheep. She had particular concerns about us all being called sheep “because we’re not sheep, we’re humans!” Apparently our lack of a woolly coat is definitive reasoning for a 5 year old. Sometimes I’m delighted that my wife takes the brunt of the schoolwork! 🐑
5. Tonight has been another battle to get the kids to bed. They normally go down so easily but not this week! M decided to trash his bedroom tonight when he was meant to be asleep and made such a racket they we had to bring him down. When up sorting that out Steph heard a noise from E’s room and went in to find her hiding her kindle which she had smuggled into her room so she could watch Sarah & Duck. So she ended up downstairs as well. I gave her a good telling off about smuggling things into her room and locked the kindle away in a cupboard. Interestingly it occurred to me that this would be the same approach I would take if she ever smuggles things into her bedroom in future, including any boys! 😏
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