So the pubs, restaurants and hairdressers are open today but we didn’t visit any of those. In fact, we are still in our little bubble doing exactly the same as we have been doing for the last 108 days. I’m sure we will venture out at some point as we can’t stay in lockdown forever!
In the meantime it’s been a pretty standard Saturday, quiz writing, a little run and doing the weekly shop. It was a pretty uneventful day until you factor in my two delights and you suddenly have a busy and challenging day!
Here we go with a weekend top 5:
1. A busy week meant that I hadn’t had a chance to even think about starting preparing my quiz for tonight until this morning. Steph has been helping a huge amount over the last few weeks whilst on furlough and so I’d forgotten quite how long it takes to write it. I’ve been pondering what to do with all of these questions after lockdown is over, as I must have over 1,000 now. Perhaps I’ll write a quiz book to go alongside my published diary! You can definitely tell I have two little kids however as I don’t realise until I’m hosting the quiz quite how many Disney based questions I manage to squeeze in. I can’t help but feel it will end up being my specialist subject before too long! 🤓
2. I dragged myself out in the rain for the 4th instalment of my GNR Solo challenge. It was actually dry when I left the house so I made the mistake of going along the old railway line rather than the roads and ended up sliding around in the mud and splashing through the puddles. There’s something life affirming about running in the rain though. It’s hard to describe, especially as a non-runner (and I do still class myself as that!) but it’s somehow more motivational knowing that you’re not just waiting for some nice weather. I might not feel the same over the next 36 runs but for now I’m just going to enjoy the feeling! 🏃♂️
3. For no apparent reason the kids decided that today was going to be about tower building. They couldn’t even wait to get the building blocks downstairs, stopped half way to build. There is a definite division of the roles between them. E takes pride in being the builder and M is definitely the demolition expert. Given that he is a wannabe rugby player the whole concept of taking down anything is high on his list of joys. The only other things that come close, to his mind, are his regular releases of wind and singing along to Frozen 2. Small things but they bring him so much happiness! 🤪
4. I successfully navigated a much busier supermarket today to complete our weekly shop. With full cupboards and a bulging fridge I was left in the charge of making tea, such were the options. I was not trusted entirely and so was given a choice of 6 recipes, all of which had been vetted by Steph. I opted for some homemade turkey tikka burgers with raita which came together really nicely and were proper tasty. I shouldn’t have been so cocky however as I had not appreciated that where there was an option to either mix by hand or use the blender it had been expected I would do the latter. What does it matter? I heard you cry. Well quite a lot apparently as the presence of non blended spring onions within the burgers meant that they were ruined and not fit for my wife’s consumption. All the more for me I suppose but being a husband (even after 7 years) continues to be a steep learning curve. I need to keep trying to master my mind reading skills. 🤷🏼♂️
5. Whilst we’ve been working with E on her schoolwork, M hasn’t been forgotten and he’s trying to pick up new words. E is very keen to be his teacher and keeps saying “don’t worry, I’ll work on that word with him”. I dread to imagine which words she would prioritise if it was up to her (no doubt “pudding” would feature very high up the list!) He still loves E’s Frozen sled toy and Steph has been teaching him the names Anna, Elsa, Olaf and Sven. The only problem is that any time she holds up the Elsa doll he just starts belting out “Let It Go”! He’s definitely mastered Yes and No but sadly prefers the latter! Feel free to put forward any requests and I’m happy to try and teach him! 🗣
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