For the first time in a long time Daddy Daycare took centre stage as Steph headed into the office for the first time in over 3 months. I’m surprised I’m still awake this evening as they ran me ragged and I’m not quite sure where the time went.
We had a list of jobs Daddy really wanted to do so as to surprise Mammy before she came home from work. Inevitably that was overly ambitious and I reduced my expectation to just making it through the day in one piece. We did get the red car cleaned, a bit of housework and some reading with E so it wasn’t a complete disaster. The kids both survived too, with no broken bones so I’m chalking that up as a win!
As always, certain things stick in the mind and therefore land a spot in today’s top 5:
1. My poor boy is definitely in the phase of following his sister around like a lost child. It started this morning when I first came downstairs and found them sitting having a picnic together. He just loves her so much and wants to copy everything she does. We went outside this morning to use the bubble machine and whenever E went chasing bubbles M was bound to follow. They were determined to try and catch one. Later on they appeared in the kitchen together, holding hands, with a packed bag asking if they were in the airport as they were going on holiday together. Please, please, please let them continue to be this close and friendly to each other as they get older! Steph thinks that is wishful thinking! 👫
2. I had to take the kids with me as we visited E’s school to collect her yearly report. I was a tad confused when we received the message asking us to pop in to collect it as I haven’t even had a chance to write it yet! It turned out it only covered the period up to the start of lockdown and fortunately the comments did sound like they were talking about our daughter. I often wonder whether E acts the same way at school as she does at home. Boy, I hope not! When we were leaving I’d forgotten that some of her classmates would be in the playground as their parents are key workers. They were so excited to see each other even if it was through the railings (which made me think it looked like a zoo, but I was unsure which side was inside the cage!) Good luck social distancing these girls when they are all back in September! 🏫
3. On our way back from school we were passing close by Great Grandma Marian’s house and E asked if we could visit her. I explained that we could stop in and wave through the window but as it happened she was out in the garden and so we had an impromptu socially distant visit. E was a little nervous about visiting as she knows the older people are at higher risk with Covid-19 and that made GGM the “most delicate of all my grandmas”. Any anxiety was quickly dissipated when a chocolate biscuit and then a bag of sweets appeared for her and M. She is so easily bought! But it was lovely to spend a little bit of time together and the kids even had a little boogie on the patio! 👵🏼
4. In the car on the way home E started a conversation about the time she got stung by a stinging nettle. “Do you remember Daddy?”
“Yes of course, I was there! It wasn’t nice was it?”
“It was horrible Daddy. It really hurted!”
“You mean it really hurt?”
“No Daddy, you don’t understand it really hurted.”
“I do understand. I just meant that we don’t say hurted, we just say hurt.”
“But it happened before so we add ‘ed’.”
“Ummm ok. That’s right but some words are different and we don’t follow the normal rules.”
“Whatever Daddy. You’re just upsetting me now. But I’m trying to stay calm as I don’t want to get angry with you. Don’t make me shout at you. This isn’t school. I just wanted you to remember when my leg really hurted!” 🙄
5. E spent this evening being downright offensive to me after she asked how old I was. When I told her 35 she asked how old I would be at my birthday next month. I obviously said 36 but she then cut across me and said “No Daddy, you will be an old man.” I mean the cheek of it! She proceeded to stagger around the kitchen pretending to use a walking stick as she portrayed her fast approaching old aged Daddy. She found the whole thing hilarious and wouldn’t even listen as I tried to explain to her that the only thing aged about me is my hair colour and that was entirely her fault! If you get an invite to my surprise birthday party (which she just keeps mentioning to me) feel free to decline as we’ll just be sucking on Werther’s Originals and reminiscing about the war! 👨🏼🦳
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