I’ll confess I’ve always had a titter when I see the Gym marked on the hotel map on holiday. I mean who wants to go to the gym when you’re on holiday? Yet here I am, on holiday, having completed a 4 mile run, more cycling and a Yoga class and it’s only Monday! How my life has changed!
Tonight everyone is already tucked up and fast asleep (except me) after another very full and busy day. So many stories to tell and smiles on faces and I don’t even know where to begin. But I need to find a top 5 and so take a deep breath and dive right in…
1. Despite the very challenging day yesterday at the Sir Chris Hoy school of cycling here in Aberdeen, we went again today. E was not so keen but reluctantly agreed to practice her starts and stops on the driveway. That did not go well and before too long she stormed inside, throwing the bike down and saying we should put it in the bin. We followed her in and found her messing on with her helmet. It turned out the Velcro was stuck to her hair so Grandma shoved a piece of kitchen roll in and that did the trick. Suddenly she changed into a different girl and went back outside and just took off. So we packed up the car and headed to the park and away she went. With the promise of an ice cream if she did a whole lap she’s definitely cracked this whole cycling malarkey. Poor Daddy had to run to keep up but it was definitely worth it to see her master this life skill. I asked how far she thought she could cycle now and apparently 180 miles is her limit. Not sure Daddy will be running all that way! 🚵♂️
2. It only took a very short period of time of M watching his big sister before he decided that he’d quite like to ride a bike too. So he jumped on his new balance bike and took to it like a duck to water. He’s so proud of himself running up and down. There’s definitely something about the second child and the amount they learn from the first born. I just wish I could choose which bits he picks up from E and which bits I can re-teach (we don’t always get things right the first time!) Apparently tomorrow we’re all going out again on the bikes to hammer home everything learnt today. Got to love boot camp! 👫
3. One of the photos I took at the park today, which you can see below, saw E celebrating cycling around the entire park by herself and standing on a stone pillar. After I took the photo she started panting really heavily and I asked what she was doing. She replied that for the photo she needed to breathe in. I asked why and I’ll confess I immediately assumed she was trying to breathe in to make her tummy look smaller because she’s been talking recently about different sizes of tummies. I needn’t have been worried as the reply I got back was “Well Daddy, I breathed in because I need to stay alive.” She looked genuinely confused as to why I was questioning her life choice to breathe in and out regularly. I do worry she will think I’m a right weirdo in the years to come! 🤪
4. I scream. You scream. We all scream for ice cream! Of course we had to have ice cream at the park and even M timed his nap perfectly so he woke up just as the cones arrived. I had to run back to the car to get my face mask and then E wanted to come with me into the cafe shop negotiating all the way about how many scoops she would get. Her negotiating skills are pretty impressive! I got her down from three scoops to two but she did get a flake on top. Most of it ended up on her dress, in her hair or up her nose but boy did she enjoy it! It’s definitely my go to choice of bribe and works every time! I also get to have one too, just to make it fair you understand! 🍦
5. This evening was the third BBQ tea in a row as we continue to make the most of this unexpectedly glorious weather. I was in charge of cooking the meat as everyone else brought out the side dishes, plates, drinks etc. Great teamwork and even the kids lent a hand. Just as the food was ready some ominous black clouds suddenly came over and as it happened I needed to pop inside at that moment. Just as I pulled the door behind me the heavens opened and it rained. I mean it really rained. Torrential downpour! My poor family were stranded under the open gazebo and I couldn’t do anything. Well, I could have I suppose but I would’ve got very wet so I just had to wave from inside the house until the rain stopped and then I went to survey the damage. It wasn’t my fault Steph was wearing slippers or that everything was soaked. Fortunately I managed to capture a photo showed the slightly wet weather! ☔️
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