Today was a rough day. I can’t even be bothered dressing it up tonight. I have no idea what happened to tell you the truth; we didn’t have any warning, we didn’t have a bad night’s sleep, no one is ill. It just has been a really hard day. It’s weird because we had a few days like this early on in lockdown but I’d thought we’d learnt how to cope with everything 2020 has thrown at us. Clearly we were a tad overconfident about that! I went out for my 17th run tonight in the hope that would help but sadly it just made things worse!! I’m sure tomorrow will be a better day.
This morning obviously started with the great TV remote controller hunt and I am delighted to reveal that it was finally located hidden in amongst M’s toys. I suspect many of you lost sleep last night at the thought of us being without TV, so you can rest easy in your beds tonight.
Even on a downer of a day, we still managed to find a top 5 so let’s get going:
1. Steph came downstairs to find E in the bathroom getting drinks for her & M. They then clinked their cups and said cheers. She even managed to capture the moment on camera. I should make clear it was water from the sink and not the toilet bowl!! It was a more successful drinking session than earlier on when E tried to be a big girl and make her own drink in the kitchen but managed to put the tap on full blast and so flooded the kitchen as she held her cup underneath. As with everything with my kids, it is a work in progress. 🥤
2. Following the Great Green Bottle Box Robbery earlier in lockdown when our recycle box went missing, the Council have finally delivered our replacement. This coincided with bin collection day so we needed to act quick to put our mark on the new one to try and prevent a repeat. Who do you call when you want some unique artwork on a random surface? My daughter of course! We had to rein her in a little and try and focus on painting numbers but I think she did a great job. Good luck to anyone who fancies walking away with this one! She also picked up a great points haul for helping Daddy out- roll on the fairy garden! 🍾
3. We made a big effort with the points today. As well as her points for painting, she also got some for tidying up, including her brother’s bedroom. Unfortunately this was offset by a point deduction for taking too long to put her socks on. Now that might sound harsh but whilst my long suffering wife got M’s socks on, her own shoes on, found M’s shoes from upstairs and put them on, got out the pushchair from the garage, had a conversation with E about how many points she gets for a mile (increased from 10 to 100) and wrote out her points so far, she only got one sock on!! She’s still made a few quid this week so we’re going to persevere with it all. 🧦
4. During the family walk (which I missed due to my ongoing #RemoteWorking) they saw the horse on the way past. Unfortunately someone was already there so they walked past and made sure they walked the same way back. The horse was a little too far for E to reach but she was distracted by the flies. She has a thing about flying insects. “Mammy, will they sting me?”
“No”
“Are they wasps?”
“No”
“I’m still scared” 🙄
5. M’s highlight today seems to have been finding E’s magnetic building blocks. I actually got them out as E wanted me to build her a princess palace at lunchtime. The design was left to me but her only condition was that it needed to have balconies. I was actually really pleased with my construction but M immediately trashed it before I could even take a photo. After we’d finished, he took over and had so much fun putting all the pieces in order (both shape and colour). He then started moving the piles around the house from one place to the next; E’s bedroom, the stairs, the back bedroom and then the stairs again. The smallest things bring him so much joy and I’ve learnt not to question it but just enjoy seeing him in his happy little world! 🥰
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