Today felt like a bit of a carbon copy of yesterday. Starting with an early wake up call, dodging rain showers all day and finishing with another instalment of Hamilton (we might get it finished tomorrow night!) To be fair M did let me sleep in an extra 12 minutes this morning, so he presumably knew it was a Sunday.
I’m sat this evening struggling to understand how the weekend is over already, and that is even taking into account I’ve had a 3 day one! I already know it’s going to be an incredibly busy week at work so we tried to make the most of the time with the kids today, and they were in fine form as always.
Here we go with the top 5:
1. My big objective today was to complete run number 29 of my GNR challenge. I’ve been wanting to do a longer one for a while and somehow talked myself into doing 16k this morning. I put on my new Scotland top in the hope it would bring me good luck and shoved some jelly babies in my pocket so I could have a boost when I was flagging. The first 11k wasn’t too bad actually but when I reached my previous furthest distance the legs really began to seize up. But I completed it even though I wanted to throw up for a good hour afterwards. Perhaps that was the overdosing of jelly babies! I definitely won’t be doing that distance every time though!! 🏃🏼
2. When I arrived home, the big summer holiday catwalk show was just starting. This will be familiar to many of you, as it involves E trying on all items of new school uniform that her Mammy has been buying up during the holidays. I remember as a child having to do this and it was always a task where the focus was on completing it as quickly as possible. Not my daughter! She insisted on two yoga mats being laid out so she had a proper runway and we then had a selection of poses and pouts for each item. She is so tall these days and looks really grown up in her uniform. Only 10 days until she is back at school after nearly 6 months and boy is she excited. Pandemic or no pandemic, she is going to be skipping in on the first day! 🎓
3. The new decking is now complete and looks brilliant. It does seem a real shame to put a shed on it and hide most of the craftsmanship but needs must. I am a tad worried that the shed might not actually arrive as it appears to be sold out and I’m still awaiting confirmation of my delivery (which was due this week). The kids have enjoyed running around in circles on it and E even persuaded me to ballroom dance on it with her. In the meantime Steph has already planned out how she wants the garage to be converted into a utility room, although more extras seem to be added on a daily basis. I suppose that’s incentive enough for me to be getting on with it! 💃
4. We had a real scare this afternoon whilst Steph and E were out to wish Warren a happy birthday. M had refused to go for a nap but was playing nicely as Daddy and Grandma were FaceTiming Aunty Katy. We both suddenly realised he had wandered into another room and was uncharacteristically quiet. Grandma headed off and having checked every room and called his name, he could not be found. I was a little surprised but not unduly worried at this point. I went off and checked all his usual hiding places yet still couldn’t locate him. The search spread further and Grandma even went out into the street whilst I checked the garage. We were adamant he couldn’t have left the house so a second search upstairs commenced and Grandma eventually found him hiding in the spare room shower cubicle, covered in shampoo and smearing soap all over the shower screen. That was most definitely not a nice few minutes although he seemed to find the thing completely hilarious! 🙈
5. Bedtime was all about kisses. E has always given good smackers but M is a little less sure. He’s learnt to blow kisses pretty well, especially given how much we’ve relied on FaceTime during lockdown, but in the flesh he’s a bit reserved. Tonight saw a complete reversal however, as after his bath he was just determined to give slobbery wet kisses. I must have had at least 30, each coupled with a strange noise which I can only describe as a crescendoing hum which reached a climax at the end of the kiss. For all that he’s a complete monster and you can’t take your eyes off of him, he has his angelic moments of pure perfection, as does his sister who promptly went to his bedroom when he was crying and read him a story and tucked him in. Being a dad is amazing! 🥰
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