Nothing beats the buzz of a Monday morning. Everyone jumping out of bed ready to seize the day and achieve their short term goals. Reenergised from the weekend and feeling invincible with a “can do” attitude. Who am I kidding?!? Mondays rank a very comfortable 7th in the league table of daily mornings and the uphill struggle ahead seems insurmountable for most of the day.
Now please don’t criticise me for a negative attitude, as I’m just succumbing to the usual cliche. As far as Mondays go, this really wasn’t a bad one, helped no end by the presence of Grandma who is clearly very comfortable in her holiday home and won’t want to leave at this rate.
So what made it into today’s top 5 I hear you cry! Read on dear reader, read on…
1. The usual Monday morning routine slowly rolled into action as we tried to feed and dress 2 little monkeys in time to get them to nursery (and holiday club). It was all relatively uneventful until Steph went into E’s room to look out her clothes. Now E likes to have around a dozen teddies and soft toys lined up at the bottom of her bed (pretty creepy if you ask me as it just looks like they are watching her sleeping). But Steph found one of the stuffed rabbits with a book propped up and open in front of it. We asked E about it and she explained that she had done it as the rabbit is apparently called Belle (from Beauty and the Beast) and so loves reading books and she is reading a different one every day until Christmas. I mean that’s a unique style of countdown and one very clever rabbit! 📚
2. Grandma was thrilled to accompany us to nursery and see where the magic happens. I do feel sorry for the staff who have to put up with our two, but at least they get paid for it and get to hand them back to the parents at the end of each day! We wandered in as usual and I was definitely ill prepared for the reaction of my little lad who, for the first time, decided he didn’t want to go. He didn’t kick off at first, instead just looking disinterested and dragging his heels. Gentle persuasion didn’t work and when I picked him up to hand him over, we got a full blown meltdown in return. The staff were excellent and I made for a hasty exit hoping that he would be fine. And so he was. Apparently as soon as I’d left he went back to normal and had a great day. But of course I spent all day worrying about him! 😭
3. After a hard day of #RemoteWorking suddenly I was back in the car with Grandma ready to pick the kids up again. Where did those 8 hours go?? I missed them really and couldn’t wait to find out what they had been up to. Little did I know I was about to find a staff member with a clipboard waiting for me. I could see the piece of paper was headed “Accident Form” and I immediately assumed M had been climbing somewhere he shouldn’t be. Turns out he knocked heads with a little girl as they were running past each other. They thought he would get upset as it was quite a knock but actually it turned out he found the whole thing hilarious and spent all afternoon laughing. It crossed my mind that they still have a lot to learn about my little bruiser, as I signed the parent notification section of the accident form. 🤕
4. When we got home the kids discovered that a little planter had mysteriously appeared in the garden, having been constructed from the spare pieces of timber not used in the platform. It was meant to be a toy box but their imaginations ran wild and in a 5 minute period it became a playpen and a cot and a pirate ship and finally a picnic area. They decided they wanted to have their tea outside and so sat really nicely in the planter eating pizza. The sun was shining and there was no sign of the promised rain. Only one thing could improve this picturesque scene and at that moment a glass of wine was brought out to me. Sheer bliss!! 🍷
5. Monday night = Yoga night but with a bit of a twist this evening, and I don’t mean because of the bottles of wine consumed in advance! Instead of completing the class by myself, I had two fellow yogis with me which was a lovely change. It definitely added a different dimension as my ability to stay focused was pushed right to the limit. Trying to steal a glance over to see what others are doing shows why attending a physical class would be a challenge for me. To be fair both E and Grandma were pretty impressive as the photos show – downward dogs and dolphins and cobras was the name of the game tonight and I’ve managed to cave them all up again, well until next week… 🧘♂️
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