I can now declare that henceforth the 29th August shall be known as Shed Day. It is with no small level of relief that I say that as this job seems to have taken over my life for quite a while now.
It won’t come as a surprise that the big shed construction exercise makes today’s top 5 but what else made the cut? Read on to find out….
1. After the stress of yesterday, finding out that the shed was stranded in a broken down lorry somewhere, I was delighted to receive a call at 8am this morning to say it was on its way. It meant we could get building at 9am, just as the light drizzle started. The manufacturer suggested 8-10 hours to construct and boy did we use all of that. To be fair the actually construction took considerably less time but the readjustment of the doors to make sure they actually closed took a good couple of hours! A big job completed and I think I might just stick a bunk bed in there and ship the kids out so we can have some peace and quiet. I suspect Steph won’t agree and my clear out of the garage will be under way shortly! 🚪
2. Whilst we were out doing manly things, the women and children were inside amusing themselves. I didn’t really have a clue what was going on but found out later that a whole day of activities had been planned. High on the list was some baking with Disney lemon biscuits having been requested by E. It seems to be that Grandma did nearly all of the rolling out and cutting but E did help too. She ate most of them before anyone else could get a look in! 🍪
3. The kitchen floor needed a good clean today and with Mammy’s new fancy mop available, E was super keen to volunteer. She actually did a really good job and didn’t complain at all about having to do some housework. I certainly got a dirty look when I came in to use the toilet with my muddy shoes on. She is also keen on our Dyson and takes great pride in tidying her bedroom and helping out generally especially if there are fairy garden points on offer. It is great for us as we feel we are winning as parents, but we are a tad concerned that when she goes back to school and is asked what she’s done during lockdown she will answer that she’s been Cinderella. I’ll just wait for the phone call from the Head Teacher… 🧼
4. It is well recorded that M is a bit of a jigsaw fiend and so it didn’t surprise me to see a whole series laid out on the coffee table at lunchtime. I didn’t know that there had been a number all mixed together so M and Grandma had been working together to separate all the pieces. They were nearly finished when they stopped for lunch. You can’t take your eyes off that boy for a second. He excused himself and was next seen looking very proud of himself with all the jigsaws pushed onto the floor and mixed together again. In fact the only time I’ve seen him prouder was when he learned how to pick his nose and then smear it in his Daddy’s arm! What a lad! 🧩
5. Tonight was a very special evening as Mammy headed out for a girlie night. A very deserved one at that! So I was in charge of feeding the kids and getting them ready for bed. All went pretty smoothly and after M was tucked up in his bed I agreed to play a game of Rummikub with E and Grandma. Now E has only watched us play a couple of times before but was insistent she wanted to play by herself and knew what she was doing. I kept an eye on her and couldn’t believe she knew what she was doing. But she did. Boy, did she! A win for E in her first ever game and Daddy and Grandma were left pretty red faced. I thought I’d have a few more years before my kids would start beating me at things! 🌝
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