And as always the end of the weekend has arrived far too quickly and a 5 day working week looms (my first for various reasons in a month)! Today has been a bit of a pain with the drizzle as we’ve tried to get the kids outside. We’ve definitely found a correlation between the amount of fresh air and the number of hours sleeping.
But we gave it a good go and ended up getting a fair bit of exercise. And it worked as they are both now flat out and I don’t feel like I’ll be far behind. Before my head hits the pillow I’ll take you through the day’s top 5:
1. Much to my amusement the deal struck last night for the 7am wake up call was completely ignored by E as she headed into Aunty Lucy’s room at 6.27am. Apparently she saw the “7” on her clock and assumed she was good to go. Of course she released her brother from his cage (sorry, baby gate) first and he headed into our room just to make sure all of the adults in the house started their Sunday nice and early. Whilst I understand E actually snuck in and went back to sleep with her Aunty, we were not so lucky and just got punched and kicked in the face until we took him downstairs. What a lovely start to the day! 😫
2. After loading up our iron levels with black pudding (both my kids have now decided it is the breakfast of champions) E and I headed out for a nice bike ride with my sister and brother in law. She once again did a fantastic job and is really getting the hang of her gear changes. Unfortunately she has developed a habit of stopping completely when passing though narrow openings, meaning she blocks the entire path with inevitably coincides with a runner or fellow cyclist being stopped from passing through. We only had one road to cross and of course E misjudged the dropped kerb completely and ended up being dragged off the road by a rather stressed Aunty Lucy as a car was approaching and showing no intention of slowing down even though there was clearly a little girl struggling to get her bike up onto the pavement. A sneaky jelly baby at the half way point spurred the girls on and we had a much faster return trip. 🚴🏼♀️
3. As soon as we got home I decided that the bike ride would be the warm up and so I headed straight back out again for a 5k run. I actually did the reverse of my run earlier in the week so had to pass through the sheep field again. They were much better behaved this time and kept their distance from that pesky sweaty Scotsman. I’m delighted that I’m down to 4 runs to go in my final week of the GNR solo challenge and am feeling like I’ll definitely get there – just got to avoid any silly injuries and I’ll be able to cross the finish line next Sunday. E still tells me I’m disgusting every time I get home (not a fan of sweat apparently) but I know she loves me really! 🏃♂️
4. After a double dose of exercise, there was definitely a call for a chilled afternoon. The kids had a nap whilst my wife and I continued to explore the delights of Netflix. We’ve had so many recommendations from people; thank you all! When our guests returned just before tea, there was a quick game of frisbee in the garden and all was well. Until we lost M. I mean we could hear him but just couldn’t see him. His sister knew exactly where he was, and took great pride in explaining that he had squeezed behind the new shed. Now that’s a pretty tight gap and when we discovered him, we found his foot trapped and was well and truly wedged. A bit of careful manoeuvring by Uncle Jonny managed to free him and he is unharmed. He always seems to find himself in tight spots, but some pizza and beer and he was right as rain. 🍺
5. E wanted to play Rummikub tonight and as it has a long history in our family we agreed. That led into a whole series of games even after the kids went to bed. Why wouldn’t you spend a Sunday evening drinking french martinis and trying to match colours and make runs!? Of course being a competitive sod doesn’t help and given I failed to win a single game today I’ll probably end up hiding the box away so no one remembers to ask for it out again tomorrow! I didn’t realise family board games could even be played outside of the Christmas period! 🌝
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