A baking hot September day which was something to savour. Unfortunately it coincided with some delayed physical reactions to my run yesterday which have wiped me out big time. I suspect the last of the adrenaline has left my body now and I’m back to being a mere mortal full of aches and pains.
The kiddies were at their respective educational settings whilst Mammy and Daddy were #RemoteWorking today and even emailing each from separate rooms. This new normal can be extremely weird at times!
A bit of a slow day I thought but still enough to write a top 5:
1. The day started on a real high and went downhill pretty fast from there. It was still dark outside as I felt the first warm caress on my back quickly followed by a nuzzle into my neck and, to my surprise, a little lick of my ear. I was immediately awake and rolled over to see the face of the dog staring back. He had clearly enjoyed his last night of his holiday with us! I disappointedly rolled back over just in time to hear M crying and of course he ended up in our bed with his Mammy. I ended up on the couch and E on the floor beside me. What a start! 😴
2. I had the joy of taking M to, and picking him up from, nursery. He’s getting much better at going in and took great delight at showing his new haircut to all the staff. He’s such a flirt and just loved the attention. No idea where he gets that from! When I picked him up he seemed very happy to see me. Unfortunately there was yet another clipboard and pen and an apologetic looking member of staff talking about an “incident”. Once again I jumped to the wrong conclusion as once again it turned out my little boy was the victim. A wooden block to the face but a cold compress and a cuddle apparently did the trick. They were shocked that he then started finding the whole thing hilarious and couldn’t stop laughing. I think that’s what you call bouncebackability! 🤕
3. After picking E up from school I was told all about her superstar sticker which she earned today (for doing amazing work!) and her lunch of sausages and Yorkshire pudding (which she knows is my favourite!) but when we got home all she wanted was to ride her bike. I helped her with her helmet and boy was that not coming off. She did her homework with it on and even ate her tea with it on. I only finally got it coaxed off her at bath time, thank goodness. She is clearly remembering my “safety first” message and taking it a tad too literally! ⛑
4. We’ve always had our little girl as the performer in our house but perhaps she has some competitor. M went to the biscuit cupboard tonight dragging Steph with him. So she told him no no, no no no no (to the 2 unlimited song No Limit) to which he replied yes yes, yes yes yes yes using the same tune. Such a clever boy, with impeccable taste in music! 🎤
5. Another classic E chat tonight:
“Mammy can I have the treats I found yesterday?”
“No.”
“Daddy can I have the treats I found yesterday?”
“Maybe after your bath if your mam says yes.”
“Mammy can I have the treats I found? Daddy says I have to ask you.”
“What did you promise David?”
“Nothing just that she had to ask you.”
“Right. E if I open them then your Daddy is going to eat them all!”
“Why can’t Daddy just not eat them all?”
<Secretly thinks ‘because Mammy has no self control when it comes to chocolate’.>
“Well why don’t you have these chocolate fingers instead when M goes into the bath.”
“Daddy, I had the chocolate sticks and I now have chocolate fingers just like Mammy said!” 🍫
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