Hump day completed and here comes the rain. It all started with a bit of a rush this morning when my darling wife knocked the alarm off and we both went back to sleep only to have the kids come running in to wake us up at half 7. I guess it adds a little spice to the morning routine when it’s being done at double speed! Absolutely nothing of any note happened today unless the kids were involved so here we go with an E special top 5:
1. Steph is on a bit of homework campaign at the moment and is really working hard with E on her spellings. There was some last minute revision going on this morning when E suddenly announced she could spell “ice-cream” because she had heard the Year 2s spelling it. Impressed by this revelation she was asked to show us and excitedly gave a random list of letters, none of which feature at any point in the word. Trying to keep a straight face in front of your children is sometimes very challenging! 
2. I was on school run duty again this afternoon and fortunately was given the right child today. We were having a lovely journey home in the car when she just burst into fits of giggles. I asked her why she was laughing and her response was unexpected. “Your face Daddy. It’s so funny.” I mean, how rude! And here was me thinking it was my razor sharp wit that made my family laugh, rather than my hilarious facial features. 
3. After finding out all about her day at school, I thought I should double check there hadn’t been any problems so I asked if there had been any misbehaving. Her reply was a little cryptic: “I don’t think so but I think I did hear someone say “stop that E” but I don’t know if that was real or just my imagination.” Upon further interrogation it turned out that when she thought she heard that phrase she was half way up climbing a tree in the middle of daily mile, and confirmed she definitely should not have been up a tree at that time. I suppose I should encourage her to push boundaries and not follow the crowd but everything in moderation. 
4. She then came with me to pick up M from nursery and on the way home we were listening to Boris Johnson on the radio. E asked who it was and I explained he was the Prime Minister. She then asked if that meant he was in charge of the Government and made the laws. When I confirmed this she then announced “I need to speak to him about my cake. It’s really important.” It turned out that she’d heard at school that birthday cakes weren’t allowed to be brought in until the Government changes the law and she is worried that it may limit her cake options in February. I explained that there were lots of other more important things going on in the country, but apparently I just don’t understand and she’d like me to get him on the phone tomorrow. 
5. I’m definitely getting parenting regret for trying to teach her about salt intake last week. To be fair I’m not even the one getting the flak, but listening to her berate her mother for making her chicken nuggets (which she loves) for her tea (when she’s hungry) was not great. It was pretty harsh too. “I can’t believe you’re trying to kill me Mammy.” I need to give some thought to how I rein this back in. Any suggestions very welcome! 
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