By the rather good Spin Doctors. Of which even a very good one would have had difficulty finding the highlights of today from, but never mind. Onwards and upwards and all that.
Yesterday was fantastic, we had a really lovely day. It was festive, beautiful, fun and very possibly one of the best days ever. I love you all very much, thank you. 🙂
Scarlett did not go back to sleep last night at all, she spent some time in bed with us which we thought was cute for about an hour top whack. After that we sort of took it in turns to return her to her bed and try not to shout at her. She asked for (read demanded) orange juice which she promptly spilt in her bed and on her pjs. She managed to get a clean nightie out and get changed all by herself and then realised the bed was all damp and stood there hollering 🙁 So I feel fairly zombiefied today through sheer lack of sleep the last two nights and a very long day.
This morning the children played with hama beads for a while, both of them did fairly well on patterns and designs but it degenerated into squabbling as they are both fairly tired and grumpy too and were deciding that whichever board / bead the other one had was the one they could not live another moment without. Sigh. I abandoned them to go and get dressed and they followed me so they could continue arguing about the fort in Davies’ room within my earshot, they paraded round the house after me while I made a couple of Important Phone Calls and I have told them both at least four times each that the sound of their voice is driving me insane today!
On the plus side Davies did some very creative stuff with a print out of the Backyardigans and a cat food cardboard box, some paper, some scissors, some pens and a roll of sellotape. He made a theatre complete with scenery and curtains and put on a show for me and Scarlett which was actually pretty impressive in terms of having a bit of a storyline, some character recognisable distinguishments in voices and the high drama of the five minute curtain calls and the lounge lights being lit and then dimmed. He also did some dot to dot – although me losing my temper as he kept asking me what came after six was a further source of disharmony! He then made a little purple robot for me which was very cute and fired by my praise on that turned himself into a robot by cutting out shapes and sellotaping them to his clothes then walking round the house robot style. He also made me a little remote control so I could make him do stuff – didn’t have a mute though ;-). He’s fast asleep already so I am quite happy to have put it all down to tiredness and hope tomorrow brings a cheerier child.
Scarlett has been very clingy and cuddly, we’ve done some playing with make up, some drawing and some playing with Christmas stampers and ink pads, tried to get her to copy her name but she was having none of it. She got a birthday pressie in the post (thanks Karen B and Emma 🙂 🙂 ) which was played with a fair bit too. She’d also had another late pressie yesterday while we were away of a princess bubble bath and some fairy wings and tiara so that was proudly showcased to me. She was also asleep before 7 and my fingers are firmly crossed that she’ll stay that way for at least the majority of the night.
Tomorrow we have two sets of visitors – Lucy is coming round for lunch with Rebecca and Richard (much photographed baby at Halloween party) and then Mel is coming round with Liam and Lily (also at party, in Skeleton outfit and red devil!) for tea when they finish school. Not really deliberate to have them both on the same day, just the way it panned out but it should at least end the week on a high note :-).