Yesterday was a bit of a blur really. I was very tired from the stresses of the day before, had a headache and the children are going through a real sibling squabbling phase this week which is generally unpleasant to be around.
We went to the park for an hour or so and met up with Lucy and Julie, both of whom are on very healthy diets which they spent lots of time talking about which I confess to zoning out. We’d taken the childrens’ bikes – Tarly decided she didn’t want to ride hers anyway and Davies informed me he can’t pedal on grass as it hurts his legs, so he pushed it all across the green and cycled round inside the tarmacked playground bit instead. Tarly had two of her ‘moments’ – one because I wouldn’t push her on one of those infant trikes with a parents pushing handle which are designed for one year olds but Julie pushes Jack round on and one because Davies was playing a game and said she was the ‘Scarlett Monster’ and she didn’t want to be the Scarlett Monster.
Do I sound weary? I feel it…
We came home and had a continued noisy afternoon.
This morning we gathered together library books and I read a couple to them, got the dinner cooking, refereed a couple more squabbles and ended up telling them that if they couldn’t live together peacefully then Daddy would have to move out and take one of them with him and the other would stay with me. They surprised me by saying which parent they’d go / stay with 😯 – both at their choice and that they took me seriously and then both wailed and clutched each other saying how much they loved each other and didn’t want to not live together. 🙄 Another great example of sensible parenting eh!
Round to Lucy’s where we parked and then walked together to the library for storytime. Davies insisted he’d heard the story before so we sat in the corner and read another book together. Actually storytime is not really much of a thing for D & S really – the librarian reads a couple of stories (without much passion it has to be said) and they sing some songs – and I confess right here, right now to loathing children’s action songs / nursery rhymes such as wind the bobbin up (see, told you I was cheery!), which for my children somehow actually seem a bit patronising and something they ‘grew out of’ years ago really, and then do some colouring. Chose some more books and then went back to Lucy’s for a play and a chat and some lunch.
Lucy and I managed to chat, D & S behaved fairly well and R was having a bad day of irritating Lucy and not behaving terribly well, which selfishly always makes you feel better somehow, or at the very least demonstrates that actually all children are like that sometimes and it is always worse through a mothers’ eyes than anyone elses.
We came home and Davies and I looked at various coins from his money box and talked about how they are worth different amounts and how some add together to make the same value as just one etc.
After lengthy discussions about birthday presents, X boxes and so on with Davies we have a plan. He and I are heading off to Toys R Us tomorrow to look at potential gifts while Tarly stays with Ady who is WFH. In the afternoon Mum and I are taking Malice to the vets.
I’ve got a susumama order to coordinate – so if anyone else does want anything please do let me know asap, I need to sort out Beachwatch properly, I’ve got further birthday party planning to organise and I got a reminder letter about tax credits which I’ve not even looked at yet this morning.
Oh and I plan to be a bit sunnier 🙂
drat, I forgot to send that email didn’t I? sending rough version now.
Comment by jax — 25 August 2006 @ 12:47 am
Ah, somehow missed out on the Susumama thing, we do need to get some clothes for SB. When is your deadline? Have/will you ahve a big enough order for wholesale prices?
Comment by Chris F — 26 August 2006 @ 1:05 am
Got yours Jax, and got Em’s. Chris there’s still time, my plan is to place the order Tuesday or Wednesday and have it to give out at Davies’ party.
Comment by Nic — 26 August 2006 @ 10:59 am