followed by very nice evening followed by crappy night.
In the morning we watched some of the Walking with beasts video from the library – a bit over Davies’ head but he did take some of it in. Then we put on a home video of me pregnant with Davies going to hist first Christmas (4 months old ish). Cannot believe how young I loooked then and how much I have aged in the 5 years since having kids – five years of crap nights sleep has really taken it’s toll 🙁 It starts with me 8 months pregnant on my Dad’s birthday and we talk to me, Ady, Mum and Dad about how we are all feeling about the imminent arrrival of first child / grandchild, then there is me just before we left for hospital all giggly and excited, then Davies aged about 6 hours having the pediatrician check him over in hospital, then us bringing him home, then snapshots of him over the next couple of months. We have got hours and hours and hours of videos which we keep meaning to get sorted onto DVD and organise somehow, or at least make back up copies of. Already those early ones are so dated and precious when you watch them with the children. Wish there had been such things when I was a baby.
Went over to Chris and Julie’s in the afternoon – very nice actually. Ady and Chris have gotten over their initial awkwardness and happily spent a couple of hours in the kitchen chatting and bringing us regular cups of tea. Me and Julie sat in the lounge also chatting and the kids charged round like loons (which is fine when it’s not my house 🙂 Oh I’m such a crap hostess!). It’s really nice to see the four of them being so happy together and all of us grown ups really hope it lasts and lasts. McDonalds on the way home for the kids and early to bed.
Ady made a lovely roast dinner, slept on the sofa for a while then went up to bed leaving me chatting to friends. Very nice that was too and had to really drag myself away just before 1am mindful of a 7am start to this morning and the possibility of Scarlett waking any time.
Sure enough I had just laid down in bed when she woke 🙁 Through the blurry wine haze I went and changed her nappy and wet pjs, brought her into our bed where she squirmed and wriggled until 3am when she announced she had done a poo. Took her back downstairs to change her again and I think we fell asleep around 4am. Davies woke me at 8am and they went to play downstairs ’til 9am ish – feel very very woolly this morning 🙁
Kids are running round one naked, one dressed as Peter Pan, can’t summon up the energy to do anything educational at all and don’t think they are interested anyway!
Snot experience at Science museum is all booked up 🙁 but gonna go to the museum anyway that day and mix and mingle with other HEers.
Have just put Pete’s Dragon on for the kids at their request, Scarlett is sitting eating tinned peaches (her latest passion!) and I have dug out two potties and tried to tell her to use them. She shakes her head, laughs and runs off – already had one puddle on the floor today. But she is so ready and as she likes being naked anyway it seems like a good idea to have a go with it.
Right off to make some lunch for me and maybe boot up the laptop and do some of my online course while the kids are watching TV.
hmmm, i feel decidedly woolly this morning too! thankfully it’s our schooly day today so I can ignore education and fall asleep on the sofa. We’ll have to start chatting earlier if we do it again another time, but I enjoyed it 🙂
Comment by Sarah — 28 February 2005 @ 1:21 pm
So did I once I worked out how to get in the door LOL
Comment by Karen b — 28 February 2005 @ 6:20 pm