Can’t believe it’s only Wednesday actually, it’s already been a long week. We had plans for Monday which we cancelled due to them both being ill and then due to a massive turnaround recovery we resurected. Probably an unwise decision really but Tuesday was a nice day.
We got home at about 6pm last night, both the children were in bed and asleep by 7pm, Ady got home at 8pm and I went to bed at 9.30pm myself and slept the clock round til 9.30 this morning. I can’t decide whether I am going down with something myself or not – I’m sure with every day I don’t go down with whatever Ady and the kids have I am more certain of not getting it and I’m hoping that feeling so bloody tired is just the result of so many broken nights sleep and being patient and caring around ill and frankly rather whingey children. I don’t recall the last time I’ve had so little time sitting down without a child on my lap as the last week.
So today we spent the morning pottering about and generally catching up on just being at home and being up for playing and doing stuff rather than lounging around in pjs. Still lots of needing to come and have a cuddle even more than usual from both of them but they did some puzzles, some tv watching, some cutting up paper and some looking at books. I did several loads of washing but couldn’t find motivation to do any further housework or tidying (even with the reward of a sticker on offer 😉 ) so drank copious amounts of tea including 2 cups of rose (thanks Alison x).
After lunch we popped to the post office to send a parcel on it’s way that a very patient ebay buyer has been waiting way too long for while I’ve not managed to get it sent, check the prices of vapourisers in Boots (we have one somewhere but can’t find it so I thought I’d get a second one but changed my mind when I discovered they cost £22! 😯 might have to look a bit harder for the one we already have!) and get a couple of bits from Sainsburys before meeting up with Julie, Jack and Maisie at Highdown for an official Spring Walk. I even took a picture of D&S infront of a tree in blossom with daffodils underneath it for proof! 😉
The kids enjoyed it, Davies did plenty of running about yelling and waving sticks – lovely to see him a bit animated after his feebleness the last few days. Tarly was slightly more reserved still (she clearly had a worse bout of whatever it was) and so I sent her off with the camera to take pictures of flowers for me instead. She didn’t get any decent flower shots but did get a couple of nice ones of Maisie who was only too happy to pose for her – very cute, wish I had a picture of the two of them doing that :).
They spent some time rolling down the slight slope and laughing so infectiously that we were laughing at them too before D&S suddenly slumped and both wanted to come home. We got home with time for tea and Davies decided he was up for Badgers so he and I went off to that when Ady got home. He looked quite wan when he came out and didn’t have much to talk about in the car there or back but had enjoyed it and been glad he’d gone. Ady had bathed Tarly and she was in bed, practically asleep when we got home so Davies had a bath and took himself off to bed and to sleep fairly early too.
Tomorrow I’m working all day and Ady is away again tomorrow night. 🙁 It looks likely he will have at least one night away every couple of weeks for the next few months until the season ends in June so if anyone wants to come down and stay for a night or two I’d welcome the company even more than usual :).
Davies continues to recognise words and is making ever more educated guesses at what things might say, he continues to be interested in road signs with us looking and talking about loads on the motorways on Monday and Tuesday – they’ve really helped with cracking the tens written down actually, particularly the variable speed limits round Heathrow on the M25 with him commenting on ‘oh it’s gone slower again’ and ‘hurrah we can speed up’ as we went past each sign. He’s also starting to recognise the odd spelt out loud word too, rather than just written down. Not that we’ve ever practised the spelling words out instead of saying them so the children didn’t understand but if we did then we’d have to start thinking up a new secret code now 😆 so I’m sure that’s a leap forward, being able to picture a word without having to see it written down.
would love to come down some time! Shall have to work something out at Hunstanton 🙂
Comment by Kirsty — 08 March 2007 @ 8:19 am
I have a friend who spells things out loud backwards! It’s cool actually, like a whole new language. her kids are teenages now and they still do it for whent hey are talking about people and it means they can swear wihtout actually swearing!
Comment by Roslyn — 08 March 2007 @ 2:05 pm