Not very productive but probably quite needed

We had a quiet day at home today. We painted some of the airdrying clay stuff that had dried, watched ‘Beat the Boss’, ‘The Really Wild Show’ and various other CBBC shows followed by Lassie, which neither of the children were interested in so we gave up on and then ‘Meet The Robinsons’.

We made our Christmas cake, which took nearly 5 hours to cook on a very low heat and all had a stir and made wishes. The house smelt like Christmas all day according to D & S :lol:.

They played a very long and convoluted game involving setting their chairs and tables up, gathering belongings from all round the house including pillows and blankets, toothbrushes and toothpaste and lots of toys. They promised to put them all back again and actually they did!

We had lunch and as it was still raining – it’s poured down all day long – I offered them the choice of wellies and walking or driving and staying in the car round to the post office to send some ebay parcels. I was surprised when they both chose the car as normally the chance to splash in puddles is not passed up lightly, but it was rather cold and miserable as well as raining.

I spent some time pondering what to do with myself as they were busy playing and I was bored. I ate some chocolate, wasn’t in the mood for reading and eventually settled on some games from gamesgarage to while away some time before swimming lessons. We then had the almost weekly hunt the goggles debacle which were eventually located in the swimming bag in the washing machine! 🙄 Ady made the mistake of laughing at me when I phoned him to ask if he knew where they might be so it was a very brief handover of Scarlett before Davies and I headed off to the swimming pool.

Davies had a good lesson, they were depleted in number down to just six tonight – lots of bugs, colds and sickness about – which was good as they all got more individiual attention and he continues to try really hard and make week on week progress, and above all, really enjoy it :). It had finally stopped raining when we came out of the pool and I was half tempted to go for a walk along the beach with him but his dinner was ready and waiting at home so we didn’t. Scarlett has suddenly taken to watching Cbeebies late in the afternoon which amuses me and annoys Davies so she snuggled on my lap watching some nonsense about Night Gardens while Davies had his tea and then I went off to have a bath. I put a face pack on which Scarlett was most interested in until she got distracted by some nature programme Ady and Davies were watching, so they all watched that together and I bathed in peace, then the children went off to bed and I cooked dinner.

Not the most exciting day ever and I could certainly have been way more productive but I’ve not been feeling 100% so after such a busy weekend it probably did me good to do very little today really. Tomorrow we’re off to the cinema for the first of the 4 films we’ve booked for filmeducation film week so an early start is required. In the afternoon, providing the weather has cheered up a bit I need to start tacking the laundry mountain and working out how to start drying stuff inside again for the winter.