Skip to main content

Spring!

Yesterday was the first day of Spring (officially), and for 24 hours it actually looked like it as well. In true Drinkwater form, the doors were flung open, everyone stripped down to no more than 2 layers and we made the most of the beautiful weather.  This meant immediate demands from the girls to have all meals outside (which we duly did, admittedly in our coats), both Glenn and I getting out on our bikes for a decent ride, and the girls playing outside for most of the day and loving it.  It felt wonderful... it's amazing after so much rain just how fantastic sunshine feels on the skin, and how much easier it is for the kids as they just head for outside, no questions asked.

So, after that brief respite, it was back to normal today - heavy rain was forecast and it arrived on the dot of the scheduled hour, and we were back to a day of the girl's winding each other up as they stared out of the window asking what we're doing today.  After listening to them driving each other up the wall, pretty rare for them given they normally play nicely together, I succumbed and we went to the pottery painting place which they both love. Pottery duly daubed Izzy asked if we could go and look in the pet shop. Hmmm - my response "yes, but we aren't spending any money"... roll foward 45 mins and we leave the shop complete with cage, sawdust, food and Syrian Hamster.  Welcome Bella.  If I'm honest, I think half the problem is that I clearly felt deprived of the rodent phase as a child - we had guinea pigs (another story of how they met a rather untimely end) and I'm sure we both had a rat (also I think meeting an untimely end), but never a Hamster.  She's very sweet, albeit a bit sketchy at the moment and very much the centre of attention (at least for the next week or so).  Thank goodness Abi set an immediate rule of 'no getting Bella out without an adult present' as otherwise I think we'd have lost her already.  Izzy is very keen to hold her as much as possible.  Abi is a little more reticent, not because she's scared of Bella, but more she's scared of dropping her.  Long may this continue! Let's hope we don't become the Grim Reapers of the rodent world over the next few years!

This week was also Parents Evening - both girls doing well I'm pleased to report.  It may be the stage we are at but with Izzy it was all about her being a happy smiley child, pregressing as expected, always keen to get involved and very much the social butterfly but in a good way. Not much substance in the detail in other words.  With Abi there was a bit more depth - her teachers reconise that not all of her work comes easily to her but that she is very diligent and works hard to succeed.  It was reassuring to see them acknowledging this as we see it also and know that this recognition is what she responds to so it's important it continues.  Funny how to start with you want you child to be happy and healthy.  How quickly this extends to happy, healthy and hardworking!

Comments

Post a Comment

Popular posts from this blog

Diary management!

This part of the summer is definitely typified by me trying to remember who is supposed to be where and when. Abi likes to be off doing something with someone while Izzy is happier to know she's close to home and so for the last week they've gone their separate ways. Abi has been down in Somerset making the most of Ben and Laurie being about. From what I can tell she's having a lovely time. Apart from the covert phone call one evening to tell me she was 'starving'  (Mum was cooking for the hordes and so it had been delayed), I've barely heard from her. The few calls I have had have very quickly ended in "can I go now" like I'm making her speak to me! Today she switches from Mum and Dads to a night or two with Kerrie - not sure who is more excited! Izzy didn't want to be away for that long so she opted not to go. She's very conscious that Abi and Laurie are joined at the hip when together and Ben has his own things he wants to do so she ...
Post a Comment
Read more

Blame the jet stream...

Shed prep, with oversight from the dogs Apparently we have the jet stream to blame for the truly awful weather we are having right now. I blame our builder - if he had got his act together and sorted out Glenn's workshop roof as he promised, sods law the sun would be shining from dawn to dusk. Instead it's still pouring every half hour and Glenn is constantly worried about how much water is coming though the roof / walls / floor etc. Apparently he 'literally' just needs to put the ridge on the top and the gully down the side and it will all be fixed. We are literally at the point of wanting to do him some actual bodily harm. The moment he disappears the better. This week he was also literally going to clad the office ("done") and has failed everyday to turn up and do it (which in my book is literally not "done"). He was also going to have Gary come and finish the electrics (not done), whack down the paving slabs (not done), render the last of the bri...
Post a Comment
Read more

Ypres

Walking around the lake in Ypres while waiting for the rugby to finish! A wet Monday evening after a lovely long weekend away in Ypres - just the two of us and just what I needed after what has been a relatively stressful few months of decision making. The decision is now made however and on Monday I resigned my job in order to join a new company in January. This will be the same role, but a company that hopefully offers more long term stability than my current one. It's been hard going through the initial round of telling people.Despite only being there for 7 months I've made some good friends and very quickly become established and everybody who I've told has been happy for me but very sad that I'm going - it hasn't made it easy. I do feel like I've been through the mill a bit this year - what with leaving EY, ramping up to a big new role, finding out it probably didn't have the longevity I was looking for and then going through the process of finding ...
Post a Comment
Read more