Cheeky xxx

So I spent the morning grooming a hamster, but that’s a completely different story. Ooh and by that I mean cleaning its secretion gland and clipping its nails not preparing for Richard Gere!

Anyways, is it mean to confess I’m glad the boys birthdays are over? It was exhausting!

The Nerf Wars party was a great success thanks to the help of our wonderful friends who always go above and beyond. Kayleigh and Matt lifting and shifting and making things happen, Dancing Lou on the teas and coffees and our favourite childcatcher Karen capturing the memories for us. Unfortunately there were a few no shows, but this gave us 9 spare guns and ammunition to form a parents team to shoot the bejesus out of the children and what good therapy it was, for both sides! When I asked Ollie later his favourite part of the day thinking presents, maybe cake he was adamant it was when he shot me in the boob!

Having an older brother and sister the Twinkles are introduced to things in the gaming world sooner than maybe I’d like, but hey, it’s inevitable. So after months of persuasion and good behaviour and a very generous helping hand from Grandad, the boys were rewarded with a birthday / Christmas present of a Nintendo Switch.

It was their dream present, their must have, their reason for living and the key to all future happiness. Yes they are that dramatic and yes maybe they do get it from me.

Well it was almost my downfall! Have you seen the film Falling Down with Michael Douglas? If you haven’t, you should, it’s a belter! Basically he’s one minute late to get a McDonald’s Breakfast and goes on a murderous rampage and even bazookas a whole road (that’s my favourite bit!) So these Nintendos were almost my tipping point McDonalds breakfast!

We’d had the sense to let the boys open their presents in the morning so we could get them on charge. You try holding them back!

However who knew the minefield creating two Nintendo accounts would be?!

Lee had got off work early so we could pick him and Grandad up and go straight to Kaspers for a delectable ice cream extravaganza birthday dinner straight from school. Oh it was magnificent and I’ve been told that calories in there aren’t real as it’s all just a dream.

Anywho we got back from Kaspers and I got to getting the boys on their Switches. Two hours later I called Lee down from his sanctuary to help. He made the grave mistake of saying

“ well I don’t know what you’ve done to it!”

DIVORCE!

Only joking, I politely asked him to go away although in my head I was stabbing him and my eyes let him know that. Bless him, he did retreat, but only to a safe spot from whence he could Google it all.

Somehow something clicked and all of a sudden I got it working. Lee even felt safe enough to give me a hug and a well done punch on the shoulder.

By then it was too late for play and time for bath and bed, for the boys.

As a belated birthday treat we allowed the boys to go straight on their Switch after school the next day instead of going to swimming ( they were pooped in fairness).

Let me tell you what happened.

They played on it for about an hour and then asked to play on their Kindles instead!!!!!!

And you wonder why I drink?

Oh well, I seem to remember the same thing happening with their Kindles last year. They’ll grow to love them and we had an epic family session on Mario Kart last night, Lee won of course!

I wonder if they do controllers so the dogs can join in too? Ooh maybe one that would take them for a walk!

Love and hugs, birthdays done, now the countdown for Christmas begins!