Lazy Sunday xxx

Finally, some peace and quiet and ability to have a lazy Sunday! I used to hate Sundays when I was young, found them so boring, but now they are filled with yummy laziness, coziness and warmth, amplified by Autumn. 

Today will be filled with delicious family time and most definitely a dog walk on the beach. 

Do love to batch cook on a Sunday, especially listening to BBC Radio 2. 

Some might say, you’ve already said you’re doing a dog walk and batch cooking and you’ve already been up 3 hours and it’s only 9 in the am, what’s lazy about that? The fact it was my choice, I didn’t HAVE to do any of it and it wasn’t time bound. I’ll just drift from one activity and melt into another. 

With everything going on with Grandad I haven’t had a chance to give you some funnies from the twins. Don’t worry, I did tell Grandad, next time you’re feeling like you’re not getting enough attention, you don’t need to be so dramatic about it. Less of the near death experiences and just pickup the phone! 

So back to my bunions, as I lovingly call them! Luckily they haven’t switched on yet, unlikely to know what a bunion is at the tender age of 8.

I was getting the boys to bed, this was a few weeks ago now and Harry had lost a tooth and been reimbursed by the tooth fairy. I was just pottering about getting their sleep lighting and tunes sorted out and overheard the following conversation between the two:-

Harry rummaging around his pillows “Tooth fairy stole my £2!!”

Ollie as sharp as a tack 

“SHE GOT A DEAL! she got a refund and took your tooth!”

Harry sounding disgruntled, 

“Probably sold it on eBay!”

Ollie,

”Who wants to buy a dirty old tooth on eBay?”

Harry,

”Probably some smelly old man who likes eating teeth! Mum some people eat their teeth it’s true, saw it on YouTube!”

Google does not agree with this Harry fact and I have requested he does not show me the YouTube short!

Oh go on then, I have time for one more!

Do you remember the storm a few weeks ago? When a ridiculous amount of rain fell in a very short space of time? I know I’m getting old because I remember thinking, ooh this will be good for my grass! ( I have a patch of grass in the garden, long uninteresting story, but a fact.)

It had been a rough old night before the rain. Holly had managed to throw up neatly on one of my shirts so I’d got up to clear that up and got back to bed about midnight. 

I woke to bedlam. Lee was by my side saying the conservatory was flooded and Oli was up. Must remember that Oli likes it spelt this way. Well it was a compromise because I really don’t like Oly. Spelt like it should be pronounced by Popeye. 

I digress. 

The conservatory floor was indeed a wash! Lee had thrown aside the rattan and flung down any blanket or towel he could get his hands on.

The next thing I was outside, balancing on a chair, in my pyjamas, being slapped hard by the wind and rain checking where the leak was. Luckily it was coming through hard in one spot due to afore  mentioned rain dislodging mud and debris into the gutters. Easy fix when you have a handy husband like mine, but I cleared some mud to try and temporarily stop the flood for that night.

I agreed to sleep in with Oli as the howling wind and rain can be a bit overwhelming in their loft room. It was about 02:00 by now. 

We both found it hard to sleep until I suggested trying to imagine that the storm was an event in our beloved game Grow a Garden and we were actually in it. 

Well that did the trick until Harry woke us up with his sleep talking. Luckily he was happy and having a giggle with whomever it was. 

Needless to say, my Fitbit told me off for having very little sleep.

Harry woke bright as a lamb! He must have had a good solid 10 hours sleep. We are very strict about bed times, sleep is a must for their little ADHD brains. 

So there I was, barely able to unstick my eyes let alone muster the energy to raise my head from the pillow when Harry is next to me, full of energy and inquisition, 

“Mum, what happens if it’s -4? Would we freeze? Would we die? Would our heads fall off? Would our eyeballs freeze? Mum what would happen??!!” 

Me “I’m not Google!”

I sent him off to start getting ready for school, just anything away from me. 

He came running back upstairs,

“Mum, are we moving? “

“ No Harry, you slept through a massive storm and the conservatory got flooded!”

Harry “ no way! Really? Cool!”

Me “not so much!”

Right, I’m off x love and hugs and may today be kind to you xxx