We don’t always have days full of activities and chauffeuring Big around the countryside to educational events! lol at the thought quite frankly.
Today for example, I slept in. A rare occurrence, and I relished it. However I seemed to spend the rest of the day trying to catch up with myself, so in the end wasn’t so good after all. We spent the morning bouncing on beds (very odd idea, lying fully clothed on a variety of mattresses, with a very helpful lady telling us to take our time and try them out together!), then quick lunch, carted the children off to a softplay to meet up with Sarah and co then tootled to Tesco’s to do the shopping. And somehow that was the day gone 🙁 Very late night for the children, and sorry to say that Big’s behaviour was not what I’ve come to enjoy over the last couple of weeks. Seems like if I’m laying on the entertainment she’s great, but as soon as she isn’t the centre of attention, it all goes a bit pear-shaped. Sigh. This is not what I had in mind – we are a family and sometimes other ppl’s needs come before hers. She is important, but so are we all.
Still, tomorrow I’m going to entertain her, and have a good day with a friend (assuming the weather co-operates!) so we’ll see how it goes then. Right, must empty the camera before bed – if we’re going to the seaside I’m sure I’m going to want to take pictures!
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wow that seaside sounds cool – I had a penpal once from Rotherham (totally irrelevent sort of typed what I thought, sorry!)
kwym totally about Big – both of mine are like that which is what gets me all resentful. I spend ages doing stuff out and about with them and sort of expect them to be grateful and give some peace to read a magazine or go on the computer when we get home after a day out, but no, they then expect hometime entertainment stuff too. The one thing I struggle with most (and perversly the one they seem to want the most) is to surrender myself totally to playing with them and their toys in the house for whole days at a time, I sort of feel that there are enough toys and other distractions for them in the house for them to let me get on with the vast number of toys and distractions I have in the house too!
Jax, I had exactly them same with my two girls yesterday. I have rushed around and we have done so much for the opast three weeks that when we unexpectedly had a free day yesterday I took the chance to run a few errands and have a more relaxing time. Their behaviour and attitude was appalling and we ended up having a shown down in Do it All. I told them exactly how I felt and how unfair I thought they were being given the circumstances. To my utter amazement it worked! ( they do say their is a first time for everything!).
Sigh. I know what you mean. I have to say largely that my 3 seem to play very well now but i think that is to do with Fran’s age holding it all together a bit. We have the odd strop in public but mostly its not too bad.
Hang in there though. She just has to learn that life has those bits too.