letting the side down?

At least now I know why I’ve been convinced all day it was Saturday – I didn’t blog yesterday! rofl.

Let’s see, dd’s friend was picked up about 11.30 yesterday morning, and I don’t think we did a great deal else for the rest of the day. I’m feeling really wiped out at the moment – something to do with the fact that ds is still not sleeping through, so I retired for an afternoon nap about 3ish.

Did the same again today, as I was really ticked off – got my two loads of washing through and hung out in the sun and as I walked back across the garden, it started to rain! Aargh, all my nappy wraps, most of my nappies, and as ds has got a really sore bottom at the moment (teething?) I’ve been trying to change him really often, so I didn’t need this.

Dp has been having fun with dd though – he’s been teaching her to google! They were looking up bats apparently, as we saw some on our night walk with woodcraft folk that I completely forgot to mention earlier in the week. (It was a really lovely walk, but went on about half an hour too long for dd – we walked all round three reservoirs and back through the woods, and next time we go on a night walk, I’m taking a torch! D’oh. Also got to use ds’s new Karrimor carrier, which worked really well, apart from when he kept throwing his weight to one side to be able to see past my head.) She has also been doing some playing on the various paint software we have on our machines – although apparently she prefers dp’s laptop to my desktop with trackball. Funny as she manages it fine when she is playing Trouble on the Tracks

Anyway, will have to start getting my act together again tomorrow – but could be a little difficult as I think most of our usual activities are off now due to the school holidays. Surprising that it is going to effect us so much, but there you go.


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