actually, there were tears this morning, tears at end of school and positive wails before bedtime. I wonder if Small is having a growth spurt or something? He’s been very emotional today.
This morning he didn’t want to wake up to go to school. Eventually I gave up and got up off his bed and said “I’ll have to leave you with Daddy then.” Looked back, and the relaxed faking asleep child was suddenly wide awake and rigid and crying 🙁 More cuddles needed. Then the smile came out again, and he rushed to get ready.
Dropped them off at school and headed off to hectic day at work (as usual). Was made more pleasant by my boss returning the favour from yesterday – I’d had half of my pot of soup and she liked the smell, so I gave her the second half. Today she went out and shopped and I got half her pot of soup, along with buttered bread and an apple, all delivered to my desk 🙂
Managed to leave on time and get to school (just) before 6 to pick the kids up – Small took one look and burst into tears. “I don’t want to go home, I want to stay at school!”
He really doesn’t handle change well.
Finally managed to talk him into the car, and get him home, and for the first time in ages, he woke up when we got home and wailed his way in from the car. He wouldn’t let me get him ready for bed, so Tim had a go, and then eventually after a banana and a drink and a couple of stories we got him there.
Can’t remember where the wailing about camping fitted in, but it was somewhere along the way – he doesn’t want to go camping in a small tent, he wants to go camping NOW in our big tent.
Like I said, an emotional day.
Big, by comparison, was pretty laid back today. She did try to hide in one of the playhuts at school, and avoided coming home by trying to help catch the rabbits, but she didn’t cry at me at any point. Oh, and we passed a circus tent today – I said that a book about circuses had been one of my favourite books when I was little. Long pause. “Do you still have it?”
“I have another copy.”
So, tonight I showed her where the first of Enid Blyton Circus Stories: “Mr Galliano’s Circus”, “Circus Days Again”, “Hurrah for the Circus” and “Come to the Circus” (Red Fox Middle Fiction)
lives on the shelf. It’s not in that set actually, there’s about 5 books in the copy, but I don’t think they are all circus book. Still, should make a change from rereading The Faraway Tree Collection
which is what she was doing. Again. I think that probably makes about 7 times through – either Tim or me reading aloud the first 5 times, and she’s on her second read through for herself. Gotta love these independent readers.
Now if you’ll excuse me, I’ve got to go pay attention to Criminal Minds
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