I know this should come as no surprise, but life really is so much easier if I don’t try to do anything else other than look after the kids, sort the meals and do the basic amount of essential clearing up. Today has been a wet day and we have stayed in all day – potential for a very stressful day, but so far (don’t want to speak too soon or anything!) it’s been fine. The reason for this, is that I’ve done loads of stuff with the kids and nothing on the house! We started off this morning by painting some pottery from a little paint your own tea set, then the girls painted a load of pictures, after lunch we all watched High School Musical 3 (luckily, this time, Hannah and Georgia pottered around and played a little secret game behind the sofa! Earlier in the week, when I watched HSM 1 with the older girls, Hannah and Georgia amused themselves by taking the lids off every single pot of glitter from the craft cupboard, emptying it on the floor and spreading it around - I knew they’d been too quiet for too long, that’s always a warning sign of mischief making!) After that we had a manic, crazy dancing session to the HSM soundtrack – I tried to keep out of view of the window, so no-one else would have to witness a 36 year old mummy going wild and dancing like a loony with her kids and music blasting out (not a pretty sight!) – but it was really good fun!! The floor still needs vacuuming, the kids bedrooms need tidying, there are a couple of loads of washing waiting to go on....but hey – we’ve had a fun day together!
Having watched HSM this afternoon, my six year old has now turned into a total teenager! She is at the moment wearing a pair of sunglasses (in the house), her HSM cardi (that she keeps throwing off at appropriate moments) a pair of HSM sandals and she is shouting instructions to the others while ‘performing’ to the HSM soundtrack! She has set herself up a little ‘dressing room’ with a mirror and a chair, where she keeps going to check herself out! Oh my, she’s now on her third outfit change! I’m not sure if this ‘show’ is actually ever going to start, or if it’s just one long rehearsal, with loads of outfits, important accessories and shouting........
Having watched HSM this afternoon, my six year old has now turned into a total teenager! She is at the moment wearing a pair of sunglasses (in the house), her HSM cardi (that she keeps throwing off at appropriate moments) a pair of HSM sandals and she is shouting instructions to the others while ‘performing’ to the HSM soundtrack! She has set herself up a little ‘dressing room’ with a mirror and a chair, where she keeps going to check herself out! Oh my, she’s now on her third outfit change! I’m not sure if this ‘show’ is actually ever going to start, or if it’s just one long rehearsal, with loads of outfits, important accessories and shouting........
(I have just found out that Hannah and Georgia’s little secret game behind the sofa this afternoon involved paper and a pair of scissors; clearing up the hundreds of tiny bits of shredded paper is no problem – I am just so relieved that they haven’t re-designed the curtains.....phew!)
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