Rob and I managed a night away together last weekend – what absolute bliss! We are, of course, hugely grateful to Rob’s parents who bravely came to hold the fort at ‘chaos with kids’ street for us. (Anyone who gives up their weekend to take on four young kids deserves a medal! Fortunately for us, even though both sets of our parents live quite a distance away, they can be persuaded to come and spend a bit of time with their ‘adorable’ grandchildren, and since they need to stay for the night when they come, Rob and I can regularly be seen running for the door once they are settled in!!)
We went down to London on the train, went to see U2 at Wembley and spent the night in a hotel. Rob booked the train, so we left at 9.00am on the Saturday morning and arrived back home at 5.30pm on the Sunday – he obviously wanted to get the most out of the rare opportunity to enjoy some freedom and some time together!
We had a brilliant time, wandering round the shops (with nobody demanding to be bought things, maybe I should have given that a try?! And nobody hiding in the clothes isles or moaning about having to walk), we sat and ate cake in the park, (with nobody arguing about which bit was bigger or moaning that they wanted more, and nobody getting incredibly sticky and needing a mountain of wipes!), we went to the pub for a beer and nice lunch sat outside in the sunshine (and I didn’t have to take ANYONE for a poo!! – (check out July blog – Poo...poo and more poo!) On the Sunday, we went to Camden Market, (again, nobody moaned about the distance we walked) and when we were sat in a bar, enjoying a beer and reading the paper in the sunshine, even though Rob and I were both tired from our late night at the concert, neither of us found the need to cry and roll around on the floor!
I wondered if I would feel guilty about leaving them, or feel a bit lost without them, but do you know what? I didn’t! I love them to bits, but they are so constant and I spend so much time with them, that I actually found I was ready to start the next week with them after having a bit of time off. Time off - now there’s something that I am no longer familiar with! Motherhood is such a full-time job that you never get any time off from, so that’s why we appreciated a bit of time so very much. In some ways though, it has made me miss time for me and Rob even more. I know that we come as a family now, and that they’ll get easier (hopefully) as they get older, but it just made me miss a day off from how constant it is once in a while, does that make me a bad mother? I hope not! It definitely did me and Rob a good to spend some real quality time together. I hope it’s not too long before the next time...... pass me those train times someone...!!
We went down to London on the train, went to see U2 at Wembley and spent the night in a hotel. Rob booked the train, so we left at 9.00am on the Saturday morning and arrived back home at 5.30pm on the Sunday – he obviously wanted to get the most out of the rare opportunity to enjoy some freedom and some time together!
We had a brilliant time, wandering round the shops (with nobody demanding to be bought things, maybe I should have given that a try?! And nobody hiding in the clothes isles or moaning about having to walk), we sat and ate cake in the park, (with nobody arguing about which bit was bigger or moaning that they wanted more, and nobody getting incredibly sticky and needing a mountain of wipes!), we went to the pub for a beer and nice lunch sat outside in the sunshine (and I didn’t have to take ANYONE for a poo!! – (check out July blog – Poo...poo and more poo!) On the Sunday, we went to Camden Market, (again, nobody moaned about the distance we walked) and when we were sat in a bar, enjoying a beer and reading the paper in the sunshine, even though Rob and I were both tired from our late night at the concert, neither of us found the need to cry and roll around on the floor!
I wondered if I would feel guilty about leaving them, or feel a bit lost without them, but do you know what? I didn’t! I love them to bits, but they are so constant and I spend so much time with them, that I actually found I was ready to start the next week with them after having a bit of time off. Time off - now there’s something that I am no longer familiar with! Motherhood is such a full-time job that you never get any time off from, so that’s why we appreciated a bit of time so very much. In some ways though, it has made me miss time for me and Rob even more. I know that we come as a family now, and that they’ll get easier (hopefully) as they get older, but it just made me miss a day off from how constant it is once in a while, does that make me a bad mother? I hope not! It definitely did me and Rob a good to spend some real quality time together. I hope it’s not too long before the next time...... pass me those train times someone...!!
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