Well today was a big day for our little lady. She had her first full session at nursery… and she loved it- I mean when asked what she did in 4 hours all she’s talking about is the sandwiches she ate for lunch, but I’m taking that as a win as she for once ate food I’d prepared without a fight. We had 3 settle in sessions where she slotted in without a fuss but I was still a little taken aback this morning when she ran straight over to play without so much as a backward glance!

This absence of the big one meant that the little one got some one on one time this morning and an actual lunch date, something I don’t think I’ve been able to do. We went to toddler group, the park and then we shared some fries, he also ate the crayons which I declined when he offered to share.

I think he was a bit lost without his big sister about but it was also a chance to just focus on him and marvel at how big he seems to be getting, during song time he surprised me completely when he put his finger to his lips and ‘shushed’ during “hop little bunnies” (don’t worry he’s not just giving me a dose of my own sarcasm it is actually a big part of the song!). He did give us some attitude last week though when we took him to have his feet measured for the first time. He screamed in protest at the first feel of shoes on his feet and spent a full 5 minutes trying to pull them off his feet- to be honest once the assistant said they cost £36 and didn’t even fit him very well I jumped down to help him pull those bloody things off his little feet anyway! Luckily Asda delivery came to the rescue with the help of postman pat (the statement from the 3 year old when 2 new sets of shoes appeared through the letterbox a few days later (of course her feet had grown a full size bigger to coincide with him needing shoes too!)) and now a couple of days in and he’s getting adjusted to being a civilised toddler- he can just be barefoot and feral at home now.

Polly and I did have a little bit of fun last night to mainly distract me from what the morning would bring. Despite the grey skies we ventured to the beach and had great fun playing in the sea, jumping waves and throwing stones.

Then of course the heavens opened so my little companion and I fled the beach for a very very very cheeky pre tea ice cream! Well you only live once!

“You know when you think something’s going to be a beautiful moment and then it’s just not”…..

These are the butterflies we’ve had since they were wriggly little caterpillars that arrived via good old postman pat, after watching them grow, change, hatch and thrive this was meant to one of those beautiful moments. Instead Polly freaked out and thought they were going to come and attack her so she fled back in the house and left me to watch their moment of freedom. The creepy crawly phobia continues.

Other than all that it’s been a fairly typical couple of weeks with the usual mixture of chaos, laughter, exhaustion and joy.