Monday 15 March 2010: Not got my name on it
I only need to resist the temptation of these little fellas for about 36 more hours and they will be out of my kitchen and being sold at the nursery cake sale. Easy peasy...
Anna was at a party between end of morning nursery and school pick-up so I had an unexpected childfree day. Can't begin to tell you how shattered I am! When I'm with Anna we tend to do a lot of hanging out and I do a lot of lying on beanbags pretending to be a customer in a variety of establishments (cafe, shop, hairdressers, etc). All low energy stuff. With my excuse for such inactivity temporarily removed I burst into frenzied activity. Today has involved two trips to Sainsbury's, seed planting with nursery kids, baking cupcakes and choc chip muffins for the nursery cake sale, play-related emails, delivering Street Party fliers down the road, two loads of washing in and out, cleaning out a cupboard in the kitchen, two school runs and cooking dinner for 5. Was feeling fairly physically done in by bedtime when J hit me with the emotional whammy of some playground related unhappiness. Won't bore you with the details but suffice to say he is learning / about to learn some tough life lessons about not being able to keep everybody happy. Sadly for him he is his father's son and so this is a big concern.
So now I am emotionally drained too. I didn't used to believe people who said it got harder as the kids get older. I was wrong.
Happily, much needed chicken curry and chilled evening with Carl awaiting me.
Lesley x
ps - if anyone who is further ahead in the child rearing stakes cares to stop by and tell me it really does get easier and this is just a little blip I would be delighted to hear from you. I wouldn't even mind being wrong again :-)
pps - almost forgot to mention it was such a glorious day weather wise I really thought it should have been an outside blip but when I noticed the sunlight through the conservatory reflecting on the cupcakes it seemed to be the best of all worlds.
Canon EOS 400D DIGITAL : f/7.1 : 1/320" : 171mm : ISO 400
Comments
NOM
~ champignons
Great write-up and shot!
Thank you for your lovely comment :)
~ nina54
Wow! Lots of stuff achieved; very impressive! And a great blip in the process!
~ ronbuist
I glanced at this earlier... so many people have blipped cakes today! They look lovely; I'm sure the nursery won't miss one!
Sounds a busy but trying day today. Wee playground sagas are massive when you're small.
~ magpie
I love the cakes and would have had to pay you lots before they left the house
Not surprised you are shattered sounds a hugely busy day
Ahh social skills building such a cruel world!
Not a parent so no sage advise I am afraid....but I understand you will survive!!!!
~ fledermaus
of course it gets better .. my three boys all grew up with all the usual boy stuff things and hey we all got there .. your cakes look scrumy by the way!
~ bluestonefilm
I'm pretty sure I see my name on that one on the left... Hope the curry does the trick. (The trainers aren't very clean really - but a dodgy white balance setting has cleaned them up nicely!)
~ SooB
Mmmm your cupcakes look delicious hon! :)
~ sweetpotatosky
I want to be a Tralfamadorian.
Thank you for that brilliant link!!!! An excellent piece indeed! I don't jog though Lesley, I'm all about the slow-burn?!
These look scrumptious! You deserve the whole lot after the day you've had - your desciption had me chuckling so much - esp the Anna bit - priceless!!!!!
~ yogini08
Yummy shot. Good luck for your sale.
And thanks a lot for your warm comment on my 200th.
~ rajseyeq
The 36 longest hours in your life. These look divine.
Perfect DOF too.
And in a year's time, when you see your year ago thumbnail, you'll still be salivating. The beauty of blip as a journal!
~ raheny_eye
