who would have thought it? We're getting quite into the groove of staying at home. We did venture out the front door today though. Plum woke earlier than usual which was unexpected as she didn't go to bed until after 10 last night but it meant that we were all up and busy by 9... Although the boys had been up much earlier than this as is usual.
Most notably today the brothers have been getting on really well. You know you have those days when you hear your own voice when your children speak? And it's usually something that makes you cringe? (I would give some examples but I don't want to give myself away entirely!) well, today was sort of the same except opposite. After years of mediating and providing frameworks for discussion and modelling thought processes, today, today, for no reason I can see that is special, we had a whole day of...
'can I go first?' 'yes, you can' 'thank you'
'I don't want to watch that' 'ok. How about we watch ...' 'that's a great idea, let's do that'
'if I go first on the way there, then you can go first on the way back. Do you promise not to push past me?' 'I promise' (and he didn't! )
'would you like me to help you, mummy?'
'I'll get the spoons' 'I'll get the bowls'
You get the idea. And I'm not even exaggerating. It really is nice to have such a lovely day, listening to your children get along and cooperate.
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