Today was a day that did not have the best of starts, a rough night followed by two kids up at 5am . They fought, moaned and threw tantrums all morning long (an amazingly long fight over fruit snacks took place). Eventually i put them for an early morning nap and took a nice one myself.
Things could only get better and the afternoon was lovely, i finally cashed in the voucher my MIL got me for Christmas using it for a nice hour long full body massage. I have had a few massages before but nothing like this and i left feeling like a completely new person . DH and the kids picked me up (he had taken them to a play centre) and we went and got Eilidh a new pink car-seat before heading home .
Even then my fun didn’t stop as i went for a long soak in the tub (so indulgent during the day) reading the latest Mother and Baby magazine. I could hear DH and the kids playing about while he made a start on dinner (very yummy Fajitas).
Its now 7.32pm and both kids have been sleeping since 7 and im spending a little time online before DH and i get to curl up and watch some tv .
The day may have started on the wrong note but its definitely ending better.
One other thing of note happened today, Eilidh learnt a new not so fun trick - how to scream on command. Now of course she has been screaming for months now but always in response to something, today she discovered that at any point could she just let out a window shattering scream .This is one milestone i hope passes quickly (please)
January 24th, 2008 4:34 pm
oooh screaming on demand? yuck! Hopefully that won’t last long.
Go get some rest, mama!
January 24th, 2008 10:44 pm
Ahhh, I’m so glad you were able to have a massage and long soak to help wash away some of the frustrations/stresses!
January 25th, 2008 12:30 am
Lucky you!! I love massages!!
January 25th, 2008 4:26 am
Not a bad day after all, i want a massage soooooooooooooo jealous!
yuck to screaming
January 25th, 2008 8:50 am
Glad you had a wonderful afternoon. How lucky you are.
January 25th, 2008 11:40 am
Screaming is a phase I can’t handle very well - thankfully for most kids it’s pretty short.
I’m booking a massage…
January 25th, 2008 3:16 pm
Oh, I hope the screaming ends soon. That doesn’t “sound” fun. (sorry. terrible pun.) And, wow. A massage and a bath. That sounds divine.
January 25th, 2008 4:38 pm
I shouldn’t laugh, but the screaming on demand thing is funny. (Probably because it isn’t happening to ME.)
At least you had a great massage. I’ve never had one!
Hope tomorrow is better!
January 25th, 2008 9:08 pm
I’m glad you had such a great end of day! Little Elvis LOVES to scream. And I probably encourage this, because I will yell along with him. He says “AAAH” and I say “AAH”, then he goes up an octave, and I attempt to. He thinks this is such a fun game. It’s never a problem when we do the scream game at home, but it does get embarrassing when we are bebopping through the mall and he wants to play this game.
January 25th, 2008 9:22 pm
If you have to have both good and bad in every day (and it seems like mothers do), I’d much rather have the bad first and get it over with.
And now you get to enjoy the good. Woo Hoo!
January 26th, 2008 8:06 pm
Sounds like you had a wonderful day! Screaming, Gees! This too shall pass, I hope.
January 26th, 2008 9:00 pm
Lore does that too… ugh… been doing it since before she was one… and now she is what almost 19m… or is it 20m lol… oh well… it has lasted way too long… but so glad you had a wonderful day after nap time hehehe…
January 28th, 2008 3:43 am
The screaming. Man oh man, I can deal with anything BUT the screaming. However it sounds like your day was lovely after the naps were had.