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Staycation Island Diaries: Week 3

This post is mainly photos and diary entries to look back upon later... no deep thinking here...

Day 15 - Friday, 27th March

Starting Week 3! And the kids are still unaware of the fact that Mr. is in the house during working hours - every morning he disappears into the spare room, and every afternoon we stage a "homecoming" where I distract them in the garden or dining room, the front door opens and shuts, and ta-dah... daddy's home, hooray!

As it's Friday, he "came home" at lunchtime as usual. We had made soft pretzels in the morning that turned out a lot tastier than they looked, and in the afternoon Mr. hung out with them in the hammock and the trampoline while I went to the shop again. Panic buying has caused shops to put restrictions on how much of anything you can buy, which means I have to go shopping more often. Which does seem to defeat the purpose a bit.





Day 16 - Saturday, 28th March

A generally windy and not very nice day. Which meant that only Mr. was willing to spend any time outside, building a new platform of old paving slabs to put our bins on. Today we spent lots of time in front of the telly - at least partly educational, watching the Berlin Philharmonic (a kids concert) and doing a bit of drawing. Also, my house is cleaner than it's been in a long while.

Finally we managed to have a bit of relaxation time with the kids enjoying themselves in the bath!





Day 17 -  Sunday, 29th March

Sunday: church meeting via zoom, then a bit of gardening time - I hope you're not getting tired, there's a distinct lack of variety of settings in these pictures...
N continues to enjoy writing and drawing!








Day 18 -  Monday, 30th March

A new week and we're back to the grind. Mr. in hiding in the spare room, me and the kids stayed mostly inside because it was rather cold. But when Mr. finished work he gave them a quick bouncing workout on the trampoline!

In other news, we miss Fred ❤️ but he's having a wonderful holiday too.






Day 19 -  Tuesday, 31st March

D(3) was living his best life getting his soles stroked, we had some garden time, the kids' artwork is getting infinitely less hurried and therefore much more intricate! And then we went out, the kids to scoot and me for a run.








Day 20 -  Wednesday, 1st April

Maybe everyone's too serious to do the usual April 1st headlines... or maybe the world has gone so mad that nothing sounds too unlikely?

D(3) is starting to feel a bit fed up I think. Today was cold so there wasn't much outside time, just a bit of trampolining and a short scoot. Had a workout with CBeebies Andy and did a bit of art.





Day 21 -  Thursday, 2nd April

Today's projects included a bit of writing practice, cutting paper, gardening, bubbles, another workout with Andy (with grandma and grandad watching!) and I gave blood.

Mr. learned today that as of next Thursday he's on a 2.5 week holiday. Not by choice, but yay! We are blessed.







See y'all next week!
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