This weekend was very Oli-centric so if small children aren’t your thing, look away now.
On Friday, I left work at 4pm and Ma and I headed up to Watford to pick Oli up. Oli had (according to Kai and his parents) been looking forward to the weekend all day but when confronted with the reality of me and his Grandma, had a screaming tantrum. Sigh.
He calmed down a bit, was presented with his choices, chose and then went mental again! After some time, in the street no less, I gave him two options, walk or be carried. More wailing and I picked him up and carried him to the end of the street. It was like a reset. He was fine for the rest of the evening. We walked to the shops, cooked dinner, Oli ‘helped’
put the boy to bed and then did the crossword and had a glass of wine.
I didn’t have the easiest of nights. Kurt the cat normally sleeps with Ben and Laura, he’s an old cat and didn’t see why someone else sleeping in ‘his’ bed should make a difference. He was a hairy purring nuisance all night and not being at all acquainted with the habits of cats generally and Kurt in particular, I didn’t realise that glasses of water are in danger of becoming Kurt’s if you leave them on the side and was woken up in the early hours of Friday morning by him drinking it, quite loudly!
Oli slept in on Saturday morning until about 7.30am, yay for lie ins!
There was coffee, improvised with one of Oli’s drinking cups and the remains of the cafetiere (Ben goes through them at a ridiculous rate!)
Then we all headed off to the Science Museum.
We had a full morning, there was playing and the bubble show (I liked the bubbles filled with carbon dioxide best), Oli liked playing.
Lunch and home for tea. Oli insisted on taking his umbrella (his Grandma is a soft touch!) and putting it up to keep warm.
On Sunday, we did some painting and played.
Then just after lunch, Ben and Laura came home, much to Oli’s delight! Ma and I went home and I had a very quiet afternoon and an early night!
That was pretty much it. This week, I’m out tonight with the LCS and then next weekend is Mothers Day so the family are here for lunch.
Nic Dempsey 