Thanks Willy

I got up at 9 o'clock this morning. 9 o'clock! Can you believe it? Not only did Will get up with Euey and Aoife, but when Finn woke he got him up and fed him banana so I could sleep longer. When he finally woke me to give Finian some milk I rose to a bacon and egg sandy and a cup of tea. He has now taken the kids off to the park, decked out in their bright rain jackets looking as cute as can be.
'Bye Mummy, I miss you' said Aoife with a huge grin, as they went off to collect snails in the rain.

I am left with a sleeping baby, another cup of tea, a cuddly warm dressing gown and a job application to write.

Oh well, even the best hubby in the world can't do much about the job application.

Latest milestones

Euey:
Swam about 3 metres by himself in his swimming lesson today (doggy paddle) and also started learning backstroke and after being shown once was able to do the arms.
Also learnt to do the buttons on his pajamas, and then taught Aoife.

Aoife:
Learnt to do buttons. Did her first by-herself somersault a couple of days ago. Can now blow bubbles with her head in the water.

Finn:
Has reached that charming stage of trying to grab the spoon every time you put it near his moutth. Feeding him is now a messy affair.

Will:
Has reached a stage in his computer develpment where he can often fix problems by himself and now teaches himself to do new things on new programs.

George:
Appears to have finally developed some will power and can now study for nearly the whole time the kids are in care (it helps that I study at the centre where I have no internet access).

Aoife's chatter

Following a discussion on how raw meat can have germs, which is why we cook it before we eat it, Aoife let out this monolgue:
We don't eat worms (meaning germs) because worms in our mouth make us sick and Euey had worms and the doctor looked in his mouth and got out the worms and made him better, but I didn't have worms because I wasn't sick, because I eat all my vegetables and I'm strong!

This was a few days after we had taken Euey to emergancy because he had gastro and also a rash, which when described to the nurse at Nurse On Call got the following reaction: I think you should take him to emergancy, that rash sounds like, and I don't want to worry you, but it could be menangitis. Of course, it wasn't menangitis, but when I checked if it would be okay to go to emerg later that day the response was Oh, I would go as soon as possible actually, just gather what you need and go now. Gotta go, don't you?

I do wish I had this on video though because the tilt of the head and emphasis on the but I wasn't sick and I'm strong just don't come across in writing.


This one was today:

A: (looking out the window of the car) I don't like clouds.
E: Mum, why doesn't Aoife like clouds?
G: I don't know, ask Aoife.
E: Aoife, why don't you like clouds?
A: (thinks for a moment, looks up at the sky) I do like clouds, but I don't like clouds up the sky, I like clouds on the road where the cars can drive over them.