• Waking to the sound of Jesse whispering ‘is it the weekend or a school day Mummy?’
• Dragging myself downstairs for a cup of tea and some cuddles on the sofa.
• Mixing up batter and frying fluffy corn and chilli pancakes for breakfast.
• Nagging the children to tidy their bedrooms.
• Running the vacuum around.
• Cleaning the bathroom.
• Kissing Mr. LA goodbye.
• Wishing he wasn’t working away {again}.
• Popping a facemask on while I did a few chores. Multi-tasking at its best.
• Taking a quick shower.
• Pulling on my clothes and beginning to apply my makeup.
• Wandering into our bedroom to open the blinds.
• Spotting my neighbour across the road collapsed just inside his front door.
• Dashing out of the house to make sure he was alright.
• Dialling 999 and waiting with him until the ambulance arrived.
• Trying not to panic as I wandered into his home to find a blanket for him.
• Attempting to lighten the mood with a joke about getting to know your neighbours.
• Feeling relieved as I heard the siren approaching.
• Heading back inside and doing my best to calm down. Adrenaline is a funny thing.
• Hurriedly feeding the children their lunch and delivering Izzy to a birthday party.
• Drinking tea and catching up on laundry.
• Greeting my friend Emily and her children, Jack and Anna, as they arrived for a sleepover.
• Chatting downstairs while the children played.
• Enjoying the sound of their fun and games.
• Taking delivery of our alcove cupboards and shelving. We’ve got a week to paint it all before the carpenter comes back to install it.
• Welcoming Izzy home.
• Cooking and eating macaroni cheese.
• Making beds and running a bath.
• Watching Emily read the youngest two a bedtime story.
• Creeping downstairs and wondering how long it would be until they all fell asleep.
• Tidying up, pouring drinks and picking a movie.
• Feeling distinctly underwhelmed by Eat, Pray, Love. Is the book better than the film?
• Pausing intermittently to check on the children and order them to sleep.
• Retiring to bed ourselves.
• Waking to find everyone under the covers with Emily downstairs.
• Brewing tea and making scrambled eggs for breakfast.
• Deciding to hurry ourselves along when we discovered how good the weather forecast was for today.
• Stepping out into glorious winter sunshine and slowly making our way to the park.
• Watching the children play happily.
• Relishing the sight of them peeling off their winter coats and running around with abandon.
• Coaxing the children home with the promise of chocolate biscuits.
• Drinking tea and dunking chocolate digestives.
• Warming soup and buttering bread rolls.
• Saying our goodbyes.
• Clearing up and collapsing on the sofa.
• Feeling very sleepy.
• Whiling away the afternoon doing nothing much at all.
• Longing for the children’s bedtime. They took tired and grumpy to a whole new level.
• Serving up broccoli quiche, salad and sweetcorn for their supper.
• Looking on as they reluctantly tidied their toys away before bed.
• Dunking them both in the bath and helping them into their PJs.
• Reading Jesse a bedtime story and kissing him goodnight.
• Tapping away on my laptop while Izzy watches cartoons nearby.
• Looking forward to pizza with Mr. LA when he finally gets home.

Love Audrey xxx