Pottering

Today we’ve been mostly pottering about (except Helen who sadly is working this weekend).

SB started off preparing for our trip tommorrow, we are off to the Tate Modern with some localish HEers , though no one I’ve met before I think. So she was packing a bag with goodies for the journey – is the girl excited I wonder? Shame Helen isn’t coming with us though. We then pottered about upstairs, sorting out nappies while changing Butterbean, putting some of Stringbean’s clean clothes away. Butterbean ambled about, SB created a trail of cuddley toys around the upstairs which when then had to race round, she dressed herself in another seasonal outfit of shorts and sleevesless T shirt, and then complained when she got cold…..

Took about 1/2 hour it seemed to cross the road to go to the shop and the bakers, as BB walked, so of course was toddling along investigating all and sundry. Came back to have late breakfast. By the time we had finished BB was up for a sleep (after polishing off pretty much a whole croissant – good taste that girl).

So me and SB had some time together. Not entirely sure what we did, at some point there was a bit of CBeebies and then she spent a fair while on Starfall which seems to be enjoying at the moment. Had a discussion about accents and pronunciation as the voice (American) seems to have bit of a twang (Bob sounded more like Baarrrb). She came up with some complicated shopping/selling game where i was supposed to be knocking on the door and selling various things. Talked a bit about the trip tomorrow, looked at the maps to see where we would be going, then went off on tangents, to see other places we have lived. Did some reading, sorted out some washing, tidied up kithcen a bit, had lunch, all that sort of thing.

BB eventually woke up about 2.40 (getting on for about 4 hours sleep) had her lunch, then we got organised to go out on the bikes, not far just up the road really to the Orchard where we buy most of out apples and pears,, SB on her bike, me towing BB in the trailer , but by the time we got wrapped up, bikes out, pottered up there,, while chatted to the chap SB/BB explored and then got home it took about 1 1/2 hours., Snugggled up for a bit with warm drinks and crumpets and read some of the Stories of the World book,and then Helen got back home, and then we swung into dinner, bath, bed routine. Which is going quite smoothly at the moment, SB seems to have got over her not being able to get to sleep for a couple of hours thing, and BB goes down easily now as well, as long as she doesn’t sleep late in the afternoon/early evening. and she slept through again last night.
Things that made me smile section: BB likes doing little ‘dances’ to music, tonight she sat on the floor in front of this little musical keyboard we have , rocking side to side to the music
Now time to sort out bag etc. for tomorrow, so I”m not rushing around getting stressed in the morning