Author Archives: Megan Smith

The kids insisted on brushing my hair before they went to bed. They need a lot of practice – it wasn’t the nicest of experiences! But it was worth the pain and discomfort to see their smile afterwards.

This children played quite peacefully but, shortly afterwards, the neighbours certainly knew that Genevieve and James were visiting from the cacophony of noise/music from the kazoo and recorder being played very loudly around the garden.

Genevieve did two dance routines, chatted to her Beaver friends, and designed a machine that fed you snacks, food and drinks whenever you wanted so you could bypass your parents when you were hungry or wanted hot chocolate. Needless to say, she had a great time.

The weather was nice so we all started playing in the garden. I set up some car ramps for James with his Hot Wheels track. My ramp building skills are improving exponentially. I’m very proud!

The kids and I went for a socially distanced walk with Grandma Margaret and Grandad Stephen. Hats off to Grandad for selecting a route that involved three railway bridges (on which we waved at several trains, and they all tooted back) as well as a river (for stone and stick throwing).

We attempted some wholesome family selfies but ultimately ended up with more silly photos than nice ones (thanks to the kids) along with many, many pictures of them just being maniacs. They simply couldn’t help themselves!

We had a little bit of TV time to calm the children down before bed… which totally backfired as they spent the whole time having a kicking fight on the sofa. Brilliant. So the TV time ended abruptly and we took them up to bed.

Having been shocked at how much Percy Pigs from Deliveroo were the other day (£13.49!), Stephen came up trumps and found two (yes, two!) unopened packs from Christmas. And they’re still in date (for the next week or two at least). What a result!

The BBQ was good, but the best bit, after the kids were in bed, was that Stephen had secretly transferred the coals to the fire pit so we could have a cuddle outside next to a fire. It was so lovely sitting around the fire pit just chatting, toasting marshmallows and enjoying a drink together.

The morning wasn’t over yet. We moved on to making amazing Kinder chocolate chip cookies (where the “chips” were just sections of the chocolate bars – very indulgent). They were made and baked just before lunch so they were perfect for pudding. Yum!