Monday was the first of the Grandparent sitting and the plan was to get an early start so that I could finish a bit earlier. The early start was semi successful but hindered slightly by Cat Girl insisting that I stay until she is ready to leave the house too! Boy Wonder was high and excitable which I was hoping would settle down sooner rather than later.
Football training was canceled today due to strong winds and heavy rain so activities consisted of in house games and making things. Both seemed to enjoy their day.
Cat Girl settled down fairly easily at bedtime but BoyWonder was very awake and not going to be asleep anytime soon. He read his book for what seemed like hours whilst getting up several times fur various things. He finally went quiet about midnight. He will be tired in the morning!
Christmas Eve brought a hyperactive boy with an anxious streak of what ifs? We went through the morning routine in an adhoc and desperate manner, simply because all ability to process had gone out of the window and I was dealing with a child that needed full hands on care to get ready. The excitement of Christmas is reaching full throttle!
The children spent the day with Grandparents, baking and making. Boy Wonder identified his. 'Time out space' for when we visit on Christmas tea time. This was the old faithful shoe cupboard, now tided out and ready to use.
This evening we were visited by cousins which was a few hours of running around and excitement. They played well in most part except for a couple of strategically placed nerf gun bullets by Boy Wonder. He had a wobble early on in the night due to being told off for 'shooting' his sister in the head!
As cousins left for home we sprinkled the reindeer dust, put out the mince pie and brandy and attempted to settle both children down. Cat Girl settled quickly but Boy Wonder was a different story! It's going to be a late one ........Merry Christmas everyone xxxx
Merry Christmas hope you have a good one xxx
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