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Up until now we’ve been venturing to the recreat

Up until now we’ve been venturing to the recreation ground at the end of our road for our daily escape, but with more beans than we know how to burn off in our youngest especially, we decided to venture slightly further afield (still on foot) - to Purdown, a huge park we can spot from the top of our house. ⁣
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And what a difference it made to our headspace! Not only could we gaze over the city and feel like we were seeing a bit of the outside world, it also felt like we were in deep countryside at times. Took soon deep gulps, soaked up some sunshine and calmed some of that rising anxiety.

Spent a good half an hour making this den inspired

Spent a good half an hour making this den inspired by @ospreyeurope’s #GampingChallenge. Nobody wanted to play in it at first, so it was repurposed as mummy’s self isolation den, stocked with gin and red wine 😂. ⁣
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Of course as soon as I went to tidy it up, there was a sudden real interest in this cosy (fake) candlelit corner and I was banished from the room. I’ve promised I’ll make another one tomorrow, although the feedback I’ve received hasn’t been overly promising: ‘yes, make another tomorrow, because that’s a silly one’.⁣
You can’t win ‘em ey?! 😂 #GOindoors

The 6 year old and I busted some grooves to @otima

The 6 year old and I busted some grooves to @otimabuse’s dance class this morning (Frozen-themed from yesterday & a pretty good work out!), despite having my trousers pulled down (swipe to see 😂, I have no shame anymore) and being pelted with cushions by the 3 year old.⁣
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This is week 2 of homeschooling: like week 1, but with none of the novelty. ⁣
‘Homeschooling’, which I was using in the loosest sense of the word, has completely gone out of the window. My ‘pupils’ have walked out on me or refused to turn up at all. What worked last week is a distant memory.
Conversations go like this:⁣
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“This is boring I’m not doing any of it”, “stop wiping coal on your face”, “the BBQ is not designed for standing on”, “please don’t throw stuff into other people’s gardens”, “don’t draw on your sister”, “I said don’t use the knife part” “don’t you want to talk to your family instead of watching TV?...No”, ”can you stop asking Alexa to play a quiz it’s 9 o clock at night”⁣ How are you guys doing out there?! ⁣

Yesterday felt a lot harder than the others. Girl

Yesterday felt a lot harder than the others. Girls were tired, squabbling a lot more and not hugely interested in the activities I offered them (apart from potion making, that is far and away a winner 😂). Ended up snuggling up next to them in the middle of the day with a duvet and kindle on the trampoline (including a mini nap for me, so counting that as a win!)⁣
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After dinner I took them to the rec at the end of our road for a snippet of social-distancing-racing-around as fast as their legs could carry them. ⁣

There weren’t many people around, but those that were took the guidelines seriously and we all gave each other a huge berth. ⁣

I loved watching them pelt it around but it was so strange to be out and not entirely relaxing as I paranoid-screeched ‘don’t touch anything’ every few minutes 😬. ⁣

Our whole street came out in the evening to clap, clang and cheer our bloody brilliant NHS, which was emosh, right?⁣ Happy Friday all 😘
#visitbristol

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Homemade obstacle course - always a winner! Especi

Homemade obstacle course - always a winner! Especially if you time them. And end it with a floss.

Of course the British weather is now pulling out ALL the stops now that we have to stay home 🤯. I’m assuming with most kids at home, trampoline sales have rocketed? This one’s worth its weight in gold. Very thankful we’ve got this little patch of open space to play in, at one point when the wind dropped I even basked temporarily.⁣
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Weather. Afraid that’s about all I got on the chat front today guys 😂. Hope did you spend your Sunday?

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