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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 😘

This is how I dress now that I’m a national TV s

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?

Social distancing from my own kids 😂⁣ ⁣ The

Social distancing from my own kids 😂⁣
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The girls and I popped out of the house yesterday for the last time (via car) for some fresh air and exercise. We were far away from other people at all times (photo evidence attached) and they relished racing around a wide open space in the sunshine. ⁣We’re sticking to the garden from today though.

Things went mostly according to plan and it felt like a normal day - there was the striping off naked in public and running off with trousers around ankles, a wee accident and one butt inspection for a misplaced twig (turns out it was just itchy grass). I won’t elaborate on who out of the three of us did what 😂⁣
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I also did a morning online yoga session with @supbristol, learnt about Zoom, shaved my legs AND cut my toenails. It’s the start of a whole new me guys.

This is a pic from last summer - they look quite a

This is a pic from last summer - they look quite angelic here (minus the entire body paint), but I can assure you, the situation deteriorated quickly into feral chaos - the kind that leaves most parents questioning their life choices 😂.⁣
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I imagine quite a few of these moments over the next few weeks...months? 🤔 ⁣
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My plan is to a) have absolutely NO expectations, b) stick to a routine and c) not actually attempt to ‘teach’ my kids in the professional sense, playing and staying sane will be the main priorities! ⁣ ⁣
But I still need ideas on entertaining two small children all day everyday during this weird time, while trying to work from home (in addition to a shit load of iPad/Kindle and Frozen 2 time), so I’ve put together a list of resources and fun activities to draw inspiration from - mainly for my own sanity, but it might help yours too. Link in bio.⁣ 👆
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I’d love to know about more outdoorsy kid-friendly gardening Insta accounts to follow if you can recommend any?

#messykids #kidspainting #paintingwithkids

Schools close tomorrow for the majority and I won’t lie, I’m slightly bricking it at the prospect of attempting to homeschool,entertain the kiddos, do a bit of work on the side and not go insane 🤯🤪. BUT I am fully aware we’re some of the lucky ones, my job is already flexible, we’re currently healthy and not required on the frontline (health workers, key workers - thank you for all you are doing).⁣
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I’m also feeling positive after discovering @cosmickidsyoga on YouTube! I’m probably very late to the party on this, but it’s absolutely brilliant and I definitely intend to do lots of these while the schools are closed. Today we were social distancing from our normal Thursday afternoon ballet lessons but after a bit of indoor exercise. The sessions are about half an hour long and themed around movies and adventures - so tonight we tried Frozen Yoga, which the girls LOVED and then begged me to put the Moana one on too...while I chilled on the sofa #winning. ⁣
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I’m currently putting together a blog on all kinds of resources for parents, so let me know any tips you may have!

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