Working from Home and Being a Mum
My 3 year old son has been suffering badly from chicken pox all week so we have been confined to the house. There has been no swimming, no PlayBus and no Pre-School, even the garden has been out of bounds because its been so wet. Consequently, boredom has set in because mummy spends too much time on the computer sending emails, preparing orders and doing voluntary work trying to "make a difference" to the environment.
During a brief lapse of concentration after making lunch, I forgot to lock the fridge door! If you have normal, well behaved children this wouldn't be a problem however while I was busy trying to concentrate on working out 17.5% of 100 in a spreadsheet that wouldn't add up my darling child was raiding the fridge. He ran into the office, a huge grin on his face and yoghurt all over his hands and face. Forgetting the spreadsheet and instantly jumping up, I ran into the living room (maybe this has happened before) to discover pink Thomas Tank Engine yoghurt had been carefully spooned out of 8 pots and smeared all over the sofa and cushions. The cover is now in the wash and I hope it dries before mother-in-law comes over tomorrow to babysit!
Its not easy being a mum and working from home!
I later had to collect the children from school accompanied by a small child with a spotty face and pink yoghurt all over him. Fortunately it looked just like calamine lotion so not too many strange looks...
Oh Rachel!!
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The antiques or the mischievious 2 year olds are non stop!! I've been trying to get Chicken Pox with Molly & Aimee for a year now..... it's been going around.... but can we catch it!! Mind you.. with the Wedding only 3 weeks away now.. it's the last thing on my mind!
Hope that ur little one is OK now.. and fully recovered. x x
This sounds just like my life. I happily came across your blog last week while doing some research. I was reading your post and in the background I heard a "oh oh". I turned around to see my soon-to-be 3 year smeared in suncream. He'd also smeared the doors, wall and leather sofa - a beautiful factor 50 (water resistant too).
ReplyDeleteEven then I was thinking about sending you a comment about the paint experience from the week before. Instead I needed to make a sharp exit and rescue the house from the suncream.
Your blog's great and if it is okay with you, I'd be happy to put a link to it on my site.
Many thanks for the shared experience. ;-)
I'm so glad I'm not alone! It does feel like that sometimes when little George down the road is the perfect well behaved boy and the house is pristine in cream. We have decided to wait until the children are all at school before we attempt to redecorate and clean the biro off the walls and wax crayons off the radiators.
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Those of you who don't yet have children please don't dispair they are lovely really and little angels sometimes - caught at the right moment - when they are asleep...
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