Another week whizzes by.....

 I would have thought that, with the restricted life we are living right now, time would drag but here we are, another week has whizzed by.

On Thursday we went to visit/help our daughter in law. With an energetic 2 year old and a newborn, she is busy!  The motorway traffic was a bit better this time, though I still find the travelling exhausting. 

That day our son started work at 3pm so we were able to spend an hour or so with him before he left. Then we visited a nearby farm. We offered to take Albie (aged 2) to give our daughter in law a rest whilst baby Nyla slept but she was happy to come with us, which was great. We met our other daughter in law and grand daughter, Georgina,  there. 

It was a lovely afternoon out. Three grandchildren aged 7 weeks, 9 months and 2 years enjoying an afternoon out in their own way; dozing, babbling and feeding the animals respectively. Social distancing etc was well organised and Albie fed the animals via a non contact shute contraption. I do feel very anxious when I am out and about but I doubt I am the only one and we must just soldier on. We enjoyed ice cream and I counted my blessings once again!

We had taken our evening meal with us to quickly re heat; sausage, beans and mash with a leek and sage gravy. "Ooh sausages," Albie sighed with pleasure as he climbed onto his chair at the table. But his rapture soon turned to dismay as he saw the finely chopped sage. "Oh no, I don't like pips in my sausage," he explained. "Don't worry, they're not pips," his mom reassured him so he tucked in. "Mmmm Nanny I do like pips in sausage!" He beamed, as he ate everything on his plate! Pudding was strawberries and jelly. I was politely informed that nanny can bring jelly again next time, lots of jelly! His mommy said they can put it on their shopping list, Albie is in charge of "writing" the shopping list and ticking off the items in the supermarket!

We helped with bath time and bed time; a glorious concoction of bubbles, splashes (I got a bit wet!) milk and story. Albie loves books and can recite his favourites as you read them. But his present favourite is a baby weaning cookbook his mom had got out to share a recipe with Georgina's mom a few weeks ago. He loves it, looking at the pictures of the recipe ingredients and the babies eating them. So Grandad and Albie read a cookery book at bedtime!

Three days later I am still sleeping away the after effects of a day spent with a 2 year old!

The garden has been battered by recent storms. Steve dug up the now horizontal sunflowers and popped the flowers in a vase. 

I love sunflowers, every August I proclaim them to be my absolute favourite flower. But in reality I have an absolute favourite flower every month; snowdrops, daffodils, tulips, forget me nots, daisies, roses, sweet peas, sunflowers the list is endless. 

And so a new week starts. I am having my B12 injection tomorrow so hopefully  this exhaustion will lift. 

Happy new week everyone. x