I've said it before, and I'll say it again.....
It's been a bitch of a couple of days.
What with one thing and another, I am wrung out. I am this far away from going to the Co-op and buying a carton of ice cream. I wonder if they do gin flavoured? Who'd be a Mum to three boys? That's what I want to know. Three topsy turvey, unruly, naughty boys. Buggers. That's what they are. Utterly doing my head in.
Rant over. Cheers for that. Feel a bit better now.
I sat in my friend Sophie's garden earlier. We clinked our bottles of beer, and set the world to rights, while Pops and her little one ran round and round and round, in that way that little boys do. I think that I remember running just like that, but when I close my eyes, I can't capture the feeling. I just sit there, amazed at the fizzing energy, and wondering how I can get me some of it. I'd really love to have just one day of feeling like a child again. To reclaim that essence of being young. I would dearly love to just live in the moment, with 'Spontaneous!' emblazoned on my grubby t shirt.
I piggy backed Olly home this evening, and as we came down the hill towards our house, we sang the 'Horsey, Horsey' rhyme. I stopped, I clippity clopped, I swished my tail and I turned around. All the while Olly was laughing and dangling to the side. I think this is as close as it gets to being a child for me. I'll take that.
Tomorrow is the last day of the school year for Olly and Alfie. It's not been without its' ups and downs. The ups have been fabulous. The down have been hard. I am looking forward to a day of pj wafting. And the grass needs cutting. I may do that on the first day of the jollies. I don't need to get changed for that. Olly has told me that he will be making the biggest Lego base 'ever in the world ever.' Alfie said that he is not to be disturbed until at least three in the afternoon. Both sound like good plans indeed.
Forgive me. I'm in a place right now, where grasping the moment and getting it down on the page is proving difficult. It's all a bit of a jumble of thoughts and words, with no real coherence. I think the waft will do me good.
Do you think I could make gin ice cream? You know, just in case.
Leanne xx
(for some reason, I am not able to access Bloglovin' Please bear with, until I remedy this).
I'm so glad to hear that you're still wafting. I worry that you'll stop someday and then I don't know what I'll do. I need the mental image. :) Enjoy that ice cream. I know for a fact that you can get it with rum, if that helps.
ReplyDeleteI'd go for the ice cream. I ate a whole tub of salted caramel recently. I felt better. XXX
ReplyDeleteHa ha Leanne,it all sounds fun,i had 3 girls and it was hard work,but 3 boys !!!!!!! i dont envy you,i have a grandson and i cant believe how much energy he has ,there so differant to girls ,good luck for the hols,blow the house work just do the basics ,and easy meals ,and make those gin lollies,ive a recipe iff you want it ha ha ha xx
ReplyDeleteFloat the ice-cream in the gin, that's the way to do it. A VERY trying day here as well, underlaid by gloom and anxiety on my part. I went to the Mall for school shoes and things, oh it was ghastly. Olly and Alfie's holiday plans sound excellent. I am going to try harder to be a nicer person. I was fairly shouty at the Mall today. A veritable fishwife. Tomorrow I'm going to be all loveliness. Have a wonderful summer hol Leanne. CJ xx
ReplyDeleteI think I might actually have a recipe for gin ice cream. I know how you feel lovely, and am a little apprehensive about the looming hols myself. I'm looking forward to them very much, of course, but I know that the lack of routine can unsettle me and make me very anxious. And let's just hope it doesn't rain, that'll be it otherwise. Comrade, we can totally do this. Xx
ReplyDeleteHey you! Sounds a bit like life over here! I was ready for a bit of gin at 9:30 this morning! Ha! Ah life! Your photos are beautiful as is your singing with your little love! To be transported back in time to be a child just for an hour would make people kinder I believe. Wishing you some singing this summer! Nicole xo
ReplyDeletedrink the gin, then have an ice cream. hang in there x
ReplyDeletepj's, lego and staying in bed sound perfect holiday plans. with lots of ice cream. xxx (and a decent splash of gin.) xxx
I'm sure gin ice cream sounds the ideal soother for being the mother of boys. I have two with a seven year age gap which can be trying & one is an adult now!! What about a gin ice cream soda, gosh you've started me off now. Sorry you're having a crappy couple of days, hope things even out for you soon x
ReplyDeleteOh dear, I was going to say that this is just the start of the holidays but they haven't even begun yet. I'm sure things will feel much better when there's no time scales to adhere to and everyone's recharged their batteries. I remember the last half term always being so hard going with so much going on. And if I'm wrong, there's always the ice cream, or gin, or both together.
ReplyDeleteI don't know about gin ice cream, but I think in Scotland they sometimes pour whisky over it. That would probably do the trick. :-)
ReplyDeleteLast week I sat on a (giant) swing, leant right back and looked up at the trees as I swung: it was, for a moment, the most glorious memory of years ago.
ReplyDeleteGet down to the Co-op, buy the ice-cream and find a swing. You'll be fine. I have two boys and the very thought of three would do my head in, so you're a star!
If I see a frazzled looking woman in p.j's in the co-op buying gin ice cream I will give her a hug xx
ReplyDeleteOne of my friends is a teacher and the last weeks of the school term is always the worse. Hope things quieten down as they all forget about school for a while. I think the best suggestion above is drinking some gin and then eating icecream! We had a icecream van that visited work today - I really did try to resist but had to give in and have one in the end! Sarah x
ReplyDeleteWell if you manage to find any gin icecream.... I hope that it will all be less turvey and topsey soon. Enjoy the wafting and waving and doing very little. Perhaps you should stay in bed all day too! Or build your own lego base!! xx
ReplyDeleteI got a taste of it today (not the gin ice-cream) but the holidays without plans. The only way to manage it I reckon is meeting up with other people with kids and sharing the load, or at least watching them all in a bemused fashion. Hope to see you soon, Antonia x
ReplyDeleteAntonia it's been too long! I'll text you when I get home from Bristol xx
DeleteLove the rant! If you can have rum and raisin ice cream, I'm sure you could incorporate gin - maybe gin and lemon? Although, it would probably be more of a sorbet! Beautiful photos as usual. Here's to some sunny weather and plenty of PJ wafting. xx
ReplyDeleteGreat great blog, made me smile, in sympathy, as a mother of 3 boys I am right there with you, enjoy the hols x
ReplyDeleteIf gin icecream isn't a thing it really should be. And you've got me wondering, do they still make 'cider' lollies ... jeez I loved those.
ReplyDeleteWishing you a very peaceful hols x
If you find gin ice cream let me know. Failing that I recommend just gin, with tonic and ice and lime of course. Cake is also good, although not generally with gin. Hope the holidays make you smile. I loved your description of playing horsey!
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