I'm having close to a perfect day and I always forget to record those

[tortoiseonthehalfshell]

I talk about the hard days and take the nice ones for granted, I think. So please, come and tell me about your nice day with your children as well.

It's the end of winter here in Australia, and it's been freezing and bucketing for weeks. Today it was sunny, and quite warm, so for the first time in weeks we stopped driving past the park and ignoring our poor daughter's pleas ("wheeee?") and actually stopped and let her run around. And then I ran into friends, and went for coffee, and that might sound trivial but I get really lonely with no car and no-one close by so it makes such a huge difference to me to form these nascent friendships. Back to the park, by now packed with toddlers and their carers, all turning their faces up to the sunshine like longterm prisoners on day release.

A three year old came up to my almost-two, and handed her his plastic pull-along truck. I was so touched. She, of course, just took off with it without so much as a nod, but oh she was so happy!

Then the library, and songtime, and she's the youngest there so when they do this dance thing at the end (called "Wiggly Woo", oh the indignities of parenthood) she just sort of stands there with a scarf looking happy but confused, and asking "more? more woo?". And errands, with her munching an apple, and home.

Now she's napping, and we've a pork roast ready for the oven for this afternoon, and it was just a boring simple domestic day. But it was so lovely. Forgive my utter dullness in recording it, please - it's too easy to forget, is all.

[lifeas3plus1]

Sounds like a lovely day.

We had a great day too.

Didn't actually go anywhere. Spent the day chucking out more crap to get ready for the baby.

It was lovely and hot so the patio doors stayed open and ds spent the day wandering in and out with a big grin on his face, popping in occasionally to help daddy and me throw some stuff in bags. Had a lovely picnic lunch in the garden. Sat in hysterics for an hour watching ds spin round in circles then stare at the floor because obviously it was moving

Then we had a lovely chilled evening all playing together and ds didn't go to bed until 7.30pm which may not sound like much but for the last couple weeks he has been in bed by 6/6.30 because he spent the evening whinging so it was nice to have some fun before bed!

Long may it last!

[curableromantic]

We had a lovely day yesterday too!

We went to a friend's house for delicious bbq - DN hung out with the other children with a friend who taught them circus tricks, he was gentle with the little ones and boisterous with the bigger ones. He hadn't been out the house or socialised for 3 months (which is why we took over his care) and we were so happy watching him.

DS ate loads of chicken (he never eats!) and sat gurgling on everyone's knee.

DP came (he's usually less social).

I didn't have to cook!

[tortoiseonthehalfshell]

That sounds lovely, curable - although it also sounds like there's a huge back story, and your DN is lucky to have you, that's wonderful.

How old is DS?

Lifeas, the nights where ours goes to bed late but we all enjoy each other's company are so nice. Bonus points if it's on a weekend and there's a fair chance of sleeping in the next morning.

[curableromantic]

Tortoise there's a backstory bigger than Tasmania and much of it on here. DS is nearly one and tottering around high on life . They are pictured on my profile.

I forgot to add, on the bus on the way home DN proudly told a random lady he was DS' big brother which was quite warming too, as there have been some fireworks over the first two weeks of his life with us!