That ice cream place must be new since I worked on the strand. I’m going to find it though, looks amazing! I am 
at all the packed days out in London. I’d love to do that with my dcs but DS wouldn’t cope at all. Maybe dd will in future, we’ll see.
No time to catch up yesterday but am now having a quiet day. A few of you have been very kind and said that I’m doing a good job... thing is, I’m not doing anything at all! All the hard work falls on my mum, who is caring for dad and right in the thick of it. I feel a bit useless tbh as I’m a practical person and I like to ‘do’. But I’m just getting on with things as best I can. Dad was admitted to hospital yesterday as his pain wasn’t under control. I am waiting to hear what’s been done and what’s next but I think he had a better night. He managed to text me even though he’s too weak to speak. So we had a little text chat.
In other matters, we had a successful trip on the cable thingy yesterday. It was a bit foggy so not great views but that was fine by DS, who just loves the height and movement. Mammy it’s a very industrial view, I’ll see if I can dig out the pics I took last time as the visibility was better. But you can see the Thames barrier, Olympic Park, a few west London landmarks and you are practically over the o2. Plus lots of industrial gubbins, rusty boats and building sites 
. I paid for DSis, so that was £8.70 each I think. They let DS on free- I didn’t have any evidence of his disability with me but his behaviour was sufficient evidence for them 
. He was actually pretty good though, and unusually he didn’t actually run off once although he clearly considered it a couple of times (this is why I don’t take both dcs out alone). This makes it a very successful trip 👍🏻. We had a quick toastie for lunch in the Costa near the O2 as it’s DS’s favourite, then headed home. I spent £3 on tube, about £17 on cable car and around £13 on toasties and drinks. Not too bad for a day out. We’ll go again with a picnic in the summer.
Had a dreadful early evening with the dcs though... dd just can’t seem to nap in her cot at the mo so is barely napping and thus hits meltdown at the end of the day. Yesterday this happened to coincide with DS also having a meltdown... after 2 hours of both of them screaming at me, by 7pm I was ready to lock myself in the bathroom with a bottle of sherry! Once DH got home and we had one each we managed to get them to bed. I went to bed early myself after all that!
I think dd is suffering from separation anxiety and a bit of stranger wariness, which tends to kick in at this age... she wouldn’t go to DSis at all and was very clingy. I think this is also why she’s not napping well. This afternoon she was crying after half an hour in her cot but is now asleep on me. It’s hard work when you can’t leave them at all! I didn’t go through this with DS but then he’d started nursery by this stage and was more used to separation. Dd hasn't known anything else and I think she is also more shy. Anyway, since she interrupted my cottage pie-making she’ll have to have a pouch for dinner instead!
NSD today but off to Sainsbury’s later to collect a Tu order so no doubt that will tempt me... I need a few top up things anyway.
Wolf will your DS be able to have contact with your DH? Would that make it easier or harder for him? You are doing so well, I doubt I’d leave the house in your shoes.
Glad you are feeling rather better North
Life double funeral 
Mammy I’d heard from a few friends that physio didn’t help their plantar fasciitis so I’m encouraged by your experience. My gp wasn’t keen to refer and said it should heal in time but 10 months on I still can’t walk normally. And that’s wearing fit flops or similar (I even have fit flop slippers as I can’t walk directly on a hard floor AT ALL) . It’s very annoying indeed.
DS is shouting about needing new pants... 