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Son 2 aged 14m made it through the night again, hooray hooray. We had a slow but busy start. Son 2 went back to bed at about 9. I spoke to the Wednesday Friends, down to the Museum. The Booming Business Mother is in the Southern Hemisphere on Glamorous Work Assignment, but will be represented by her children and husband. Son 1 aged 4y 1m and I waited till Son 2 woke up. He watched telly, I tidied and cleaned. We all trailed out with the Big Pram at about 11am. A traffic warden was writing down details of my car, parked in the one hour spaces, restricted after 9am. What idiot left it there without moving it? Ar. Traumatic trip home last night. Gridlock… didn’t ring Wonder Nanny because phone in boot… raced in to send her home, late late late. Forgot where I’d dumped car. The traffic warden was on his first pass only… so we dismantled the Big Pram, put it in the boot and drove to the Museum.
I unloaded and reassembled the Big Pram in the car park by the Museum. The ticket machine wasn’t working. Didn’t want to leave car without a ticket; didn’t want to unpick Pram again. Put Son 1 in museum with Wednesday Friends and moved car to a different car park with Son 2. On the way we found a new pair of child’s mittens left abandoned on the pavement. Son 2’s. We are indeed having a Lucky Day.
The Museum was great, Son 1 played everywhere, Son 2 joined in at every level with a single-minded determination, and a confidence in me as a resource that got everything he wanted. Back home I put Son 2 to bed while Son 1 watched telly. Nanna came round. After bedtime another Friend came round, and we had a couple of glasses of wine and discussed children non-stop for two hours. The Man says he may not be back till Saturday. When I was half-planning to go Swimming In The Sea.
Tags: Big Pram, mittens, Museum, Nanna, parking, sleeping through, swimming in the sea, traffic warden, Wednesday friends
