So as it turns out, despite the fact that I would prefer to remain inside under the covers with a good book for a large portion of the rest of my life, my children have other ideas. Instead they make me do things that I don’t want to do, like go outside.
That’s the funny thing about kids isn’t it, they often make you do things, that given the choice, you would NEVER do. Like wiping someone else’s butt after they’ve pooped, or catching vomit with your hands or waking up in the middle of the night to acknowledge that someone else’s sock has fallen off in their sleep. All of which I’ve done so many times in the last 7 years that I can’t remember a time where I didn’t do that.
Except I can and it was glorious! I mean just imagine not having to worry about rogue vomit spurts or what to feed a hungry army of angry tyrants. What even is that life?
Anyway, what was my point here?
Oh yes. As with most things that push you out of your natural comfort zone, there are often really neat things to discover. Like the fact that the afternoon Autumn light in our park makes pretty magical pictures and Knox has no idea how to take off his own bicycle helmet (catch those pictures in our newsletter tomorrow).
I wonder what I’ll discover next week?
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Yay for getting out there and joining the children. I need to take more photos though 🙁
Taking pictures is so much fun. But then again that’s easy for me to say because I really enjoy it.
Please tell me, does Knox not get dizzy when he gets into bed after being on this roundabout thing for a while?? and if he does- what do you do for it?? We have recently discovered Bailey has extreme dizzy spells (hours later) when she’s been on a ride in the afternoon, she gets into bed and the room sways/ spins like the motion of the ride! She freaks out!! which results in her having to fall asleep sitting on me!! so no more afternoon park visits for us, which i don’t mind so much 😉
He didn’t seem to have any issues afterwards besides his usual desire to be carried everywhere – which he indicates to us by standing there moving in circles saying, “I too dizzy, I can’t walk”. But I don’t think it’s legit. That’s interesting that it stays with her so long. I sometimes get that feeling of being dizzy when I have an earache and I lie down too fast. Maybe it’s somehow connected?
Sweet, precious moments x