Friday, July 14, 2006

The exhaustion of Busy Lizzie

Looking after three children is not easy work. I have only done it for a few hours at a time. Sarah used to do it on Thursdays.On Fridays there was always 2 of us. However poor Lizzie is now doing two days a week. Busy Lizzie likes to be busy and the children are all entertained, fed and the house is aways tidy when we get home from work. She always does far much more than bothof us together achieve.

However on Thursday when I got home poor busy Lizzie was slumped in the chair a bit worn out. The kids had been out to a park in the morning for mothers group. Then in the afternoon Penny, Chris and Lily had come over to play. Well that is close to a normal Thursday, except for the fact that Ben had not slept at lunch time (He was up around 5am in the morning) and Ella had slept for about 25 minutes. These last two things had prevented the quiet lunch time that is essential for getting through the day in one piece. We cooked dinner. Sarah and Lizzie went shopping for an hour and Busy Lizzie was in bed and asleep by about 9pm.

On Friday, they all had a quite day with just a visit to Chatswood for a Baby Cino. Yes apparently Ben does sit down long enough for Lizzie to enjoy a coffee!

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