Busy weekend = broken synch

Crickey – four days away from here and it feels like a lifetime.  I’m sorry to report that my absence hasn’t been the result of high excitement, amazing stories or dramatic happenings with Team Beebe.  Rather the much more mundane and slightly grounding fact that when I try to add something new to life it quickly throws other things out of sync and sadly, on this occasion, the Blog got put to the side.

On Saturday I had a work event in the Wirral which meant that Alby was being left in the loving care of Shannon, one of his nursery workers, from 8am until 6pm.  On the practical side this meant cleaning the house from top to bottom, sorting out a packed lunch and dinner for Alby and ensuring plenty of food options for the babysitter.  There was also a little bit of mental preparation needed as this was the first time I’ve left him for a prolonged period with anyone other than his grandparents but as Alby sees Shannon almost every day and absolutely adores her my thoughts were focused much more on trying to prove my housekeeping skills.

When Shannon arrived it took Alby a moment to register who was at the door but his face went very quickly from shock to happiness and he grabbed her hand, led her into the living room and pushed a Thomas the Tank Engine into his hand.  When I came home Alby gave me a smile but quickly returned to Shannon’s lap to watch the end of Driver Dan on CBBC.  He was so cute and comfortable with her that it gave me great heart to think that he will probably be just the same with Mark once he is home for a little while.  Admittedly, it also made me think that I could never have a nanny but lets not go dwelling on what an insecure mother I am for my sons love!

When Mark came back for his little holiday recently I was expecting Alby to be a bit stand off-ish for the first few days.  My concerns in that regard were totally unfounded.  However, he wasn’t totally happy to totally chill out with daddy when I was in the room.  With his nursery staff he couldn’t care less if I’m around or not and give it a month after Mark’s home and I’m sure I’ll be saying the same.

From a full day out on Saturday to friends over for afternoon tea on Sunday to a house full of dogs today as I help out a neighbour it’s probably no wonder things have gone a little bit out of sync in recent days.  This Friday we head South again for the first time in a month, so I’m not totally sure we’ll get back on sync this week but I’ve already decided that if anything needs to be put to the side it can be the washing up rather than the blog!