When I first started this blog it was to keep the hubby up
to date while on tour. Young babies change so quickly that developments are
tracked in weeks rather than months and the rate of change seems never
ending.
The young baby days are well behind me - a vague collection
of smiles, tears and baby classes all merged in a sleep-deprived blur that spans
the first two years of both boys’ lives. However, the recent weeks definitely
have the feel of those early years. A month ago we were on the beach at Lyme
Regis ending half-term by retracing Mary Anning’s footsteps collecting
ammonites on the sea front. Now we’re practising social distancing. My office
has been packed up and my home office reestablished as we all do our best to
keep contact to a minimum. Easter plans have been cancelled and social events
postponed as interactions now come via the phone and WhatsApp.
With both of us authorised key workers the boys will be back
in school for the final week of the Easter term. There will be twenty of them
instead of the 250 the school normally has. And then we’ll enter a mix of home
working and home schooling. My teacher friends are keen to point out that with
Easter holidays looming we don’t really need to be doing anything but I think
establishing a good routine in order to protect our sanity is at the front of
everyone’s mind. I’m keen to end the challenges of Covid-19 with my job
intact, my mental health together and my children still liking me. Wish us -
and everyone else out there, good luck. I have a feeling we’re all going to
need it.
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| Highlight of the trip for the boys - an evening at the arcades |
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| Bug proved brilliant at finding huge fossils |
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| Having found a near perfect tiny ammonite, Bean gave up fossilling for drawing on the sand |
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| Fossils, fossils everywhere! |
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