Wednesday Christmas jumpers

Wednesday again started in the same way as any other school day. We got out of the house on time and left daddy at work. Arriving at school I parked the car while the children were talking happily in the back.   We arrived early and it was raining hard, it was jumping off the road. The children wanted to play in the puddles. I told them to stop, but they were laughing whilst splashing around. Having too much fun to listen to mummy and do as they are told.

I got the umbrellas out of the car, my son’s was previously broken on a windy morning, https://justmuddlingthroughlife.co.uk/2018/11/07/wednesday-and-a-broken-umbrella/

I had considered getting him a new umbrella for Christmas. I was looking at buying him a Star Wars one.  This morning he announced that he wants a transparent one.  I found one on Amazon but wanted to actually see it before buying it.

We walked into the breakfast club, the children dumped their bags and rushed to the table. Today was Christmas dinner and Christmas jumper day, there was a sea of Christmas jumpers and a little boy in his school jumper. My son had his Christmas party this afternoon.  I said goodbye to the kids and drove to work, thinking about my son and his request for a new umbrella.

After work, I had a search for an umbrella. Matalan, Home Bargains, TK Maxx, Asda then I finally found one in B and M Bargains. It is automatic, so not sure how long it will last, but it is what he asked for and only £2.99.

It’s hard as a parent trying to keep everyone happy. First the Christmas jumper and then the umbrella. There is so much that they want for Christmas that I have not bought them, the main one being the expensive Lego lorry. I am really hoping that he will be happy with what he has got, I found the umbrella just to see a smile Christmas day.  I am wondering though whether I should be buying a back up that is stronger.  Maybe this one will surprise me and actually last a few months.

He had asked my mum for a monster truck and no he has not got one of those. Trying to keep up with what a child wants, you rarely can because they keep wanting more. Christmas is so expensive and as a parent, we can only do our best. I love my children very much and if I could afford to buy every toy they ask for, I would, but I can’t. I am hoping that on the day they will be pleased with what they have got.  I’m sure they have more than some and less than others, but I don’t want them to be disappointed.

So my son had his Christmas party this afternoon he had a good time and won a pencil sharpener playing pin the nose on Rudolf.  My daughter had enjoyed her Christmas dinner, she liked her turkey. Despite eating though, they were both hungry after school as they always are.  Is it just my kids that always have empty tummies after school?  Is it school that gives them the appetite? When I was a child I’m sure I came home and did my homework and I ate my meal in the evening.  There was no toast and I’m sure if I had asked for it I would have been told, ‘no wait for your dinner’.

My mum gave me some presents from relatives today, they are under our tree and my daughter has already been trying to look inside them.  Like mother like daughter because I do that too.  I am impatient and need to know what I have got.  If these presents are still all wrapped on Tuesday morning I will be amazed.

Once home today, both children ate their dinner and they went to bed well.  My 7 year old was the first to go to sleep, my 5 year old followed soon after, once she had come downstairs a few times. Does anyone else have a child who refuses to clean her teeth?  Some days my daughter is good, on others, she will leave the brush and tell me no.  I can’t force her and she is very good at clamping her mouth shut.  I have tried telling her what happens when you don’t clean them but she is not listening.  Has anyone else experienced this one?

Work again tomorrow and two more days left of school, it will soon be Christmas. Anyway, I am going to go now and get some rest. Try and build up some energy ready for tomorrow morning, for work and the ongoing stress of being mum.