Just keep sweeping

Day 4

Gravel and toddlers don't mix. 

It's a recipe for disaster, so with that in mind Mum started to sweep it up!

It is just as well that we can't go anywhere and have nothing else to do. So we did it, we swept the entire driveway, Summer included and she even scraped her knuckles on the gravel in the process... Hereby proving the danger!

I braved the infectious world outside by going to the local shop for some essential food items. I had to queue up outside, 2 meters apart from the next person. There was a member of staff at the door, allowing 4 people to be in the shop at any one time. As soon as someone left, you could go in. 

It felt eerie.

 Like I shouldn't be there.

 Like it was wrong. 

In the afternoon we took the dogs out, having our one daily exercise outside. It was another beautiful day! 

You can find the pictures on Instagram @amy.r.n

Sock Toss

Day 3

It was another glorious day!

Once again we found ourselves on the front steps.. Myself rather red raced from the day before. 🥵

We had a relaxing morning, just keeping each other in high spirits and Summer entertained. 

We played a game of Sock Toss, earning points depending on where the sock landed. Great fun!

We threw the ball endlessly for the dogs and Summer found some bits and bobs laying around.

Our exercise was a wonderdul 2 mile walk in the sun. Its technically "round the block", however the positioning of Mum's house, makes it a rather big block.

Find pictures on Instagram @ amy.r.n

😁 Day 3, survived! 

Sunny Afternoon in Lockdown

Day 1

We were fortunate enough to have some sunshine on the 1st day of our UK Lock down and so my mum decided to clean out her car!

We sat on the front steps on the driveway, soaking up the sun and naturally we drank lots of tea. I watched Mum hoover the car and then Summer joined in when it came to washing the outside.

I drew some circles on the floor which Summer had to jump in, making her way from one end of the driveway to the other without leaving the circles... She loved it so much that we ended up with 50!!

Our one form of daily exercise comes in the shape of dog walking, and I have made it my mission to take a photo everyday and share it to the social media world. Find it on Instagram at amy.r.n

Thanks to the lovely weather, our first taster of the lock down didn't seem too bad. 

Keeping Calm... And carrying on.

This is something that everyone struggles with from time to time, especially those with toddlers... And now thanks to the growing epidemic that is Covid-19, we find ourselves in a very stressful situation.

We, as parents are worried, stressed, concerned, tired, angry and upset. We want to protect our families from this evil disease, we want to do our best to help others, to make sure that we can pay the bills etc and we now have the task of home schooling our children too! 

They are with us, inside our homes, 24/7. . They are either old enough to understand and therefore feel similar to ourselves or are too young and are blissfully unaware...

My daughter will be 4 next week, so she is in the "blissfully unaware" category. She knows that there are germs outside and that's why we have to wash our hands and why the park is shut... But of course she doesn't fully comprehend the scale of the issue.

This makes life difficult at times, such as when I'm trying to watch the news and she's jumping around, or when she wants to go out and do something, but of course we can't because of the lock down. 

Thanks to the range of emotions listed above, I don't always have the energy or the positive attitude to play tea parties, my little ponies, build a den or play Lego. Sometimes I just want to curl into ball and pretend like everything is going to be alright... But I can't.

Life carries on. We need to keep calm, and we need to carry on. Summer needs me to be up and active and keep her occupied. We should have a bit of fun together, if nothing else, then to just be grateful that we still can...  when so many others have lost that opportunity to this disease.

I am going to post a few blogs of our activities, walks, dinners, whatever it is that we get up to during this lock down... Some days, it may not be very much, but that's okay! 

Please share with us what you have been doing, or how you are feeling.

Stay Home. Stay Safe. Stay Sane.