iRant, iRave

It’s been a busy time us of late. Rob is finally trying to get the patio laid but the weather has been against him for the past few weekends and when finally we get sunshine he has to work. He now has most of it sitting in the drive on pallets just now so hopefully the bog at the back of the house will disappear soon.

When Rob got a new job at UK Mail (same company but different warehouse) his hours changed so one week he works afternoons to evenings and the alternating week he works morning and afternoon. This certainly shook thing up. Instead of getting up at our leisurely 10 o’clock we had to shift everything so we are up and about by 6am and as a result I had to find new groups to take Duncan to since now he naps most days after lunch. Found a fantastic stay and play group and his loved his new signing class, Babies Can Sign, (although sadly this was eventually cancelled due to lack of numbers) but Rhythm Time was not at hit in the slighest. In the end he was refusing to even go inside the hall so that had to get knocked in the head.

As a result of this and the fact I want to work again, I’ve decided to set up a preschool music class, starting with Saturday mornings in Morley so that we don’t have to pay for childcare as Duncan and Rob can come along. So much to do though. As well as buying the kit I need and lesson planning I have to cover everything like Child Protection and Health Safety policies in order to rent the room at a school. There’s only so many ways the paperwork can be avoided but now I’ve almost finished the website there’s no avoiding it. It’s coming along nicely though and I’m hoping to start the class after the summer holidays.

I’ve said it before and I’ll say it again, it is scary how quickly Duncan is growing up. He’s a complete chatterbox with a huge vocabulary but as a result the signs have started dropping off unless he really wants to get his point across. He’s had a lot of visitors in the past few weeks – MoMo & Grandpa, Nanna & Grandad and Aunty Rachael. Grandpa gave him a much adored toy tractor and now he is definitely Grandpa’s wee pal, asking to speak to him and MoMo most days on skype.

We’ve also joined out local Netmums group which is fantastic as unlike everything else they are still meeting over the summer. Been great for us to get out and enjoy the company of other mums and kids.

His swimming in coming on in leaps and bounds. Instead of armbands we got him a little float jacket. When we took him last weekend he was starting to get his balance and could swimming to the side on his own from about a metre away. This Sunday though there was no stopping him. Almost as soon as he got in the pool he was off, swimming from one side to the other, twirling around in the water and getting us to help him jump in from the side. We had to force him to take rests as he just wanted to keep going and going. So proud that all the hard work is paying off.

Anyway paperwork waits for no woman so it’s back to work for me.