• Wondering why, after days of sleeping late, Jesse decided to wake me at 6am, the morning after I’d stayed up till midnight and demolished a bottle of red wine single-handedly.
• Fumbling my way downstairs while half asleep.
• Dozing on the sofa while Jesse watched The Rescuers.
• Sipping tea and waiting for Izzy to wake up.
• Missing my husband.
• Making breakfast.
• Taking a swift shower.
• Wearing coral coloured blush and lipstick, and feeling instantly more cheery as a result.
• Excitedly letting the children watch CITV’s Old Skool Weekend. They were mesmerised by Supergran.
• Feeling crestfallen when Izzy described my childhood as ‘the olden days’.
• Making a huge vat of incredibly disappointing soup.
• House hunting. Rightmove and Zoopla are my latest obsession.
• Wandering over to Fiona’s. Hallum and Jesse are at pre-school together and Esme is simply adorable.
• Eating biscuits and drinking tea.
• Watching the children play together.
• Walking home at twilight.
• Admiring the sky, counting clouds and pointing out the scariest looking shadows.
• Running away from imaginary dragons.
• Grabbing a lazy supper from the local Spar shop. Sometimes you just need pasta and a stir-in sauce!
• Putting two sleepy children to bed.
• Waiting patiently for Mr.LA to arrive home.
• Curling up on the sofa in front of Fawlty Towers.
• Heading to bed.
• Lying awake.
• Sleeping in.
• Having a dull, but productive day.
• Scaring my husband with my ‘let’s get STUFF done’ attitude.
• Taking down the Christmas decorations and clearing away the carnage left by the tree.
• Strolling into town to do some boring shopping. Cleaning materials and new storage. Yawn!
• Phoning estate agents. We’ve got one coming to value the house on Tuesday. Eeeek!
• Making proper popcorn with Jesse. Mr. LA heated the oil on the stove and Jesse dropped the kernels in before eagerly listening out for all the popping.
• Cooking and eating pie, mash and gravy.
• Hanging up Jesse’s first drawing of a face for all to see.
• Feeling sleepy.
• Trying to mentally prepare for the inaugural school run of the year tomorrow.

Love Audrey xxx