What have you been up to this week? Last Sunday we headed to New Lanark which is a stunning heritage site, consisting of old mill buildings and steeped in history. If you are ever in the area, it’s definitely worth a visit. On this occassion we didn’t do the mill tours or the interactive experience. This time we went to Brick City. This is an exhibition there over the summer and up until September which has lots of different landmarks made out of Lego. It was fantastic and really worth a visit. The boys loved it. Aria enjoyed trying to figure out what we inside the old chimney. Kids and their curiosity. We were there with friends of my husband’s so the kids had some friends too. Outside you can see the stunning scenery that surrounds New Lanark. The best part was seeing Lucas find a new love of Lego.
For years he’s asked for Lego, gotten fed up and frustrated by not being able to do it. A lot of things don’t come easy for Lucas. He has to work hard at sport, even though he’s a sporty kid, he puts in the effort and works at it, especially football. Being left handed he finds fiddly things like Lego a problem. And he’s very quick tempered, easily angered and struggles to deal with it. This is probably another blog post for another time. Right now, as of Friday, he’s built over 10 Lego sets and searching anywhere he can for more. He got stuck, but instead of throwing it on the ground, he started again and the pride in his face when he finished it was worth it. I had tears in my eyes. I was so proud. He’s 10 and beginning to love this things.
The rest of the week I’ve been working, the kids have been having fun outdoors when the weather hasn’t been torrential and I had a wee day off Tuesday where we sorted out the old school uniforms for the new ones. I think we are pretty much there now. Just check out Aria’s first pair of school shoes. How cute are these?
I was also of Friday and we had indoors where Lucas was building Lego, Tyler, Aria and I made slime and cloud dough. We baked some cookies and read some books from their summer reading challenge. They just need to hand them back into the library and we are done. 8 years in a row Lucas has completed his. It’s such a great way to get kids into reading over the summer. Aria has been doing great on her bike, never falling off of it once.
Then, Tyler comes home with his friend and they say they’ve lost Lucas. I say, what do you mean you’ve lost him? They were all playing out the front, he knows he can go down to the end of the street, but not out of it. It’s a long street. Huge patch of grass where they play football across the road. It’s plenty and they all have a great time. So, the boys have looked everywhere for him, saying he was behind them, but now not. I run up and down the street calling his name, nothing. Ten minutes go by and my heart is in my mouth. Trying to stay calm and not instantly calling 999. Where can he be? I lock the door, grabbing my car keys and shouting Aria in so we can drive around covering more ground. Just as I get in the car, out he pops. He’d been hiding in the bush, with his bike, across the road the whole time. He hadn’t heard me shout and thought he was just playing with Tyler and his friend. Oh my goodness, the relief flooded through me. I shouted him in and I shouted and I cried and I hugged him. He burst into tears, having no idea why I was so upset. Now, I know it was crazy, but those 15 minutes felt like a lifetime. Everything was ok and no harm was done. It just wasn’t like him. He always says if he’s going out the street to meet a friend, which is all fine. I needed a gin or whisky last night I tell you.
Football training today, while Lucas went to the key youth centre, which is great for giving slightly older kids a bit of independence in a safe environment. He really enjoys it. The younger two, hubby and I played some board games. They are now all away to Robert’s sisters for a sleep over. It’s been a count down since we woke up. Aria is so excited to stay at her twin cousin’s house. Robert and I are going to enjoy a child free evening with a little meal out and a couple of drinks. I am looking forward to a nice sleep without being shouted on numerous times for drinks, covers falling off, bad dreams, it’s too dark in here, you know the list. But, it’s oh so quiet without them.
Robert and I have this week off work as it’s the last full week before the summer holidays ends for us. I can’t believe they’ve had 6 weeks off already, it’s flown by. We have lots of fun days out planned.
What are you up to this weekend?
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