Beautiful day

It surely has to be the most beautiful day of the year so far. After a very wet April we are finally seeing uninterrupted blue skies and hot sun - the fields are alive with colourful wild flowers and lush green grasses and you’d have to be a very unhappy person for it not to lift your soul.

Over six weeks have passed since Rudy was born and while we have had a few moments of chaos we are somehow managing quite well to survive. He is a very calm, dare I say it, easy baby so far, sleeping and eating very happily.

Mickey seems to be enjoying the role of big brother and doesn’t behave as if he were jealous of the new arrival. It is lovely taking care of the two of them and although it does feel like spinning plates at times I think it is more fun than having one child.

It certainly helps that even though Darren has a lot of work on right now he is still at home quite a lot. I don’t know what it would be like to have your husband leave the house each day at 7am to return 12 hours later. It must be pretty lonely and tiring but unfortunately that is the situation for most of the mums I know in London.

The good weather definitely makes things easier for me. On rainy days Mickey starts bouncing of the walls by a certain time and wants to watch endless films and youtube videos. But on gorgeous days like today there is so much of interest outside to occupy my energetic and curious little 2 year old and it’s pretty pleasant for the rest of the family, too.