Mummascribbles – It's the end of our holiday – Mummascribbles

I think it’s safe to say that the last two weeks have been pretty epic. Usually our time together away from work would be epic because we’ve been out and about exploring but this is for the complete opposite reason in that other than heading out for Christmas and boxing day, we have done nothing!

Zach has watched too much TV and  we have spent the whole mornings in our pj’s, being ready to leave the house (to pop to the shops and grab dinner) by midday. We have (almost) taken it in turns to give each other lay ins – I say almost because the other half would disagree right now because Zach has demanded that he is the one to get up with him the last few days.

Something really interesting that I’ve noticed is just how different Zach is with me when daddy isn’t around. The first week of the holidays was just me and Zach.  The other half finished work on Christmas eve and so we had four days of it being just us. And you know what? It was amazing. On day one he wasn’t feeling well so we spent the day in our pj’s cuddling on the sofa.

On the other days we had fun, we bonded and the only time that he referred to wanting daddy was when we were over at Grandad in the woods and he said, I wish daddy was here. It wasn’t said in a preferential way, it was because he wished he was there having fun with us rather than being at work.

As soon as daddy was off work, I was un-favoured. I can’t tell you the amount of times the words, go away mummy, has been said to me. This didn’t happen at all when it was just us. They always say that boys are mummy’s boys but that is definitely not the case in this house.  Don’t get me wrong,  there are times when he wants me over daddy although it’s normally 2am which, you know,  I’m not that fussed at that time of night.

Doing nothing has been amazing though.  And we haven’t been completely lazy. The other half and I went to the cinema to see Star Wars while the grandparents came round to look after Zach. We had the my brother in law’s family round since we didn’t get to spend much time with them on Boxing day and it was a lovely catch up while the kids all played together. And we’ve cleaned the house. Our Christmas decs were taken down the day after boxing day to make way for the new toys I was bringing home from mum’s,  We have tidied, cleaned and put up a shelf for my miniature art collection.

So no, it hasn’t quite been sitting around in our pj’s the whole time! The best thing really is that Zach has been playing with all of his toys.  We spend so much time out of the house that sometimes he doesn’t get to just sit and play with all his things.  We’ve played trains, we’ve played shops, there have been imaginary reindeer sleeping,  he has been Santa and he’s played with his new garage and refuse truck.  He may not have been out much but boy has he had fun. 

I can’t believe that it’s now Saturday and that in just two sleeps everything will go back to normal.  We’ll be rushing out of the house at 7am and getting home at 7pm. I have no doubt that there will be massive tears at the nursery drop off from both he and I and I’ll get very tiny conversations on the phone with him when I’m on lunch and he’s at mums. I absolutely hate the return to work after Christmas – the other half knows it too as we mentioned it last night and he told me not to be sad. But I will be. I’ll probably cry in bed on Sunday night. I’ll probably be feeling really down all week but I know in time it will all just feel normal again. All I can do is pray that I bought the winning lottery ticket today and keep my fingers crossed. Wouldn’t that be ruddy brilliant?! I mean, I am pretty sure this is the only time of year I buy one…so desperate am I not to go back to work!

Disclaimer – whilst all of the above is based on a true account of our two weeks together, please note that we have had the usual tantrums, we have had attitude thrown at us along with a regular battle to get him in clothes and have his teeth brushed. He has also told us that he’s hungry every 20 minutes or so despite us feeding him regularly? It definitely hasn’t all been perfection but that doesn’t stop me not wanting it to end!