The girls have been ultra excited about a bowling party they were invited to and to be truthful I was excited too as we've had some behavioural wobbles as of late, and I wanted to see if a change of scenery would ease some of these grumps.
Well it would have been if I'd got the flipping time of the party wrong, instead of being 1-3pm it turned out to be 10am-1pm, leaving a very embarrassed me to explain to the girls I messed up, while Vee was calm but annoyed and strangely understanding about it unlike Lissy, who got upset quite quickly, only calming down once I promised a trip to the nearby park, while it calmed things down she was somewhat upset about it. (I'm a terrible dad apparently, I can accept that.)
I won't lie I'm also happy as a plan B seemed to be unfolding in front of me and a bit of bonding with the monsters is very good for the souls and may improve the wobbles. So a damp park is go!
The first thing I'd done right all day it seems as the frowns turned to smiles within seconds, I won't bore you with the park as we all know what happens at the park when it's been raining (unless your Humf and Wallace - then it's super happy mud fun.)
The best part of plan B was a little treat for the girls, a babyccino as we've seen in our silent Sunday topped the afternoon off fantastically. Even if I messed up!
It brings me to one thing I look into quite a lot and it's the plan B's, as a carer and an idiot who needs to plan things meticulously they're very important to me, although I understand things can change in seconds with a disabled partner and children I also hate it when things do change and there is no plans for this. So for me to think up a completely random afternoon for the kids with no immediate planning to do things was a great but strange experience for me, knocking down a somewhat annoying mental barrier.
So in all an awesome day and a small personal victory, even if I messed up somewhat!
Me :)
Great post Paul! I totally agree with you that sometimes a Plan B can work out even better than a Plan A! Sounds like you all had a great time x
ReplyDeleteIt worked really well, I just hope the next time we do a random day it's not down to a fail. :) x
DeleteYou're a human Dad, not a bad one. And when they get older they'll realise that a parent who hatches a Plan B is pretty damned special
ReplyDeleteI won't lie, I didn't feel it on Saturday. But when the smiles broke through the grumps all was fine :) It was an awesome Plan B
DeletePlan B is often a better option than Plan A if you ask me. So please you had a great time x x
ReplyDeleteThank you Cass, It was an awesome afternoon. Hope your weekend was fabulous!
DeleteSometimes we all drop one or more of the balls we are juggling and a Plan B needs to be thought of, your girls are lucky to have you and your ability to think of a Plan B whenever needed.
ReplyDeleteSometimes (a little like the records I find) the b-side is better than the a-side... Don't worry, we have all been there, done that! Great that you managed to turn the day around and you all had a fabulous time! :)
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