Thanksgiving

As I sit here, in a house that looks like a bomb has hit it, having just had to thoroughly clean our twenty one month old’s hands after he’d picked up a piece of dog poo off the lawn, with a three year old telling us ten million times that he ‘wants to be a good boy’ when he’s being anything but and a seven year old who’s trying to ‘help’ my husband to build a shed by tripping over stuff, passing him screws that he doesn’t need and generally getting in the way, with the soothing backdrop of a toddler screaming because he’s tired but doesn’t want to have a nap and a cat that smells of pee because he’s gone asleep on the sheets stripped off our three year old’s bed when he wet it at 1am this morning, I thought I should try to think of an A to Z of all the things I AM thankful for:

A – arsonic.  Only joking. (I think).  Maybe for the puppy?…

B – bed.  Oh, how I love and miss you.  Oh, and baby wipes.

C – caffeine.  A must for any parent.

D – duvet, especially when I don’t have to share it.  And disposable nappies.

E – evenings, after the children have gone to bed.

F – easy – friends.  My kind-hearted, supportive, funny (ha ha, not peculiar.  Well, not very, anyway), friends.

G – girly nights.

H – husband.  My loving, generous, funny (albeit untidy) husband.

I – internet, so I can blog instead of going insane.

J – Joshua, our huge-hearted, generous, thoughtful and clumsy seven year old.

K – Kalms.

L – Laminate flooring.  Much easier for cleaning up whatever my wonderful family spill/vomit/excrete/wipe/smudge onto it.  Ditto, leather settees.

M – Maximilian, our charming, gorgeous, clever and spectacularly moody three year old.

N – nights out, with family and/or friends.

O – Oust and Oxy White.

P – Paracetamol.

Q – quality food and company.

R – Rescue Remedy.

S – sleep.  A beautiful, beautiful thing (when I can get some).  Ditto for sunshine.

T – television and toddler groups=entertainment for children and a temporary reprieve for parents.

U – umbrellas, universal cleaners and underwear – all equally important.  Actually, scrap that.  I could live without the first two but a supportive bra these days is a MUST.

V – Valium.

W – wine, obviously.

X – the xylophone, a wonderful invention.  (Just couldn’t think of anything else beginning with ‘x’, if I’m honest).

Y – Y chromosomes; must be embraced when surrounded by four boys.

And last but not least:

Z – Zachary, our affectionate, entertaining, sunny natured, escapee toddler 🙂