Helping

We have a house full this weekend - Levi and Rosie's oldest two children (Six and three) and Michael's dog. We knew we were having the dog, but not the two children until yesterday evening. While the youngest is now old enough to stay put, the dog is not. It is difficult to relax when outside as the air is full of other dog's scents and Riccardo wants to take off. It doesn't help that three other dogs frequent the section as they wander the neighbourhood, tempting Riccardo to join them.

We have already had a trip to the playground and the beach this morning, had our lunch and now the little one is sleeping while the older one is watching The Minions, giving me an opportunity to pen this. I am not on my computer though, rather, lying on the couch beside them and writing on my phone.

Later we are going over to spend some time with the cat as Chiara has gone away for the night and has asked us to check in on her. And during the week Stephen was helping clean out his ex-wife's flat as she died a fortnight ago. It has been a busy few days for us and not of our own making.

It is funny in life how one get runs of things. You won't see someone for months then you see them several times in quick succession. And like this weekend. We have been asked to look after the cat, dog and kids, all at the same time. It was probably 12 months ago that we last had the kids without their parents and perhaps the same with the dog.

There was a Mind/Body/Soul event on this weekend that I had thought I might go to. It was about an hour-and-a-half away but obviously I won't be visiting that now.

I always trust that things turn out the way they are meant to, so perhaps someone was making treblely sure that I didn't go to this event for whatever reason. I might have still gone if it was just the dog and cat I was looking after, but not with the kids too.

It is nice to be able help family out. I don't get asked very often so it is even better when I do.

The kids are a delight to have and it is lovely watching their personalities develop. And as I mentioned above, easier now too that they are of an age where they stay put and do not wander off. The dog is lovely too. He's a little fox terrier. Tons of energy but also happy to rest up for an afternoon nap as he is doing now. He has found his way onto Stephen's and my bed the last few nights as well.

It is now later afternoon and three games of Jenga and one game of memory later, an afternoon tea break, and a completed fish pie for tea, plus a visit to the neighbour's to retrieve the dog. I am so glad I am not a young mother anymore, though when I was, I did have a lot more energy, thank heavens. I guess the most difficult thing having these young ones is the inability to rest and relax. The time requirements are huge. And we still have the cat to check on, though I am looking on that as a positive thing. With half an hour's drive each way, and time with the cat, that could fill much of the time until bedtime. How on earth did my mother cope when I dropped my five off?

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