Having a domestic helper really spoils you!
Last Sunday was the Hari Raya holiday weekend so I gave Warni the day off. This meant I was alone with Madison for the day since Chris was on call the entire weekend.
We did ok. Quite well, in fact. I love weekends and public holidays. And school holidays. The mornings are so much quieter, without the din of the schoolbuses and other traffic. Madison slept in till 73o (hooray!) After breakfast I wanted to go to the Botanic Gardens with her but after driving all the way there the silly carpark was closed for a wedding marketing event.
So, instead we went to the Jacob Ballas gardens next to the main Botanic Gardens and spent some time there. Pity though, it got hot really quickly and I didn't bring her wet stuff so she could splash around in the fountain. Wish I had the motivation to run with our jogger. Just that it has a silly front wheel that wobbles crazy even walking sometimes. And of course we can't get it fixed because we bought the jogger online from NZ.
Anyway. I even managed to make lunch at home for the 2 of us, read to her for awhile then tried really hard to put her down for a nap. Initially the plan was to do it without rocking or nursing, but after waiting and watching her run around her bedroom for close to an hour I had enough and rocked her down to sleep. That lasted 30 minutes and she was up crying! But after sobbing for 10 minutes she went back to sleep. Thank goodness.
The rest of the day was pretty boring. Went over to the my parents place, had a mini saga drama with the maids coming back super late and getting a royal shelling because my parents were entertaining guests that night.
Thank goodness Monday was a holiday too. I had enough of time with the extended family so we did our own thing. Went swimming at the club in the morning, then hung out at home for a little while. After Madison's nap we took her to United square with the intention of buying her a sun hat, but while we were there the little girl insisted on donning her swim goggles the entire time! They fogged and she was stumbling all over the mall, and eventually walked into a mirror while admiring herself at the shop! Was pretty hard to keep a straight face on...
Life with Madison..
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