I love Gaelic Football Sundays, mainly as there is an activity to keep Sebastian entertained. Every morning he is up at 6am at the latest and requires a lot of entertaining. I can only play so much tag or football in the mornings before I am worn out. Especially this Sunday as I was up at 2:30am. After football we were taking a family out for brunch, so I was pretty excited to have him entertained for a while!
I am doing a Masters course now in the psychology of children Sebastian's age and part of it is the importance of social interactions for brain development. Well I can confidently say he is nailing this. He cannot be without friends for 5 minutes. To have a morning with us is usually met with dramatic crying and throwing things (my course has yet to tell me how to fix this!). We basically had to drag him to get a new bike Saturday morning and to the park to test it. He went reluctantly, had a good time at the park, not that he would admit it and when we returned home raced straight to the pool for waterslide fun at a birthday party. And then the next ten hours were taken up with friends, from the pool he went to Bayeme's house for play and a movie. Pretty much his best day ever, oh except the morning portion with us!
We do not see them nearly enough. Life here, well anywhere gets busy and most of our activities are around Sebastian. But I was committed to making this dinner happen and last Wednesday (I am behind) we met up for dinner. And then wondered why it has probably been a year since the four of has had been out together.
Sunday I was up and out of the house by 4am. I had a great race, I came third and was so happy as there was no age groups and my best time. Before I raced I swore it was my last one for while but well it inspired me to run again this week. I cannot believe I did not even take pictures. My partner in crime, Lyndsey, had an operation last week so is out of action for 6 weeks. I guess this has made me take less photos. After we went to watch Sebastian at Gaelic Football. He loves it so much.
Saturday we took Sebastian and Willa to Chatachuk and the Discovery Muesum which is fantastic value. It is free! How amazing is that. I cannot believe I have never been before. I think it was probably a bit to young for Willa and Sebastian but they still had a great time exploring and well like I said it was free. They got some splash time water play, some crafting time and had a great day together. I have missed having Willa and found it hard to give her back to her parents. They just play so well together. After the muesum they had a dance party and then made plays for us to watch.
Out Tuesday, Wednesday and now Thursday night! Too much. I will need all weekend to recover. But not a complaint. It was a busy start to the school year. This year was much tougher than most, so it was about time to see some people and destress. Tuesday I went to dinner with Mark and we had a great catch up since our last outing probably 6 months ago. Wednesday, Luis and myself headed to Above 11 salsa night to try and practice some of our moves. And I just got home after walking in the pouring rain after a much needed Maths Social. It is like a whole new department from when I started and it was great to make some connections with the new people.
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