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Things that I do instead of blogging…..

Posted on by Clare Clevett
06
Jun

Soooooo ‘the daily clev’ not so daily is it??


Im not going to make excuses for the lack of blogging, seeing as I only have about 5 people who read this blog, and Im related to them, so they get that im busy. However, I thought it would be fun to show you all what I do all day instead of blogging, or what it is specifically that keeps me from blogging on a regular schedule.

In no particular order……..

1) Cooking, feeding small people, cleaning up from feeding small people.

 Think the above meal was a stir fry. My children are starving, ALL-THE-TIME. I do feed them, I feed them a lot. I think that all the fresh air is making them grow which makes them hungry. Either that or they all have worms. Note to self – get the torch and rubber gloves out later.

This is what usually happens after dinner, or before dinner, Vivi gets left on her larry. Not sure what this one is, obviously a breakfast of sorts. I had probably called everyone in at this point, here is a clear demonstration of the power I have – Luis is still riding his bike on the deck outside…….
2) Tidying up after said small people.  Barbie, I know how you feel.
This is ‘drowned barbie’ or judging by the stripper shoes ‘pole dancer barbie’
 3) Craft activities I saw on Pinterest so therefore HAVE to make, before doing anything more important or productive with my day. See below for example…
(don’t get jel of our really fancy deck furniture)
 
Wigwam loving on a hot hot day. This is the prototype, at some spare point in time Im going to make the most kick ass wigwam evaaahhhh

4) Summertime fun with my babies. I mean who wants to sit at a computer when its 20 degrees outside and you are very aware of the fact that in a few short months its going to pee down with rain every day and be about -40 and no number of layers will get you warm because you are cold through to your bones.
Paddling pool fun. We are currently having a heatwave, also Vivi is turning into the perfect Aryan poster child, blonde hair and blue eyes!!!
Mr Freeze from the little shop. Awesomness for 20 cents.

5) Doing 6 school runs a day. There and back three times. Both boys start at 9.30, Maxi is done at 2 and Luis is done at 3. Thank the lord school is nearly over for summer.
afternoon naps on the way to pick up brothers.

Just thinking about it and come September I have another year of the 2pm finish, as Maxi goes into senior infants. I then get a year of just doing the 3pm pick up, yay for me!! Then I have 5 years on the trot of double finishes, thanks to 3 small children who will be just one school year apart each. Thats 3 First Holy Communions in a row. Better get onto that Big Fat Gypsy weddings woman and ask if she has a payment plan for girls communion dresses!!!

6) Growing a whole other entire person.
Basically I go to bed at 8pm, then I go to sleep at about 8.03. I stay asleep until 8am the next morning if no-one wakes up during the night. Its awesome. Im not one of those radiant pregnant people, I am a moody, very fat, very stroppy pregnant person. Have you ever met someone who is all “ahhhhh dont you love being pregnant, ive never felt so sexy, I loved my baby bump and feeling my child grow inside me”? If you do feel free to slap them for me. If someone asks me what its like being pregnant I tell it to them straight, much like I do when people ask if childbirth hurts (yes it does, Ive already ordered my epidural, only took 4 times of doing it naturally for me to realise that drugged up to the eyeballs is the way to go) I’m much better at the newborn baby part than the growing the baby part.

So instead of blogging, I just sleep when I get a spare minute, or I sit down on the sofa to relax and watch tv and then fall asleep.

20 weeks here, no its not twins, yes it could possibly be a baby elephant, and yes I am wearing tracksuit bottoms and an adidas hoodie. it was freezing and the only spare top in the back of the car. I promise Im not a Chav. much.

7) Washing. As in Laundry. My children go through so many clothes. I do 2 loads of washing daily, and then every other day a load of sheets. Of course if someone is ill, or has nighttime ‘accidents’ then this goes up drastically.
Amelie has a serious aversion to knickers. I hope she outgrows this phase soon. And this cow is at my garden fence. In about 10 months he will be in my freezer, shhhhh dont tell Amelie.

See??? I think this was after the third lot of bottoms got wet. Amelie would rather just be naked the entire time, which is another reason I don’t sit and blog much – I have to chase after her to get her to put her knickers on. Serious, like up the street as I see a bare little bottom peeking out from her dress. Its not right people!!!

Hmmmmn, think I will leave it at that. Does anyone want to swap with me for the day?

Clare Clevett

Mummy to 5 little people. Living in Ireland after quitting the London rat race in 2013.

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