19th Nervous Breakdown

Well today was absolute and total carnage from start to finish. 1 minor head injury, 2 escape attempts, 1 episode of cannibalism and the start of a nervous breakdown.

After a trip to Tesco we headed out for a walk with Linsey and her boys. When we got to the nursery to pick up the girls Gregor and Noah took off along the side of the sports centre, through someones garden (mortifying) and then back out onto the road with me in tow screaming like a banshee. Eventually caught up with them (they could give Usain Bolt a run for his money those pair) and marched them back to be restrained in a buggy.

Back at the house I had 6 under 5s for lunch. All well and good until Gregor decided he still had some room left after his soup and wrap and Abis arm would be the perfect finish to his meal. Needless to say Abi wasn't best pleased and Gregor was given the red card.

Next it was Noahs turn. Whilst dismounting the trampoline his foot caught and he went headlong into the concrete step. Cue much blood, screaming and a gash of about an inch appearing on his forehead. Oops. He recovered quickly though and within half an hour had gone completely AWOL. After a full scale search of the surrounding countryside he was discovered in Linseys house. She had come round for coffee and left her front door unlocked. Noah had obviously fancied some peace and quiet and had let himself in. He was stood in the living room playing with Gregors toys when we found him. He could only have been gone for about 5 minutes but it felt like forever. Think I am going to have to invest in either some deadbolts for the door or a few longline dof leads to keep them under control.

We then got a phone call from friends of Neils announcing that they would be arriving tomorrow afternoon to stay for a couple of days. Having had so many children about today it would take an industrial cleaning company about 4 days to sort out the mess. Hopefully our visitors will be like Neil and won't notice the squalor.

It's now half anhour past Katys bed time and she is still hoovering the carpet surfing a sugar high from all the stray cake crumbs she has inhaled.

Managed to corral them for long enough to take this shot. Am shortly going to take myself off for a nice hot bath with a (very) large glass of wine and a couple of co-codamol. Sod the cleaning.