Sunday, December 25, 2016

How To: Spend Boxing Day


  1. Get woken up by Toddler at 3.30am
  2. Manage to give Toddler a bottle and they sleep in their own bed until 5.30am
  3. Toddler comes into our bed and wriggles around far a while until Daddy gets up
  4. Tell Toddler Daddy is going to "Work" (not really, but only way to keep Toddler in bed for a little while longer... if he knew we would be playing trains today he would be upset that Daddy left before him)
  5. Toddler says "Bye Bye Daddy, Go Work" sucks thumb and goes back to sleep
  6. Manage to sleep until 7.30am
  7. Get up and have breakfast
  8. Get ready to go out - pack a picnic
  9. Get in the car and make way to Toddler's surprise for the day - Ride on Trains
  10. Get lost on the way to the place due to apple maps directing us to a gated community instead of a private farm that holds their own train track layout
  11. Call Hubby (who's phone is going direct to voicemail due to limited reception where both parties are!)
  12. Leave message
  13. Pull out an actual map and locate the train place and drive there
  14. Drive past entrance twice
  15. Manage to drive in the entrance down a long driveway
  16. Unload the car and stop Toddler from running down the hill as they would just fact plant due to the momentum 
  17. Arrive at the train shed and Toddler sees a train further down the hill
  18. Stop Toddler from running to the train - explain we need to see Daddy first and have lunch (also if let loose, Toddler had a bramble bush between him and the train)
  19. Find Daddy and have lunch
  20. Toddler goes for a little bit of walk around
  21. Sit down and watch the trains
  22. Hubby goes and acquires a train 
  23. Daddy drives the train as we all go for a ride
  24. Toddler likes what Daddy is doing and decides they want to drive the train too...
  25. Daddy stops the train and I take control of Toddler
  26. Finish the circuit of the track and go home
  27. Get home and play with toys from Christmas
  28. Daddy comes home a little later (he was in charge of a train, so had to pack it away etc)
  29. Daddy sits down and takes off his shoes
  30. Toddler says "Daddy's shoes! Daddy's Toes!"
  31. Daddy says "Do you want to smell my Toes?"
  32. Toddler gives Daddy a look that says "Really? Ok... if you insist"
  33. Toddler then walks over to Daddy's feet, bends over and sniffs his toes
  34. Crack up laughing, and Toddler grins and decides to sniff Grandpa's toes too
  35. Spend rest of the night watching Toddler have their fun with ranging from sniffing toes and playing with their wooden train set 

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