How To: Put a Duck in a Cup with a Hippo on top

1. Get woken up by Toddler at 3am
2. Bring Toddler in bed for cuddles
3. Go back to sleep
4. Get woken at 6am being kicked in stomach by Toddler
5. Tell Toddler through tears of pain that you don't kick - it hurts
6. Toddler giggles and tries to kick again
7. Grab Toddlers foot and give it a kiss (it's the only way you think you can diffuse the situation as the tired brain before the morning coffee can't think of anything else)
8. Toddler giggles
9. Toddler stands up and tries to swing from hanging lamp above bed
10. Unhook Toddler's hands from lamp and tell them we don't swing from the lamp - they are NOT Tarzan.
11. Toddler giggles
12. Lie back down and count to 10
13. Get kicked in stomach again
14. Toddler giggles
15. Roll over and ignore Toddler - still counting to 10...
16. Toddler giggles and counts in cutest angelic voice "1...2...3....1....2...3...."
17. Roll back over and look at Toddler
18. Toddler gives best smile
19. Laugh and give Toddler a hug
20. Toddler says "UP"
21. Toddler gets down off bed and hands you dressing gown
22. Get up and make breakfast
23. Sit Toddler in high chair facing the windows for them to watch the morning traffic go down the road
24. Have breakfast and morning coffee
25. Get Toddler dressed for the day
26. Have quick shower and get dressed
27. Walk out the door and get Toddler in car
28. Give Toddler their duck in a cup with a hippo on top for good measure
29. Open Gates
30. Walk back to car and realise your favourite flats are falling apart
31. Pop back inside and quickly grab spare slip on shoes - throw favourite flats into the bin *sniff*
32. Get back to car - Toddler still looking at hippo
33. Go into town
34. Drop library books off
35. Tell Toddler we're going for a walk
36. Go for a walk to "Twinkle Twinkle Little Star"
37. Attend speech therapist Q&A workshop
38. Toddler happy to play with toys in room and other children
39. Toddler brings over alphabet puzzle
40. Toddler points to letters
41. Tell Toddler what letters are and do the phonetics of them  (S is for Snake... SSSSS-Snake)
42. Have other two Toddlers come over and start pointing to letters
43. Make the sounds out for each letter to joy of Toddler and other Toddlers
44. Feel relaxed enjoy playing ABC's with children
45. Ask speech therapist questions about Toddler's speech - they confirm things that may need to be tested and that we're doing the best thing with other concerns (which are no longer concerns now!)
46. Feel satisfied that you're doing the best that you can for Toddler and they are coming along very well
47. Finish up workshop and tell Toddler that we're going to get into the pram and go for another walk
48. Toddler gets into pram happily (no fuss!) and says "Let's go!"
49. Leave Twinkle Twinkle Little Star and go to cafe for lunch
50. Toddler excited to have mini coffee cup like Mummy's
51. Finish lunch and go into Artisan Beads
52. Buy more embellishments for scrapbooking tonight
53. Discuss possible products to make with beads and embellishments
54. Buy something pretty for Toddler (A heart to make into something special for them later)
55. Leave get to car park
56. Give Toddler musley bar and sit to watch construction across the road from carpark
57. Toddler lets off squeal 
58. Look at Toddler
59. Toddler pointing at entrance to carpark and the cars
60. "Mum! Look! Car! In there!"
61. Look for a bit and realise what is making him very excited are the cars coming into the carpark entrance and "Magically" changing into a different colour or type of vehicle when they leave (we are on the second floor and the entrance is just below where we are standing - none of the cars are coming up the ramp) 
62. Smile and tell Toddler "WOW! Magic!"
63. Toddler then repeats "WOW! Look it, Magic!" for the next half hour until no more cars are coming in or out
64. Convince Toddler that the Magic is over for now and we need to get home
65. Put Toddler in car seat
66. Give Toddler a Duck in a Cup with a Hippo on top
67. Drive home with Toddler singing "WOW! Hippo, Car Magic, Duck Cup"