Adrian and I will be going to Austria in a week. I am just so worried about the girls who are not going with us. I'd never been away from them for more than a day, let alone one whole week. I know they will be fine during the day as Louisa will be in school everyday and Lavigne will be starting school three days a week. On top of that, there's the music and ballet classes. So they will be very much occupied. What worries me is bedtime. I always have to be in the room with Lavigne and these days she wants her dad to be with her too. So this evening, I suggested Adrian and I go out while my inlaws handle the girls' bedtime routine. This is to let the girls get used to us not being around. We wanted to try it two weeks ago. Unfortunately, Louisa refused to let her daddy go even when we told her we were going to the supermarket to get her party stuff. We went only after they had slept.
We had planned to go right after dinner. But Lavigne started acting up during her meal saying she was sleepy and then decided she needed to poo. She demanded Adrian to carry her upstairs and then asked my mother-in-law to go up too. Her grand wanted to give her a shower and asked for a flannel, pail and scoop I think. Adrian then took over to show her the usual way we do it without all those things. As we were going out, Lavigne refused to let us go. I explained to her we were going to sign her up for her ballet class (that's the truth) and then suggested her going upstairs and wave us goodbye from her bedroom window. Phew! Luckily, no fuss or tears. She waved us goodbye and I heaved a sigh of relief.
The dancing school which Louisa goes to is starting a new ballet class for 3 and 4 year olds this term. So we decided to sign Lavigne up as well. Louisa had wanted to do Tap and Modern Dancing AND ballet. I told her she could only choose one. Furthermore, Adrian feels that ballet will be better for her. So I was surprised that he'd decided to let her go for a trial class to see if she likes it. So yes, everyday will be busy for us starting from next week when Lavigne starts school. She goes every Monday and Friday mornings and Wednesday afternoons. On Tuesday afternoons, the girls go to Stepping Notes, their music class. Thursdays will be my parenting class and Lavigne will be in the creche. Friday afternoons will be ballet lessons and if Louisa decides she wants to do Tap and Modern Dance and Adrian approves of it, that will be on Saturday mornings. Soon, I will also start on my yoga classes. Am I a kiasu mum or what? The thing is if we enroll one for something, it's just fair we enroll the other as well. We just want them to do things that they enjoy which is singing and dancing. If I am not wrong (someone please correct me if I am), such classes here are not as expensive as those in Singapore. We pay £30+ for one term of ballet class for one child. Of course if you convert that to S$, it may sound alot.
So after the enrollment, we went to Staines. Guess what? All the coffee joints were closed. It was only slightly after 7. We didn't want to go to any restaurants since we were only going to have some coffee. So we popped into Waitrose (supermarket), the only place that was opened. How romantic right? Browsing at a supermarket on a supposedly date. But I was glad we did that because I discovered they sell Skippy Peanut Butter (both the smooth and super chunk) at a good price too (we don't usually shop there). Surprisingly so since Waitrose is an upmarket supermarket chain. I only eat the Skippy Peanut Butter because I don't like the local type. The places that stock it is Sainsbury (but only the smooth type) and the Chinese supermarkets (too far). Best of all, I also found out they carry a range of 'nice cakes' such as Napolitan and other unusal ones which I can't remember the names. I've decided to buy one of these cakes and then decorate myself for Lavigne's party. Easy peasy. No sweat! When we got home, the girls were already fast asleep. We didn't spend a dime on our 'date'. Parking was free after 6pm and since all the cafes were closed, we didn't have any coffee.
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