My normal plan of attack when the kids are under the weather is to stay at home having a chill out day with DVDs and books. Recently this has all gone up in smoke as himself forwarded an e-mail article proclaiming that t.v. for under 2's was unacceptable and that with every one hour of t.v. that children (any age) watched their chances of having a behavioural disorders went up 10%. ARRRRGHHH!
And so arrived Monday morning, after a rough night of waking from the oldest, with two kids not really sick just not really well. With breakfast down (some of it re-presenting), dressed and jobs out of the way by 8am the next question was how to maintain calm without the ease of DVDs?
Since we have got back into NZ I've been making my own bread in a bid to give the kids food with the least amount of additives in it. It's been my Monday morning ritual for some weeks, kneading and enjoying the preparation of a loaf. My Easter blip has seen the flour sitting on the shelf lonely for some weeks now and I thought this Monday I would get back into it - this was before I knew about the kids. No fear though, I'd try and start them off on something and then get kneading for 20 min - Ha! Life had other plans obviously and after trying to fight it for a while I eventually went with the flow.
The savages (the pet name himself has for them, which this morning was quite accurate) were instantly calmed as they took turns measuring in the ingredients. We broke the dough out into 3 bits and moved to the table to begin our kneading. I expected the 'thrill' to last about 2 seconds - low and behold however they actually sat there the whole 20 min! Working their dough carefully while watching me for tips, it really was a fantastic experience. The end result? Two beautiful little bread rolls and a lovely loaf which created a brilliant lunch. Going with the flow ay? Who'd of guessed that it would work out so well! P.S. My a... was convinced and 5km are under my belt for another day.
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