Where to start? Well Richard left last Sunday week at 3.30 am to go to the states and I was all set up for loads of treats for the kids for the week. On Monday we went to see Surfs up in mahon point which Abbie loved and was asking for surfing lessons on the way home, loads of popcorn and even some Hagen daas were consumed in the cinema! Tuesday we headed for Killarney to see the west end touring production of Annie, which was fantastic. On the way there Matthew said that he thought that he mightn't enjoy Annie as much as Fame or Mamma Mia but 20 mins into the show both him and Abbie were singing tomorrow at the tops of their voices and Matthew was trying to work out how many good parts for males were in the show. At the moment his ambition is to get a part in a west end musical - Oliver would be his number one choice followed by Chitty Chitty Bang bang and when he is older he wants to be Joseph in Joseph and his amazing Technicolor dreamcoat. Abbie has decided that she is now an orphan just like Annie and has taken to sitting on the laundry basket in the bay window upstairs looking mournful and singing Maybe!
We arrived home from Annie after midnight on Tuesday and we were chilling out at home pottering around on Wednesday when I went into Abbie’s room to tidy up and found her with a bottle of Zirtec that had been full (only 2.5mills gone) now almost empty, She looked very guilty and admitted to drinking it. Panic set in and my heart was going at 90 miles an hour, I grabbed the phone and rang the GP - engaged, rang Tracy who immediately rang her father (a gp) on the other line and he advised that we get to A+E ASAP. Tracy and Conor headed straight there from there house and I drove with the smallest regard for speed limits directly to A+E - all the while talking to Abbie to keep her awake - in the meantime Conor and Tracy had arrived at the hospital and were waiting at the door of A+E so I could jump out of the car and Conor would park it and Tracy had also phoned her sister (a hospital doctor) to let her know so she had let A+E know. Abbie was seen instantly when we arrived and after a few doctors consulted and a call to the poison clinic in Dublin they decided as she was awake and in fact Hyper at this stage that the best thing would be to leave her be under close observation. Looking back at it now Abbie was very entertaining as she used the curtains around her bed as stage curtains and kept closing them and shouting "LADIES AND BENTLEBENS isssss ABBIE" she was totally hyperactive and also very wobbly - she appeared as if she had downed a good few bottles of vino but over the next few hours she started to calm down and return to herself - she even managed to flirt with the lovely aussie doctor. Conor had taken Matthew back to their house to watch TV and chill and Tracy stayed with me the whole time and kept me in one piece. The whole time we were there I was beating myself up for (as I thought) not putting the cap back properly on the Zirtec bottle and when I mentioned this to the doctor he handed Abbie the bottle (closed) and she opened it in about 5 seconds flat - childproof lock and all!
Thankfully Abbie is fine now and there are no after effects other than to my grey hair count.
On Thursday we headed to Dublin to get Abbies shoes for Ronan and Aoife’s wedding and after finding the perfect pair in Mothercare Ronan treated us to dinner in Cactus Jacks – Thanks again! And also put Abbie to bed for me when we got back to their house. Both kids love visiting Ronan and Aoife’s and were very upset when we headed home. I can’t believe that their wedding is getting so close – just over five weeks away now with a stag and hen party to fit in between now and then.
Richard arrived home from the states (via a night in galway) on Saturday evening and while he didn’t have much free time there he did manage to buy the kids some clothes and toys (including a talking my little pony for Abbie which is a HUGE hit!) and he managed to buy me a perfect fit pair of jeans and some tops and a Huge bundle of craft mags. We all chilled out on Sunday and had a long walk on the beach in the evening as all the crowds were leaving.
Today I spent chasing my tail over the kitchen in the new house and it is very nearly sorted now and Matthew has gone off to Dublin with his granddad for a few days to visit his great granny so the house is fairly quiet. I took some great photos of the kids last week and managed to leave my camera charger in Dublin plugged in along with my phone charger in Ronan and Aoife’s spare room so no camera until they come down at the weekend.
I’m off to lismore tomorrow evening to Lora’s crop for some much needed crafting time – I haven’t so much as stroked a piece of paper in the last three weeks!
