Groundhog

Things that happen every day, that also happened today: 1) Daughter, despite being asked, does not get dressed in the morning. 2) Daughter, despite being asked twice, does not get dressed in the morning. 3) Daughter, despite, ah well, you probably know, today was eight times then I whipped her nightie off myself. 4) Daughter, after several times of asking, lets me do her hair. 5) Daughter wriggles. 6) Daughter goes to school looking like Wurzel Gummidge. 7) Son has tantrum in supermarket. 8) Son does a poo, says 'finished', is not finished. X 2 9) Son does not want to get into bath. Negotiations occur. Bribery occurs. Emotional blackmail occurs. I pick up son and dunk him in bath. Big scream, apparent violation of human rights. 10) Son refuses to get out of bath. 11) I drink gin. 12) Husband falls asleep on sofa. Things that happened today that doesn't normally happen: 1) Son also had a tantrum in the Garden Centre. 2) Daughter didn't need to do a wee in the middle of ballet. 3) Son finally finished poo then checked his pants for aliens. 4) I had a beer before my gin.