Cian had made me a card and brought me purple flowers home from Kindy on Friday which was lovely.
On Sunday Keith woke up, made crepes, served me breakfast in bed and took the kids out swimming. I was talking to my mom on FaceTime and she said he wins "Husband of the Year" but that's not a new thing - he wins every year - he should probably remove himself from that competition - he's gone pro. So Mother's Day was off to a good start.
After lunch we decided to go to Brunetti's for a treat. Amy had been talking about how awesome it is and I wanted to check it out. It's this Italian cafe with amazing food and an old-fashioned coffee bar. If you would like to see the video (yes they made a video of the store) you can check it out here...
http://brunetti.com.au/
It seems everyone else had that same idea because it was packed. We still managed to get Gelato for the kids and Keith got a Caramel Royale and I got a Raspberry White Chocolate Opera and they were both as delicious as they sound. It was worth the trip - a great treat.
We then walked downtown trying to find a sushi restaurant to bring take-out sushi home (Cian's somewhat selfish suggestion :) and Emily LOST HER MIND. She had been tired before but that coupled with swimming and a trip on the bus (which they loved cause they got to sit in the raised back part) she was exhausted and DONE. She had a spectacular meltdown and of course this was the day I convinced Keith that we should try going out without the stroller. I carried her screaming down Swanston Street until she fell asleep and she was so exhausted that she stayed asleep for many blocks (very unlike her) all the way to Melbourne Central station. So I carried my comatose sack-of-potatoes to the train station and we had a couple rolls of sushi there (not what we had wanted but it worked). We then took the train home which worked out pretty well. It gets dark pretty early now that it's autumn so by 530pm when we got off the train it was pretty dark. Cian took Keith's phone and was using the flashlight to investigate things in the park on the walk home. We walked by a couple of teams playing soccer and Emily wanted to sit and watch but we told her that it was time to get ready for bed. Little did we know that the electric box they were standing close to was open. As we were telling them to get going all the lights went off in the park. That seemed oddly coincidental until some of the soccer players came over to the electric box the kids were standing beside and we realized the box was open and controlled the lights. Cian wasn't close to the open side so it was clearly Emily that had created mass darkness. We think she just pushed the red button since it was all pretty quick but the guys tried pushing the green button and it didn't work. There were many minutes of trying to get the lights back on and then the main guy said he would go back and get a key for the reboot box. We dragged our kids home in silence. Emily in trouble for the light incident and Cian in trouble for dropping Keith's phone in the middle of the road (it's ok). They knew they were in trouble too because it was a silent walk home. Eventually they went to bed (Emily was back to her usual antics of getting out of bed a few times since she'd had a 20 minute mobile nap). It was not the best parenting day...not the worst...but not the best. So instead I think I'm going to remember my magical Mary Poppins day as Mother's Day - that's what magic is for right?
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