Saturday Nights Alright!

Tyler works a 6 day a week roster, Monday-Saturday night shift. He has done since before we were parents, and I fought with him many a times to try and get him to change to day shift. Though in his current job, working in the city, day shift actually worse because he isn't home in the mornings like he would be on night shift, and he doesn't get home til near 8pm due to traffic, virtually completely missing our sons whole day!

As a family, for us, nights work best. It means Daddy's home in the mornings to help Muma get Jack ready if we're going out for the day, or if we're home he gets to have lunch with his son and a play before heading off to work. What also works out great for our family, is that Papa(Muma's Dad) also works a similar shift to Daddy, which has allowed for some salvation from lonely nights for both Muma and Nanny as we spend many weekday evenings at each others houses.

My worst day of the week though, has to be Saturday. Tyler often does a swing shift this day, which can mean he's gone by 11am, yet doesn't come home til after midnight still. Papa doesn't work Saturdays, and Saturday night has long been "date night" aka "do not disturb" in their house, so my usual company is not there. TV shows on Saturday are often re-runs of crap, so there goes a mindless night of being a couch potato! And our computer is actually Tyler's work laptop, which I rarely get to have at home(like I do tonight!!).

As it turns out, I finally have a friend who is in the same boat. Sarah also has a boring night at home alone while her husband Steven works nights, and also like me, often finds her evenings turning into horrid little pity parties. So to combat this, we are now spending our Saturday nights together!

Saturday nights are now a favourite part of my week!

Sarah doesn't drive, and also has two kids, where as I drive and Jack is used to being sleepily transported due to the evenings we spend at Nannies house, so Jack and I have been going to Sarah's house. Sazz and her hubby Ealsey, along with daughter Harri, have also joined us for a night of great company and joint child rangling.

The kids had a ball tonight admiring and chatting to Sarah's new family member, Nando the Cockatiel(so named coz he might taste like chicken! lol)

Iris and Harri talking to Nando through her cage

Harri and Jack, with me in the background, watching Nando perched outside of her cage. Jack was especially excited and not at all timmed to be near the uncaged bird!

Some confusing times have been had of late with Buba Lou and Jack being mixed up at quick glance! As you can see, Lou is a fellow baldy, and on several occasions now one of the adults has had a quick glance at Jack and exclaimed shock at seeing "Lou" walking or standing....when infact it was her older buddy, Jack :)

Following yesterdays milk bar, Iris and Harri now have a very open relationship with all the breast milk around them! When Iris asked for "side" and her Muma felt tired from feeding Lou, she then was very happy at her Muma's suggestion that she could have "Jack side"(my milk)

Not long after, Harri decide to cruise the room and excitedly came to me asking for "Yucky boo bee" lol, "yucky" is the way Harri says "Jack"

Harri, having "Yucky boo bee" Jack sharing his milk with his buddy Harri