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Day 2: store area update: – tiny patch of tranquillity but was way too ptimistic considering kids home

I stayed up until after midnight and was up before 6 and yelled at kids who were also up late and had awful behaviour part of today so calling it a day so we can hopefully keep our tempers esp me in check tomorrow

I got the cabinets assbled bar 1 Allen key like thing missing for a door or the kids touched it and its around somewhere. I bought paddocks! I filled then with games, puzzles, music items and found baskets that fit well. Lego was taken from the kids room and put in a box in here. Tiny pieces of Lego on the ground, the floor, in other baskets 🧺 and random places… put in here. I put 2 🪴 🧺 on cabinet as reminder it’s ti stay clear and hi vibe. I then moved the tools to shelves with gardening and messy play and put imagination where the tools were and next to cabinets. 3 black tubs of other items stacked like my books in rotation. I started a paper recycling pile and hard plastic recycling tub and found some paint cans empty to take to tip. Some rat or possum droppings on fence line. 🤔 oh I did 3 loads of laundry and vacuum and trip to supermarket. A lot of stuff to fix finish or cull. School holidays may not have been time to do this. I rotated blocks in, including a Grimms 🌈 and found my almost 4 year old is mature enough to not be destructive with them now. Other stuff however….

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