This. Is. Emotional.
If you have one or more kids at home, plus maybe a dog or cat scratching at the door, a washing machine on constant and Peppa Pig doing her thing on the TV, you are missing something vital - PEACE AND QUIET.
Yesterday, my four-year-old son refused to go to Easter camp and so instead spent the day going 'Mammy? Mammy?.. Mammy I'm calling you.. Mammy, watch this!.. Em, Mammy? Mammy?'
I was doing pretty well in the patience stakes until about 6pm when I really, really wanted to take five minutes and just quieten my mind.
I put some TV on, grabbed a cuppa and sat down on the couch.
'Mammy?'
Yup, it didn't end until we all fell asleep somewhere around 8pm.
So this video really made me laugh today because I totally get this man's reaction to the silence.
I love my kids and I want them to be a chatty, messy, playful and inquisitive as they need to be but.. I also just need a minute sometimes.
Just one minute. Ok, maybe five, ok?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=18kqcczy6MQ
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