A Perfect Day

I always end my day with thoughts of tomorrows tasks. Where to go, what to buy, who to annoy with my tribe. Last night I read something about creating your perfect day and striving to attain this....everyday. (cue the eye roll).  I know what my kids want to do. Run a muck at every movie theatre/mall/bowling alley/beach/swimming pool/theme park and spend all my money, all day everyday. This is what their perfect day would consist of. I'm convinced school holidays were created to pay back parents for enjoying all those school days where the house is quiet for a good 8 hours. I'm also 100% sure that teenagers seem to think that my bank account is endless and i have nothing better to do than fend off requests for sleepovers, mall trips and "I'm just going to my friends place can i have 20 dollars for snacks?" Snacks?? what on earth are you snacking on that requires 20 dollars?
I only have one teenager. We can call her number one. I cant even imagine trying to cater for more than that!
Their perfect day is always one that requires the most amount of money. My perfect day, requires close to none. Here is how my perfect day would go.

1. A natural wake up.
This means sleeping till my body naturally wakes up. This is a foreign concept to me and my body, the first 20 mins of every morning is spent with the eyes half open wince. You know when someone is shining a torch into your face. that's me.

2. No Questions
Morning questions are the bain of my existence. Especially when  I'm so sure i answered the same questions yesterday. "what can i eat?" seriously, we have the same cereal everyday, yet I'm still asked every morning "what can i eat?" I once replied to Riley you can eat whatever you want. (I don't know what i was thinking) She decided to have a salad, with chicken and avocado. She was stoked.
Levi religiously asks me "how was your sleep mum?" along with my morning hug and kiss. even if I've had the crappiest sleep ever i always tell him "good son.. how was yours?" that question i don't mind. The only other question that i dread comes from my HH (Hunky Husband). "do you know where......?" fill in the gap. it consists of socks, shoes, underwear and all other pieces of clothing that he may own. . He maybe a HH but holyheck, morning question time truly test that view!

3.Mummy Time
In my perfect day, a good book, laptop, good music, a packet of something and a bottle of something else would do the trick, topped off with a dinner i didn't have to cook and maybe some HH time ALONE. See the ALONE part. its kinda crucial. haha.

4. Reality Check.
My Favourite day these holidays wasn't the movies, although the movie was good. it wasn't the bowling although we all had a blast and it was super cool just watching their faces light up walking up for their turn to bowl, then to be disappointed by the gutterball. It was a day at the park, ham rolls and juice, feeding the ducks, HH actually coming outside with us, laughing at our kids squabbling and fighting on the playground. That day made me realise that my perfect day is with my family. Our Hunt family of Nine. Its noisy and chaos may rule the roost, but its us.

So while my view of what a perfect day is may differ to my kids, i hope that they remember the park days over anything else. I hope there are more days like this. I hope they remember the laughs rather than the growls and remember that being together as a family is still cool. (i say this as number one tries really hard to not walk around with us in public). To be honest my perfect day is a day that creates good memories for my kids, no matter what the situation or the location. :)