Swings and roundabouts

1. Even when leaving the house takes 2 hours and each step takes UN levels of negotiation, you can sigh in relief at quiet soft plays that only cost 1.50 it are worth their weight in gold.

2. Even when no sentence is ever finished and coffees go cold, those chats, waste deep in a ball pool or 4 metres up are enough to reassure and crack you up.

3. Even when all walls seem to have been hit, you can always get the duplo out and build some more.

4. Even though you are knackered it's always worth going to the swings when the sun shines. You catch moments like this one.

5. Even though bedtime is a train wreck and you know the moment you start arguing with a toddler you've lost, you catch a glimpse in the mirror and remember that all this will be the distant past soon enough.