Jungle Walk!

I'm pretty strict about not letting myself drift out of the office (spare room at home)... apart from occasionally when I bounce downstairs to show Helen (better half) an idea for a new baby carrier fabric option or an idea for a new product I want to design!

But recently I have found myself drifting downstairs a few minutes earlier than 5pm on Wednesday and Thursday to catch the last few minutes of Jungle Run before tea-time. It's caught the imagination of the whole family and the other day when trying to distract DD (3 1/2yo) from sitting on head of DS (1 1/2yo) I suggested we play Jungle Run.

(Aside: for the uninitiated... Jungle run is like Crystal maze from the 90s - team of 10yo kids run around 4 challenges collecting monkeys that give them extra seconds in the Monkey temple to win prizes).

So now our table is a maze, our green sofa a jungle and the quickly created pile of cushions in the middle of the floor a dark swamp.

The other day as I headed upstairs for my not-so-long commute to work after lunch Lucy asked Helen if she could play Jungle Run (Helen is 7.5 months pregnant). Helen said she was feeling a bit tired and wondered if she could sit and watch Lucy play... to which my sweet intuitive little girl replied "That's ok mummy... we can play Jungle Walk instead if you like!"

12 months ago I was stuck in an office for up to 70 hours a week - and lucky if I got home once a week to put the kids to bed... now I'm hearing gems of consideration like that.