The Adventures of Izzy and Isaac

Lockdown won't last forever and when it's done we know we will look back and remember a time of anxiety and of a global disaster. I'm hoping that's not what Isaac will remember. Through furlough, lockdown has given us family time like nothing else ever could have done. Under normal circumstances we like to spend our family time having days out; park walks, shopping trips, soft play. Now we've had to adapt (though I'm sure Isaac doesn't miss the shopping!) and though the rules are beginning to ease a little, it will be  long time before we can get back to some of our favourite places. This post is all about the ways I've been keeping Isaac busy during lockdown. Hopefully it will help to give some ideas to others with toddlers at home, give family a glimse of what we've been doing for the last few months while they've been missing us, and serve as a reminder when we look back on lockdown and when we have rainy days and need something to do indoors...

I haven’t blogged in a long time, but the middle of a global pandemic seemed like as good a time as any to pick it back up and document some of this crazy we’ve found ourselves living in now. I’ve had a pretty good reason to not be blogging – the birth of my second baby! Towards the end of my pregnancy I was so tired I couldn’t be bothered to do anything outside of just getting by day to day with an active toddler, relying on the company of friends and family to fill the gaps I knew I was creating for him. If I’d known a pandemic was going to force us into our homes in the next few months maybe I’d have been less conservative but whether that would have been a good thing or not I don’t know. Having a new baby in a pandemic is definitely odd, and I’m grateful for the month of freedom I got with my baby before lockdown was implemented. I could introduce my new baby to friends and family, and have a normal birth without fear of entering the hospital. Within that month of freedom, ...