What to do when the kids go to bed?

What do us mother's do in those sweet hours between settling the children and slipping into dreamland ourselves?

Something quiet!

Check out some mindless TV?  Put on some relaxing tunes?  Catch up on world news?  Get on facebook and catch up on some gossip?  'Check in' with a close friend or a family member?  Relax with a cup of tea (or something stronger) and a good book or crossword puzzle?  Conduct a complex creative activity that the children would mess up?  Throw on a load of laundry and wait for the dishwasher to finish?  Eat that last freddo frog you were telling your kids you'd run out of?

Maybe just ponder the experiences of the day?  Have a smile about something your child or significant other did?

Whatever we chose to do, these moments are some of the most precious parts of the day.  When the world has been crashing down on you, and nothing has gone to plan, these last few precious moments can make the difference between feeling like you achieved nothing today, and making you feel like today was worthwhile, even when most of it was crap!  They can also be the difference between mummy waking up a cranky bear in the morning, or a ray of sunshine - because moderation of enjoyment is sometimes such a hard thing to achieve!

Watch this space :)